Can Bartu

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Can Bartu
Personnel
birthday January 31, 1936
place of birth Kadıköy ( Istanbul ),  Turkey
date of death April 12, 2019
size 180 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
1955-1956 Fenerbahçe Istanbul
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1956-1961 Fenerbahçe Istanbul 126 (54)
1961-1964 AC Florence 24 0(2)
1962-1963 →  AC Venezia  (loan) 30 0(8)
1964-1967 Lazio Rome 46 0(4)
1967-1970 Fenerbahçe Istanbul 36 0(8)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1956-1969 Turkey 26 0(6)
1957-1959 Turkey B 2 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.

Can Bartu (born January 31, 1936 in Kadıköy , Istanbul , † April 12, 2019 ) was a Turkish football and basketball player . Through his many years of successful and sporting achievements for Fenerbahçe Istanbul , he is considered a Fenerbahçe sports legend and one of the outstanding personalities in Turkish sports history. He is one of five players who are named in the official Fenerbahçe march. He was the first and to date the only Turkish professional athlete who played for both the Turkish football and basketball national teams at the same time.

Athlete career

His nickname was "Signor Bartu" because of his fashionable clothing style and six years of residence in Italy . Bartu excelled as a soccer and basketball player. As a professional footballer, he was considered a technically adept and talented winger who could play on both sides on both sides.

society

The beginnings and Fenerbahçe SK

Youth department

He began his career at the age of eleven as a basketball player at Modaspor , where he played for the youth teams. Then the basketball department of Fenerbahçe SK became aware of Bartu's talent and took him in 1949 in their basketball youth team. Furthermore, Bartu rose to the senior national team at the age of 17 and played a total of six times for the Turkish national basketball team .

In 1955, the Fenerbahçe youth football team was missing two football players, and two athletes were assigned from the basketball department, including Bartu himself. The next day he scored the 0-1 away win against Edirne's national team in his first appearance for the youth football team. In addition, Bartu recommended himself in a preparatory game against the youth soccer team from Karşıyaka SK , where he scored seven goals with the team, for the professional soccer team. With this, Bartu impressed the Fenerbahçe supporters.

Professional football career

Fenerbahçe professional football coach Fikret Arıcan recognized his athletic talent and successfully persuaded him to continue playing at Fenerbahçe. Initially he acted temporarily and occasionally as a basketball player. Bartu started out as a professional football player in attacking midfield and left wing in 1956 .

In 1957 he made sporting headlines in the media , which are still often told as legends today. For example, on the same evening in January 1957, how Bartu each played a game for the Fenerbahçe football department, scored two goals in the 4-0 away win against Beyoğluspor and prepared the other two goals, and played for the Fenerbahçe basketball department, where Bartu played ten points Scored 44:43 victory. Furthermore, in March 1957, he again completed a game for the basketball department, as Bartu scored at least 28 points in the intercontinental derby win against Galatasaray Istanbul , and later that evening scored at least one goal for the football department in a 2: 4 away win against Beşiktaş Istanbul . Then, at the age of 21, he decided to focus his energy on football.

In addition, he shot together with Lefter Küçükandonyadis and Şeref Has with their goals their team to two Istanbul professional football championships; 1956/57 and 1958/59 . This was followed by two Turkish national soccer championships ; 1959 and 1960/61. In September 1959, the 23-year-old Bartu made his European soccer game and goals debut in the UEFA European Cup against the then narrow reigning Hungarian champions Csepel SC , where he scored the 1-1 final and thus attracted the attention of the then reigning Hungarian runner-up coach Nándor Hidegkuti from MTK Budapest . Bartu made six European appearances between 1959 and 1961 and scored three goals.

The move to Italy

After his first successful time at Fenerbahçe Istanbul, Bartu moved to the Italian Serie A , at that time the best soccer league in the world, in November 1961 for a transfer fee of 50,000 US dollars to the then reigning Italian cup winners AC Florence , which is coached by Nándor Hidegkuti has been. Making it in the season 1961/62 for use in the UEFA UEFA Cup Winners' Cup came. Bartu reached the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup with Fiorentina in 1962 and was the first Turkish footballer to play in a European Cup final. The following season he was awarded to the AC Venezia , then returned for a year to the Fiorentina. For the season 1964/65 Bartu moved to the capital Rome to Lazio Rome and played for this club for three seasons.

Return to Fenerbahçe SK

In 1967 Bartu returned to Turkey to his professional club, Fenerbahçe Istanbul, and in the next three seasons he took home further team successes, such as league championships and cup wins. In 1970 he ended his active football career and scored 62 league goals in 162 league games throughout his time for Fenerbahçe, but in total Bartu scored 162 goals in at least 326 games.

National soccer team

Between 1956 and 1969, Bartu was a total of 28 national football players in Turkey .

In the qualifying eighth final for the European Football Championship in 1960 , he replaced the injured goalkeeper Turgay Şeren as a field player in the first leg in the last seven minutes of the game, in the 2-0 score for Romania . At that time there was no substitution quota. Bartu saved three possible scoring opportunities for the Romanians, but still conceded a goal from teammate Ahmet Berman , who scored an own goal, the qualifying game ended 3-0 for Romania. So he is the only Turkish national soccer player who scored and conceded at least one goal.

