Tanju Çolak (born 10 November 1963 in
Samsun
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) is a
Turkish
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retired
footballer
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who played as a
striker
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.
Club career
He made his debut for Samsun Yolspor. From there he was transferred to
Samsunspor
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in the end of 1986–87 season. He was the top scorer in Europe with 39 goals in the 1987–88 season. At the same time, he was awarded the
European Golden Boot
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given by
France Football
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. He is the only Turkish footballer to date to win this award. Çolak became the top scorer again in the 1991–92 season, and transferred to
Fenerbahçe at the end of the season.
He had a lifetime total of 240 goals and took over the title of top goal scorer in the
Turkish Super League
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by breaking the legendary record of
Metin Oktay
Metin Oktay (2 February 1936 – 13 September 1991) nicknamed the Uncrowned King ( tr, Taçsız Kral) by Galatasaray fans, was a Turkish footballer and one of the most successful goal scorers in Turkey.
Early life
Metin Oktay was born in Kar� ...
. He had scored the most goal with 240 goals at only 9 seasons, which were 1982–83 and between the 1985–93 seasons. His record was broken by
Hakan Şükür
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in 2007–08 season after 17 seasons.
International career
Çolak played for the
Turkish national team, where he was capped 31 time, scoring 9 goals.
Çolak earned the
Golden Shoe in Europe during his career at Galatasaray and is the only
Turkish
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player to achieve this.
Personal life
Tanju's younger brother,
Yücel Çolak also was a professional footballer.
In January 1994, he began a prison sentence of four years and eight months for illegally smuggling a
Mercedes-Benz
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car into
Ankara
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.
He was deputy candidate of
Beylikdüzü
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History
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municipality for Nationalist Movement Party (Turkish: Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi, abbreviated
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) in 2009, but wasn't elected.
He was a
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(Turkish: Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, abbreviated AKP) candidate to the
Turkish Parliament elections which
was held in June 12th, 2011
Honours
Club
Galatasaray
*
Süper Lig
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:
1987–88
*
Turkish Cup
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: 1990–91
*
Turkish Super Cup
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: 1988
Individual
*
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(5):
1985–86,
1986–87, 1987–88,
1990–91,
1992–93
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European Golden Boot
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: 1987–88
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Legends
Other career achievements
*Lifetime goal total (240 in 252 matches) which was a Turkish league record for highest goals scored by a single player in the league. On 3 September 2007, this record was broken by
Hakan Şükür
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.
*Most goals in a season (39 in 1987–1988 at Galatasaray);
*Most goals in a match (6 in 1992–1993 at Fenerbahçe);
*5 times top league scorer (1985–1986, 1986–1987, at Samsunspor – 1987–1988, 1990–1991 at Galatasaray – 1992–1993 at Fenerbahçe);
*European top scorer 3rd place (33 goals in 1985–1986 at Samsunspor);
*European top scorer 1st place (39 goals in 1987–1988 at Galatasaray);
*European top scorer 2nd place (31 goals in 1990–1991 at Galatasaray).
References
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1963 births
Living people
Turkish footballers
Samsunspor footballers
Galatasaray S.K. footballers
Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers
İstanbulspor footballers
Turkey international footballers
Süper Lig players
Association football forwards