Mehmet Bölükbaşı (born 24 March 1978) is a

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playing for

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side

İstanbulspor İstanbulspor is a Turkish football and sports club founded by Istanbul High School students in 1926. In 2004–05 they were relegated from the Turkish Süper Lig (Super League) to TFF 1. Lig. For many decades it was the fourth most famous and ...

. He is a product of A. Sebatspor youth academy. Journeyman Mehmet spent most of his professional career with the

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winner

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other de ...

after being discovered by

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while playing in the third division. He directly found a place in first eleven, however, with the arrival of

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he could never get the chance to play regularly. He was capped for the Turkish U21 team in 1998. When he became the third choice goalkeeper for Galatasaray, he left for

where his career went further down. After playing for several

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Honours

Galatasaray *

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: 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02 *

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: 1998–99, 1999–00 *

: 1999–00

References

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