Muzaffer Tokaç

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Muzaffer Tokaç
Personnel
birthday July 22, 1922
place of birth Turkey
date of death July 1, 2009
Place of death United States
size 175 cm
position Right midfield , right winger
Juniors
Years station
until 1942 Galatasaray Istanbul
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1942-1955 Galatasaray Istanbul 187 (48)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1950-1951 Turkey U-21 3 0(1)
1952 Turkey B 1 0(1)
1948-1952 Turkey 13 0(2)
1 Only league games are given.

Muzaffer Tokaç (born July 22, 1922 in Turkey , † July 1, 2009 in the United States ) was a Turkish football player . Through his many years of work for Galatasaray Istanbul and as a home-grown man, he is very strongly associated with this club. On fan and club pages he is described as one of the most important players in club history. During his time as a player at Galatasaray, he also wore the captain's armband at times. He was considered the best right winger of his time in particular and one of the best right wingers in Turkish football in general. During the playing days he was known by the nickname Sarı Muzaffer (dt. Blonder Muzaffer or Muzaffer the blonde ) because of his blond hair . Another nickname was Cinci Muzaffer ( Muzaffer the witcher ). This name resulted from his playing technique and overview.

Following his football playing career, he moved to the United States and lived there until his death.

Player career

society

Tokaç attended the renowned Galatasaray High School and played here in the youth department of the traditional Galatasaray Istanbul club - the club that was founded by students from the Galatasaray High School. Word of his footballing talent spread quickly in the Galatasaray community, so that in 1942, at the age of seventeen, he was accepted into the squad of the Galatasaray football team. At the time of his entry into the professional squad, there was no international professional league in Turkey. Instead, regional leagues existed in metropolitan areas such as Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir , of which the İstanbul Futbol Ligi (German: Istanbul Football League ) was considered the most renowned. In addition, from 1936 an attempt was made to establish a kind of national championship with the Türkiye Maarif Mükafatı , a national football league of Turkey designed as a tournament and held at irregular intervals. Tokaç made his debut for Galatasaray during the game in the Istanbul Football League on September 13, 1942 against Davutpaşa SK . In this game Tokaç played the full length of the game. In the further course of the season he played in twelve other games. After the end of the season, Galatasaray took part in Türkiye Maarif Mükafatı, while Tokaç played two of the possible 14 matches during this tournament. His team finished the tournament in 2nd place. In addition, Tokaç's team also took part in the Istanbul Cup and was able to win this cup. This brought Tokaç his first trophy at club level.

In the 1943/44 season he was one of the most successful goal scorers of his team with six goals in seven league games. With his team he finished the league in 3rd place in the table and did not take part in the post-season Türkiye Maarif Mükafatı this time. The title was defended in the Istanbul Cup. The following season was also successful for Tokaç. He conquered a regular place and completed almost all encounters. With his team, Tokaç always occupied places in the upper table segment and established itself as a top performer. Through his achievements, he rose to the national team in 1948. In the 1948/49 season Tokaç reached the championship of the Istanbul Football League with his team and was part of the team that was able to win the Istanbul championship for Galatasaray after 18 years. The next two seasons he went empty-handed with his team in the championship.

In spring 1952 the İstanbul Futbol Ligi was transferred to the İstanbul Profesyonel Ligi (German: Istanbul Professional League ) and all well-known clubs took part in this league from then on. In the first season of this league Tokaç 'team reached the runner-up behind arch-rivals Beşiktaş Istanbul the runner-up. Tokaç appeared in 14 games and scored two goals. In the 1955/56 season of this league, Galatasaray managed to win the championship. In this championship season Tokaç lost his regular place and completed eight league games.

In the summer of 1956 he ended his career with a farewell game in which Galatasaray met Beykozspor . After retiring from his career, he moved to New York City and played for Brookhattan , among others .

National team

Tokaç started his national team career in 1948. Here he was appointed to the squad of the Turkish national team by national coach Peter Molloy , who also coached Tokaç's club Galatasaray Istanbul at the same time . Tokaç made his international debut in November 1948 as part of a friendly against the Greek national team . After this encounter, Tokaç was one of the regularly nominated players of the Turkish A-selection for about three years.

During this three-year national team career, Tokaç was involved in some important successes in Turkish football history. On June 17, 1951, Turkey played its first international match against the German national team in the Berlin Olympic Stadium , which was sold out with 100,000 spectators . In this game, in which Tokaç was active for the full season, Turkey won 2-1 and caused a big surprise. Tokaç scored the 2-1 winning goal for his team in the 85th minute and was one of the most striking players on his team. In the summer of 1949 Tokaç took part with Turkey in the Mediterranean Cup and finished second behind the second selection of the Italian national team .

His last international match was against Spain on June 8, 1952 . In total, he played 13 times for the Turkish senior team and scored two goals. In addition to his work for the senior national team, Tokaç also worked for the B national team and the Turkish U-21 national team. In his appearances for the latter selection, he was all games over 21 years old.

death

Tokaç died on July 1, 2009 in the United States , where he moved his primary residence after the end of his football playing career.

Trivia

  • His son Cengiz Tokaç was active as a basketball player at Galatasaray and after his career took care of the basketball team as a manager.
  • After his football career, he settled in the American metropolis New York City and founded a company here with the Turkish businessman Rauf Halat called Rauf Halat - Muzaffer Tokaç Co. - Division of PAN-Turk .
  • During his time in the USA he also worked as a correspondent for the daily Milliyet .

successes

As a player

With the Turkish national team

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ June 11, 1993, Milliyet, p. 23
  2. ↑ May 12, 1968, Milliyet, p. 9
  3. ↑ May 24, 1952, Milliyet, p. 5
  4. ↑ May 21, 1956, Milliyet, p. 6
  5. ^ February 11, 1958, Milliyet, p. 6
  6. ↑ tagesspiegel.de: "Turkish fans make a pilgrimage to Potsdam". Accessed on November 10, 2013.
  7. ↑ January 20, 1979, Milliyet, p. 15
  8. ↑ http://gazetearsivi.milliyet.com.tr/ Milliyet, 30 Mart 1982
  9. ↑ April 20, 1976, Milliyet, p. 12
personal data
SURNAME Tokaç, Muzaffer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Turkey
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 2009
Place of death United States