In 1969 he was the team captain in at least five games and led the national team to victory in the RCD Cup, among other things with his goals .

Life after the professional athlete career

After 1970, after his active professional sports career, Bartu later worked as a columnist and TV sports commentator , for example for the daily newspaper Hürriyet and for the official television station of Fenerbahçe SK (FB-TV).

In 2009 he was the ambassador for the last UEFA Cup final ( 2008/09 ), which was played in the Fenerbahçe stadium in Istanbul.

The training ground on which the Fenerbahçe football team does their daily training was named after him in the summer of 2009 after a Fenerbahçe club council meeting, the "Can Bartu Tesisleri".

Bartu died at home on the night of April 11th to April 12th, 2019 at the age of 83. On the same day, the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) decided to put a minute of silence for him before every professional football game until April 15, 2019 . The following day, a funeral service was held in Fenerbahçe Istanbul's stadium, Ülker Stadyumu , in honor of Can Bartu, and his coffin was laid out. Former and current Fenerbahçe football player, club president Ali Koç , Lord Mayor of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Ekrem İmamoğlu and the youth and sports minister of Turkey Mehmet Kasapoğlu and many more attended the funeral service . part. Bartu was buried in the Istanbul community of Üsküdar , neighboring community of Kadıköy , in the Karacaahmet Mezarlığı ( German  Karacaahmet Cemetery ).

Achievements and Awards

  • Turkish national soccer team (1956–1969)

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Turkish football legend 'Sinyor' Can Bartu dies at 83. In: Hürriyet Daily News . April 12, 2019, accessed April 19, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b DHA: Fenerbahçe efsanesi Can Bartu yaşamını yitirdi. In: Hürriyet . April 12, 2019, accessed April 15, 2019 (Turkish).
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  6. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k UEFA .com: Fenerbahçe legend Can Bartu died on April 16, 2019 . Retrieved June 28, 2020.
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  11. ↑ a b c d e Can Bartu: More than a Turkish footballer. In: GazeteFutbol.de. April 12, 2019, accessed April 17, 2019 .
  12. ↑ a b c d e f Can Bartu'nun ağzından yaşam öyküsü. In: futboo.com. April 12, 2019, accessed April 18, 2019 (Turkish).
  13. ↑ a b c d e f Emirhan Ayyıldız: Hem futbolcu hem basketbolcu: Can Bartu'nun inanılmaz kariyeri! In: almankale.com. August 28, 2017, Retrieved April 18, 2019 (Turkish).
  14. ↑ Kadıköy'ün Moda'sı ve Spor. In: Gazete Kadıköy. March 10, 2016, accessed April 18, 2019 (Turkish).
  15. ^ A b c d e Paul Simpson, Ulrich Hesse : Who Invented the Stepover ?: and other crucial football conundrums . Profile Books, London 2013, ISBN 978-1-84765-842-5 , Has any footballer ever played two matches on the same day ?, pp. 134–135 (English, 343 pp., Limited preview in Google Book Search).
  16. ↑ Game statistics: Can Bartu - club games in the database of weltfussball.de. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  17. ↑ UEFA .com: Turkish stars in the European Cup - First Turkish players to ever appear in a UEFA final - Can Bartu (ACF Fiorentina, 1962 Cup Winners' Cup) from March 9, 2015 . Retrieved June 28, 2020.
  18. ↑ Match report: Romania 3-0 Turkey (European Championship Qualifying 1960 - 02/11/1958) in the database of the Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu (English)
  19. ↑ a b RCD PACT Tournaments 1965–1974, May 21, 2015 in the RSSSF database . Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  20. ↑ Can BARTU - Tüm Köşe Yazıları. In: Hürriyet . Retrieved April 15, 2019 (Turkish).
  21. ↑ Can Bartu Kimdir? In: Goal.com (TR). April 12, 2019, accessed April 18, 2019 (Turkish).
  22. ↑ a b c d Fenerbahçe legend Can Bartu dies at age 83. In: Daily Sabah . April 12, 2019, accessed April 19, 2019 .
  23. ↑ a b Can Bartu vefat etti ('Sinyor Bartu' lakaplı Can Bartu kimdir?). In: NTV (Turkey) . April 13, 2019, accessed April 18, 2019 (Turkish).
  24. ↑ CAN BARTU'YU STADIMIZDAN TÖRENLE UĞURLADIK. In: Fenerbahçe SK . April 13, 2019, accessed April 18, 2019 (Turkish).
  25. ↑ HalkTV: Ekrem İmamoğlu Can Bartu'nun cenaze törenine girdi, stadyum yıkıldı! on YouTube , April 13, 2019, accessed April 19, 2019.
  26. ↑ a b Mehmet Durupınar: Türk basketbolunun 100 yıllık tarihi . Efes Plisen Spor, Istanbul 2006, ISBN 978-975-00995-1-9 (Turkish).
  27. ↑ Balkan Kupası - Sezonu: 1966/1967 in the database of mackolik.com (Turkish). Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  28. ↑ RCD Kupası - Sezon: 1969 → İstatistikler → Futbolcu İstatistikleri (click) in the database of mackolik.com (Turkish). Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  29. ^ Feb.26 , 1986, Milliyet, p.15
personal data
SURNAME Bartu, Can
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Signor Bartu (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish soccer and basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Kadıköy
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 2019