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Sercan Yıldırım
Sercan Yıldırım (; born 5 April 1990) is a Turkish former football player who played as a forward. Club career Bursaspor Yıldırım started his career at Bursaspor. He broke into the first team in the 2007–2008 season, making his league debut as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 away defeat at Istanbul B.B in September 2007. He scored his first senior goal for the club three games later in a 2–0 win at Kasımpaşa. His first season saw him only featured eight times for the senior team. The 2008–09 season saw him score four goals in many games getting a brace against both Gençlerbirliği in the second game of the season and also against Kocaelispor two games later. He also got on the scoresheet against Galatasaray in October 2008. In March 2011, he was close to signing a 4-year contract with the Russian side Lokomotiv Moscow, but he failed his physical due to knee problems and Lokomotiv decided not to sign him. Galatasaray On 5 September 2011, after days of n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bursaspor
Bursaspor Kulübü Derneği, commonly known as Bursaspor, is a Turkey, Turkish professional sports club based in the city of Bursa. Founded in 1963, the club is best known for its football team, which has a rich history in Football in Turkey, Turkish football. Bursaspor’s traditional colors are green and white, and the team’s home kits typically feature these colors in a striped pattern. The club has played its home matches at the Bursa Centennial Atatürk Stadium since 2015. Bursaspor experienced its greatest success during the 2009–10 Süper Lig season, when the club’s men’s football team sensationally won its first List of Turkish football champions, Turkish league title, finishing with 75 points, just one point ahead of perennial contenders Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe.Yeşil devrim [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor (football Team)
İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K., shortly Istanbul BB SK or IBBSK, is a multi-sports club of the Istanbul Province, metropolitan municipality of Istanbul in Turkey. Branches *İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi (volleyball team), Volleyball *İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi (basketball), Basketball *Olympic wrestling, Wrestling *Karate *Taekwondo *Judo *Table tennis *Sport of athletics, Athletics *Swimming (sport), Swimming *Ice hockey Notable members International members of the club are: Judo ;Men's: *Sezer Huysuz (−73 kg) *Hüseyin Özkan (−66 kg) – 2000 Olympic gold medalist ;Women's *Büşra Katipoğlu (−63 kg) Karate ;Men's *Uğur Aktaş (karateka), Uğur Aktaş (kumite −84 kg) – 2017 European champion *Haldun Alagaş (kumite −70 kg) *Yusuf Başer (kumite open) *İlyas Demir (kumite −60 kg) *Zeki Demir (kumite −80 kg) – 2006 European champion *Enes Erkan (kumite −84 kg) – 2007 World junior, 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Süper Lig
The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twenty clubs compete, where a champion is decided and three clubs are promotion and relegation, promoted from, and another four relegated to the TFF First League, 1. Lig. The season runs from August to May, with each club playing 36 matches. Matches are played Friday through Monday. Run by the Turkish Football Federation, the league succeeded the Turkish Football Championship and the Turkish National Division, National Division, both being former top-level national competitions. The Süper Lig is currently 9th in the UEFA coefficient ranking of leagues based on club performances in European competitions over the last five years. A total of 75 clubs have competed in the Süper Lig, but only 6 have won the title to date: Galatasaray S.K. (footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umut Bulut
Umut Bulut (, born 15 March 1983) is a Turkish former professional Association football, footballer. Between 2007 and 2018, he made 39 appearances and scored ten goals for the Turkey national football team, Turkey national team. On 24.07.2024, Umut Bulut ended his football career at the age of 41. Club career Trabzonspor Due to prolific goalscorer Fatih Tekke leaving the club, and the club having difficulties with results, Trabzonspor signed Bulut for €1.8 million on a four-year contract. He was given the number 10 jersey which was previously worn by Hami Mandıralı. His first match was on 5 August 2006 against Kayserispor. The following week he scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw against Manisaspor. Overall, Bulut scored 88 goals in 197 official games for Trabzonspor, winning the 2010 Turkish Super Cup as well as the 2009–10 Turkish Cup, scoring in the 2010 Turkish Cup Final, final against rivals Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe during a 3–1 win. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatih Terim
Fatih Terim (born 4 September 1953) is a Turkish people, Turkish professional Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player. He is the manager of Saudi Pro League club Al Shabab FC (Riyadh), Al-Shabab. During his football career, he played for Ceyhanspor, Adana Demirspor and Galatasaray. In his eleven years of playing time for Galatasaray, he won the Prime Minister's Cup (Turkey), Prime Minister's Cup in 1975 and in 1979, the Turkish Cup in :tr:1975–76 Türkiye Kupası, 1975–76, :tr:1981–82 Federasyon Kupası, 1981–82 and :tr:1984–85 Federasyon Kupası, 1984–85 seasons and the Turkish Super Cup in :tr:1982 Devlet Başkanlığı Kupası, 1982 with the club. Terim has managed several clubs in Italy (A.C. Milan, Milan and Fiorentina) and Turkey, as well as the Turkey national football team, Turkey national team, most recently from 2013 to 2017. In a survey conducted by the International Federation of Football History & Statis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samsunspor
