Saffet Sancaklı ( sr-Cyrl, Сафет Санџакли, Safet Sandžakli; born 27 February 1966) is a Turkish former international footballer and current politician. He is a deputy of

Nationalist Movement Party The Nationalist Movement Party, or alternatively translated as Nationalist Action Party (, MHP), is a Turkish Far-right politics, far-right, ultranationalism, ultranationalist Political parties in Turkey, political party. The group is often de ...

, representing city of Kocaeli.

Club career

Sancaklı scored 130 goals in

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 different teams. He is third player (after Refik Osman Top and Ali Soydan) who played at the Big Three of Turkey,

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 18 km2 and its population is 175,190 (2022). It is located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and ...

(1987–1988),

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...

(1994–1995) and Fenerbahçe (1996–1998). He also played for Kültürspor (1983–1985),

Vefa SK Vefa SK is a football club in Vefa, neighborhood of the Fatih ( Eminönü between 1928 and 2008) district of Istanbul. The team currently competing at Bölgesel Amatör Lig 1st Grup which is 5th level of Turkish leagues. Vefa SK is the first a ...

(1985–1987),

Eskişehirspor Eskişehirspor Kulübü is a Turkish football club located in Eskişehir. Founded in 1965, Eskişehirspor competed in the top division of Turkish football for 16 years until they were relegated. After being out of the Süper Lig for 12 years the ...

(1988–1989, on loan),

Sarıyer Sarıyer () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 177 km2 and its population is 350,454 (2022). It is on the northeastern part of Istanbul's European side. Sarıyer al ...

(1990–1991),

Kocaelispor Kocaelispor is a Turkish professional football club based in İzmit, Kocaeli. They were founded in 1966 and played in the top level between 1980 and 1988, 1992–2003, and the 2008–09 seasons. Their best finish was in the 1992–93 season, w ...

(1991–1994 and 1995–1996) and

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 ...

(1989–1990, on loan and 1998–1999).

International career

Sancaklı played for

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(23 matches with 6 goals) and was a participant at the

1996 UEFA European Championship The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 96, was the 10th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by European nations and organised by UEFA. It took place in England from 8 to 30 ...

Post-football career

After retiring football, he went into politics from Nationalist Movement Party. He ran for deputyship from

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in Turkish general elections in 2011 and ran for mayor of Kocaeli metropolitan municipality in Turkish local elections in 2014, but was successful in neither. He was finally elected as deputy from Kocaeli in the Turkish general elections of June 2015, and reelected in the

November 2015 Turkish general election General elections were held in Turkey on 1 November 2015 to elect 550 members to the Grand National Assembly. They were the 25th general elections in the History of the Republic of Turkey and elected the country's 26th Parliament. The electi ...

References

External links

Sancaklı Management
* *http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=22020 1966 births Living people People from Tutin, Serbia Bosniaks of Serbia Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's international footballers Serbian emigrants to Turkey Turkish people of Serbian descent Turkish people of Bosniak descent Men's association football forwards UEFA Euro 1996 players Vefa S.K. footballers Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers Kocaelispor footballers Galatasaray S.K. footballers Beşiktaş J.K. footballers Konyaspor footballers Sarıyer S.K. footballers Süper Lig players Turkish sportsperson-politicians Members of the 25th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 27th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 28th Parliament of Turkey Deputies of Kocaeli 20th-century Turkish sportsmen {{Turkey-footy-forward-stub