Zafer Biryol (born 2 October 1976) is a retired

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. He last played as a

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for Anadolu Selçukluspor. He is 1.82 meters tall and weighs 75 kilograms.

Club career

He was the Super Lig's top scorer in the 2004–05 season with

Konyaspor Konyaspor Kulübü (, Konya Sports Club) is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya. They are better known as Konyaspor. In 1922 Konyaspor were founded with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği and have played at their current home stadium ...

. During the 2005/06 season, Zafer was transferred to ''Big Three'' club Fenerbahçe. He did not play in many games, as was used primarily as a backup. A surplus to requirements, Zafer was transferred to

Bursaspor Bursaspor Kulübü Derneği (), commonly known as Bursaspor, is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Bursa. Formed in 1963, the club colours are green and white, with home kits usually featuring both colours in a striped pattern. In th ...

early in the 2006/07 season. He was transferred to

Çaykur Rizespor Çaykur Rizespor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Rize. The club play in the TFF First League. The club was founded on May 19, 1953, with green-yellow as club colours, but later changed to blue-green. Since 1990, the team ...

at mid of 2006/07 season. Biryol retired from being a football player in 2011.

International career

He appeared in five matches for the senior

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, debuting as a second-half substitute in a friendly against Denmark on 18 February 2004.

Prosecution

In January 2020 he was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months imprisonment for being a member of an armed terror organization due to his links to the

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