Samsunspor Kulübü, officially known as Samsunspor Football Club Joint Stock Company, or as Reeder Samsunspor due to sponsorship agreements, is a Turkey, Turkish Football club (association football), professional football club that competes in the Süper Lig. The club represents the football branch of Samsunspor, Samsunspor Sports Club, and it attained professional status on June 30, 1965. In its early years, the football team played home matches at the İlkadım Athletics Stadium, City Stadium, but starting from the 1974–75 Turkish First Football League, 1974–75 season, they moved to the Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium (1975), 19 Mayıs Stadium. Since the 2017–18 TFF First League, 2017–18 season, the team has been hosting its matches at the newly built Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium, 19 Mayıs Stadium. Samsunspor is the most successful football club from Samsun. The team has spent 23 weeks at the top of the Süper Lig table and holds the record as the 7th team with the longest time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Elmander
Johan Erik Calvin Elmander (; born 27 May 1981) is a Swedish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), striker. Beginning his career with Holmalunds IF in the late 1990s, he went on to play professionally in the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, France, England, and Turkey before retiring at Örgryte IS in 2017. A full international between 2002 and 2015, he scored 20 goals in 85 games for the Sweden men's national football team, Sweden national team, and represented his country at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2008 and UEFA Euro 2012. In 2011, his goal for Bolton Wanderers F.C., Bolton Wanderers, away to Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers during the 2010–11 Premier League, 2010–11 season, was voted the greatest Premier League goal ever in a poll by ''The Guardian''. Club career Early career Elmander was born in Alingsås, Alingsås Municipality. He started his career as a Forward (association ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musa Çağıran
Musa Çağıran (born 17 November 1992) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Gençlerbirliği. He has also made an appearance for Turkey's national football B team. Career He signed for Galatasaray on 3 February 2010, signing a three-year contract but was allowed to see out the rest of the season at Altay. However, having turned out only once for Galatasaray, Çagiran signed on for Konyaspor, on loan, and then on to Bursaspor full-time. He stayed at Bursaspor until 2014 (three years), playing 51 games and scoring twice. The midfielder then went on to join Karabukspor; here he appeared in 43 games and scoring four times, a better record than that of his time with Bursaspor. After Karabukspor, Musa Çagiran signed a deal with Osmanlispor, with whom he played in four Europa League games: against Steaua, Villarreal and Zürich. On 22 June 2022, Çağıran signed a two-year contract (with an optional third year) with Hatayspor Hatayspor Kulübü, known as Ata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west. Turkey is home to over 85 million people; most are ethnic Turkish people, Turks, while ethnic Kurds in Turkey, Kurds are the Minorities in Turkey, largest ethnic minority. Officially Secularism in Turkey, a secular state, Turkey has Islam in Turkey, a Muslim-majority population. Ankara is Turkey's capital and second-largest city. Istanbul is its largest city and economic center. Other major cities include İzmir, Bursa, and Antalya. First inhabited by modern humans during the Late Paleolithic, present-day Turkey was home to List of ancient peoples of Anatolia, various ancient peoples. The Hattians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport Express
''Sport-Express'' () is a Russian daily sports newspaper founded by Vladimir Kuchmiy. Printed in 31 cities of Russia, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and the United States, it is the biggest-selling sports newspaper in Russia, with the daily audience of over 700,000 people. ''Sport-Express'' was founded in 1991. It is a part of the European Sports Media. Notable journalists * Vsevolod Kukushkin, ice hockey and sports correspondent (22 years) * Elena Vaytsekhovskaya, sports correspondent (26 years) * Aksel Vartanyan, sports historian * Vladimir Kuchmiy, founder and chief editor (18 years) * Igor Rabiner, football reviewer and sports correspondent (1994–2012, since 2014) * Alexey Popov (journalist), Alexey Popov, Formula One correspondent * Rovshan Askerov, columnist See also *List of non-English newspapers with English language subsections *Sovetsky Sport References External linksOfficial website(archived)Covering All the Games (archived) * Russian-language news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Lokomotiv Moscow
FC Lokomotiv Moscow (, ) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three occasions; the Soviet Cup twice; and the Russian Cup (football), Russian Cup a record nine times. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Club Association suspended all Russian teams from participation in international competition. History Early years Lokomotiv was founded as Kazanka (Moskovsko-Kazanskaya Zh.D) in 1922. In 1924, the club brought together the strongest football players of several lines of the Moscow railway system as KOR ("Club of the October Revolution"). In 1931, the club was again renamed to Kazanka (Moskovskaya-Kazanskaya Zh.D) and in 1936, it was eventually renamed to as it is known today, Lokomotiv (the name means "Locomotive"). During the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Communist rule, Lokomotiv Moscow club was a part of the Lokomotiv (sports society), Lokomotiv Voluntary Sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kocaelispor
Kocaelispor is a Turkish professional football club based in İzmit, Kocaeli. They were founded in 1966 and played in the top level between 1980 and 1988, 1992–2003, and the 2008–09 seasons. Their best finish was in the 1992–93 season, where they finished fourth. They have won the Turkish Cup twice, in 1997 and 2002. On 8 January 2015, in front of 20,152 spectators, Kocaelispor set a record for the highest attendance at a Turkish Regional Amateur League encounter. Known as Körfez’in Şimşekleri (''Thunderbolts of the Gulf''), the club enjoys strong local support in the city of İzmit and the Kocaeli province. Their home matches are played at the modern Kocaeli Stadium, which has a capacity of 34,712. The club’s traditional colours are green and black. Kocaelispor has a well-known rivalry with Sakaryaspor, known as the ''Körfez Derbisi'' (Gulf Derby), which is one of the most intense regional derbies in Turkish football. In recent years, the club experienced a rem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
