Bülent Çetin (born 1985) is a Turkish

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er playing as

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. He is a member of the

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Private life

Bülent Çetin was born in

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, Turkey in 1985. His mother Sadiye died in 2022. He joined

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(TSK) service, and held the rank of a specialist sergeant. During an armed operation in

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, Southeastern Turkey, he was wounded in his left arm. He was transported to the Gülhane Training and Research Hospital. As his treatment was continuing, he had a traffic accident. He underwent further treatment at the TSK Rehabilitation Center for one year. Since 2012, he has been working at the defence company Roketsan in

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Club career

Çetin played amateur football as a forward in his youth years. During his stay in the TSK Rehab Center, he met amputee football in 2011. He started again football playing, this time as an amputee football goalkeeper. After playing in the TSK Rehab Center for nine years, he transferred to Etimesgut BS.

International career

In 2012, he was admitted to the

. He played in four matches of the 2021 European Amputee Football Championship held in

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, Poland without conceding a goal. He enjoyed the champion title of the national team. He serves as the

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of the Turkey team. Çetin was with the national team, which became champion of the

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, Turkey.

Honours

;International :;

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:: ''Winners'' (1):

:: ''Runners-up'' (1):

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

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:: ''Winners'' (2):

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cetin, Bulent 1985 births Living people Footballers from Eskişehir Turkish amputee football players Men's association football goalkeepers Turkish men's footballers 21st-century Turkish sportsmen