Nihat Bekdik
| Nihat Bekdik | ||
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | 1902 | |
| place of birth | Istanbul , Turkey | |
| date of death | September 21, 1972 | |
| Place of death | Istanbul , Turkey | |
| position | midfield | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1914-1918 | Galatasaray Istanbul | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1918-1936 | Galatasaray Istanbul | 268 (?) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1923-1931 | Turkey | 21 (1) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Nihat Bekdik (* 1902 in Istanbul ; † September 21, 1972 there ) was a Turkish football player . Through his many years of work for Galatasaray Istanbul , he is very strongly associated with this club. On fan and club pages he is seen as one of the most important and popular players in club history. The audience and his teammates called him Aslan Nihat ( German Nihat the lion ).
Career
societies
Bekdik first played as a professional footballer in 1918 at Galatasaray Istanbul . Bekdik played as a professional footballer for Galatasaray for a total of 18 years and never for any other team. During this time at Galatasaray, Nihat was five times Turkish champion.
National team
His career in the national team began on October 26, 1923 in the Taksim Stadium in Istanbul against Romania , in the first game of the Turkish national team. Between 1923 and 1931 he played 18 times for the Turkish national team.
death
Bekdik died of heart failure on September 21, 1972 in his native Istanbul . One day later he was buried in front of many prominent guests in the Zincirlikuyu cemetery in Istanbul .
Web links
- Nihat Bekdik in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Nihat Bekdik in the weltfussball.de database
- Nihat Bekdik in the Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu database (English)
- Nihat Bekdik in the mackolik.com database (Turkish)
- Nihat Bekdik in the database of EU-Football.info (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ galatasaray.org: "Nihat Bekdik (1902–1972)" (accessed on August 27, 2012).
- ↑ October 14, 1982, Milliyet, p. 12: "Arslan Nihat"
- ↑ June 24, 1972, Milliyet Zeitung, p. 10.
- ↑ June 23, 1972, Milliyet Zeitung, Sayfa 10
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bekdik, Nihat |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Istanbul |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 21, 1972 |
| Place of death | Istanbul |