Gökmen Özdenak
Gökmen Özdenak | ||
Personnel | ||
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birthday | June 22, 1947 | |
place of birth | Istanbul , Turkey | |
size | 181 cm | |
position | Storm | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
1965-1967 | İstanbulspor | 16 | (5)
1967-1980 | Galatasaray Istanbul | 297 (99) |
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) |
1966 | Turkey U18 | 1 | (0)
1970 | Turkey U-21 | 4 | (0)
1972-1977 | Turkey | 9 | (1)
1 Only league games are given. |
Gökmen Özdenak (born June 22, 1947 in Istanbul ) is a former Turkish soccer player and sports journalist. Due to his physical robustness, he was referred to as Ayı Gökmen (Eng. Gökmen the bear ) during player times .
Career
society
At the beginning of his career, Gökmen Özdenak played for İstanbulspor . In 1970 he moved to Galatasaray Istanbul . At Cimbom he was four times Turkish champion and twice Turkish cup winner. In his 10 years at Galatasaray, he was his team's top scorer for 5 seasons. His highest scoring season was 1977/78 with 17 goals.
With his goal from the league game against Adana Demirspor on October 7, 1979 Özdenak scored his 100th first division goal and made it into the 100th club of the highest Turkish league.
In the summer of 1980, Özdenak resigned as an active footballer with a farewell game in which Galatasaray played against arch rivals Beşiktaş Istanbul .
National team
From 1972 to 1977 Özdenak played for the Turkish national team and completed nine games, scoring one goal. He also played for the Turkish U-18 and U-21 national teams .
successes
- With Galatasaray Istanbul
- Turkish football champions : 1969 , 1971 , 1972 , 1973
- Turkish Football Cup Winner: 1973, 1976
- Turkish Football Supercup : 1969, 1972
- Individually
Web links
- Gökmen Özdenak in the database of weltfussball.de
- Gökmen Özdenak in the Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu database (English)
- Gökmen Özdenak in the mackolik.com database (Turkish)
Individual evidence
- ^ "Milliyet", May 30, 1973, Milliyet Sportbeilage, page 3
- ↑ mackolik.com: "Galatasaray-Beşiktaş, match report from August 13, 1980" (accessed on November 11, 2013)
- ↑ mackolik.com: "Gökmen de Veda Etti" (accessed December 25, 2013)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Özdenak, Gokmen |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish soccer player and sports journalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 22, 1947 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Istanbul , Turkey |