Rahim Zafer (born 21 January 1971 in

Adapazarı Adapazarı () is a city in northwestern Turkey and the central district of Sakarya Province. The province itself was originally named Adapazarı as well. Adapazarı is a part of the densely populated region of the country known as the Marmara Regi ...

) is a former Turkish football player. Zafer played for several clubs during his career including

Sakaryaspor Sakaryaspor Kulübü Derneği is a Turkish professional football club, formed in 1965 after the merger of ''Adapazarı Gençlerbirliği'', ''Adapazarı İdman Yurdu'', ''Güneşspor'' and ''Ada Gençlik''. The club is better known as Sakaryaspor. ...

(1987–1990 and 2002–2003), Gençlerbirliği SK (1990–1996),

Beşiktaş JK Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, and ...

(1996–2001),

Diyarbakırspor Diyarbakırspor is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Diyarbakır. Formed in 1968, they are nicknamed ''Diyar'' ("land"). Their colours are red and green, and they play their home matches at Diyarbakır Stadium. Diyarba ...

(2001–2002),

Adanaspor Adanaspor is a Turkish professional football club based in Adana, currently performing at the TFF First League. The club is founded in 1954 by the middle-class merchants and artisans in response to the alienation within city's then most popular c ...

(2004–2005),

MKE Kırıkkalespor MKE Kırıkkalespor is a sports club located in Kırıkkale, Turkey. The football club plays in the Regional Amateur League. League participations * Turkish Super League: 1978–79 * TFF First League: 1974–78, 1979–88, 1999–01 * TFF Secon ...

(2005–2006) and

Daegu FC Daegu FC (Korean: 대구 FC) is a South Korean professional football club based in Daegu. The club was founded as a community club at the end of 2002, and made their K League 1 debut in 2003. Daegu has played mostly in the K League 1 but was re ...

(2003–2004). He played for the

Turkey national football team The Turkey national football team ( tr, Türkiye Millî Futbol Takımı) represents Turkey in men's international Association football, football matches. The team is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation ( tr, Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu ...

and was a player-participant at the

1996 UEFA European Championship The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 96, was the 10th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by European nations and organised by UEFA. It took place in England from 8 to 30 ...

. Since retiring in 2006, Zafer has been assistant manager for

Kastamonuspor Kastamonu Spor Kulübü was a Turkish football club founded in 1966. The club was located in Kastamonu, Turkey. History Kastamonuspor began to compete at the second level in the 1967 – 1968 season. They was relegated to the amateur level ...

Uşakspor Uşakspor was a Turkish football club located in Uşak. They play their home games at 1 Eylül Stadium in Uşak. The club was founded in 1967 and played in Second League between 1967–1968, 1970–1975, 1982–1983, 1987–1988, 2005–2007. It ...

and ABB Bugsaş SK.

International goals

:''Results list Turkey's goal tally first.''

External links

Profile at TFF.org
* 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Adapazarı Association football defenders Turkish footballers Turkish expatriate footballers Turkey international footballers Sakaryaspor footballers Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers Beşiktaş J.K. footballers Diyarbakırspor footballers Daegu FC players Adanaspor footballers Süper Lig players K League 1 players Expatriate footballers in South Korea UEFA Euro 1996 players Turkish expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Turkey under-21 international footballers Turkey youth international footballers MKE Kırıkkalespor footballers Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games medalists in football Competitors at the 1993 Mediterranean Games {{turkey-footy-defender-stub