Suat Türker (10 March 1976 – 12 February 2023) was a Turkish-German professional
footballer
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Bayburt
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Süper Lig
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matches over two seasons.
Türker played for
Kickers Offenbach
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from 2003 to 2008 and became a fan favourite there. He played for
SC Freiburg
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during the first half of the 2008–09 season. In January 2009 he returned to Kickers Offenbach.
Death
On 12 February 2023, Türker's former club
Kickers Offenbach
Offenbacher Fussball-Club Kickers, commonly known as Kickers Offenbach, is a German association football club in Offenbach am Main, Hesse. The club was founded on 27 May 1901 in the Rheinischer Hof restaurant by footballers who had left establis ...
announced that he had died "unexpectedly" that day, at the age of 46.