Abdullah Çevrim (20 July 1941 – 19 February 2019) 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 ...

who played as a forward for Gençlerbirliği, Fenerbahçe,

MKE Ankaragücü MKE Ankaragücü or fully Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi Ankaragücü (), is a Turkish professional sports club located in the city of Ankara. The football team wears a yellow and navy kit and plays its home matches at Eryaman Stadium following the ...

and

Gaziantepspor Gaziantepspor was a Turkish football club located in the city of Gaziantep. Formed in 1969 and dissolved in 2020, Gaziantepspor were nicknamed the ''Şahinler'' (The Falcons). The club colours were black and red, and they played their home matc ...

. He graduated in

Kuleli Military High School Kuleli Military High School was the oldest military high school in Turkey, located in Çengelköy, Istanbul, on the Asian shore of the Bosphorus strait. It was founded on 21 September 1845, by Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid I. After the 2016 Turkish ...

where he played in sports, he started his football career with Harbiye SK (Militarty Sport Club) and then transferred to Gençlerbirliği where he scored 41 goals in 138 matches between 1961 and 1966. He transferred to Fenerbahçe SK and played there four years between 1966 and 1970. He scored 23 goals in 106 matches and won the 1967–8 and 1969–70 Turkish League titles also won 1966-67 Balkan Cup. He played six times for the Turkey national team. He transferred to

and played with them between 1970 and 1972 and won the Turkish Cup with them in the 1971–72 season. He died in

Fethiye Fethiye () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Muğla Province, Turkey. Its area is 875 km2, and its population is 177,702 (2022). It is one of the prominent tourist destinations in the Turkish Riviera. It was formerly k ...

on 19 February 2019 of a heart attack.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cevrim, Abdullah 1941 births 2019 deaths Turkish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Turkey men's international footballers Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers Kuleli Military High School alumni People from Fethiye 20th-century Turkish sportsmen