Mehmet Polat (born 8 June 1978 in

Gaziantep Gaziantep (), previously and still informally called Aintab or Antep (), is a major city and capital of the Gaziantep Province, in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Mediterranean Region, approxi ...

) is a Turkish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who last played for

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. He is a versatile

central defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

who can also play as rightback or

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. He was capped four times for

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. He spent 2002-03 season on loan at

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. Once considered one of the best defenders of Turkey, he could not live up to those predictions. He stands at 1.78 m and wears the jersey number 27, which is also the license plate for Gaziantep. Transferred to Gençlerbirliği during the January transfer window of the 2008-2009 Season.

External links

Gençlerbirliği Site Profile

Profile at TFF.org
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Profile at footballstats.metro.co.uk

Official website of Binbir Gece
1978 births Living people Turkish footballers Turkey international footballers Gaziantepspor footballers Samsunspor footballers Kardemir Karabükspor footballers Çaykur Rizespor footballers Galatasaray S.K. footballers Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers Mersin İdman Yurdu footballers Sportspeople from Gaziantep Süper Lig players Turkey under-21 international footballers Association football midfielders Association football defenders {{Turkey-footy-midfielder-stub