Bedri Gürsoy (1902 – 4 February 1994) was a Turkish

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player. He played as a left winger or left forward for Fenerbahçe. He is regarded as one of the best left forwards in Turkish football history.

Biography

Gürsoy was born in 1902 in

Kadıköy Kadıköy () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district on the Asian side of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 25 km2, and its population is 467,919 (2023). It is a large and populous area in the Asian si ...

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. He played 134 matches and scored 34 goals for Fenerbahçe between 1921 and 1928. He won the 1920–21 and 1922–23 Istanbul League Championships. After his retirement he functioned as a board member of Fenerbahçe S.K. He was included in the

General Harington Cup The General Harington Cup was a single friendly football match between the Turkish multi-sport club Fenerbahçe SK and a team put together by General Charles Harington composed of soldiers and professional players. It took place at the conclus ...

squad. He was included in the first squad of the

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that played against

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on 26 October 1923. He was included in the national squad that competed in the

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. He died on 4 February 1994 in Kadıköy, Istanbul.

References

External links

Profile @ TFF.org
1902 births 1994 deaths People from Kadıköy Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's international footballers Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers Fenerbahçe S.K. board members Olympic footballers for Turkey Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Footballers from Istanbul Men's association football forwards 20th-century Turkish sportsmen {{Turkey-footy-forward-stub