Cahit Paşa (born 25 August 1973) is a Turkish former professional

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who played as a

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. He played for Bornovaspor, Kuşadasıspor, Efesspor, Kartalspor,

Konyaspor Konyaspor Kulübü (, Konya Sports Club), commonly referred to as Konyaspor, is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya, one of the largest cities in central Anatolia. Due to sponsorship agreements, the club is also officially known ...

, Karşıyaka S.K., Aksarayspor, Siirtspor, Yalovaspor,

Kastamonuspor Kastamonu Spor Kulübü was a Turkish football club founded in 1966. The club was located in Kastamonu, Turkey. History Kastamonuspor began to compete at the second level in the 1967 – 1968 season. They was relegated to the amateur le ...

, Gölcükspor and Alibeyköyspor in Turkey and for

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in Northern Ireland.

Career

Paşa was born in

Kardzhali Kardzhali ( , ''Kărdžali''; ), sometimes spelt Kardžali or Kurdzhali, is List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, a town in the Eastern Rhodopes in Bulgaria, centre of Kardzhali Municipality and Kardzhali Province. The noted Kardzhali Reservoir is ...

, Bulgaria. He played for

in the Turkish 2. League A during the 2001–02 season, appearing in 31 league matches. In January 2008, Paşa joined Northern Irish Premier League side

References

1973 births Living people People from Kardzhali Sportspeople from Kardzhali Province Bulgarian Turks in Turkey Bulgarian emigrants to Turkey Turkish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Portadown F.C. players Kartal S.K. footballers Karşıyaka S.K. footballers Konyaspor footballers Aksarayspor footballers Yalovaspor footballers Gölcükspor footballers Bornovaspor footballers Kastamonuspor footballers Turkish expatriate men's footballers Turkish expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom Expatriate men's association footballers in Northern Ireland {{Turkey-footy-midfielder-stub