İrfan Kaynak (born 1 January 1956 - 1 January 1993) was 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 lea ...

best known for his stint in the Turkish

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, twen ...

with

Adanaspor Adanaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional Association football, football club based in Adana; currently, they play in the TFF First League. The club was founded in 1954 by middle-class merchants and artisans in response to their perceived ali ...

Death

İrfan died in 1993 of a heart attack, the same condition that killed his brothers Reşit and Kaynak.

Personal life

İrfan was born in to a large family of 8 children. His brothers

Orhan Orhan Ghazi (; , also spelled Orkhan; died 1362) was the second sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1323/4 to 1362. He was born in Söğüt, as the son of Osman I. In the early stages of his reign, Orhan focused his energies on conquering mos ...

, Reşit, Kaynak, İlhan and

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were all professional footballers.

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Sport.de Profile] {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaynak, İrfan 1956 births 1993 deaths Footballers from Adana Turkish men's footballers Mersin Talim Yurdu footballers Adanaspor footballers Süper Lig players Men's association football forwards 20th-century Turkish sportsmen