Mehmet Leblebi

Mehmet Leblebi (1908 – 25 February 1972) was a Turkish professional footballer. He spent the entirety of his career with his hometown club, Galatasaray SK.[1] He also represented Turkey on 16 occasions, and played for them at the 1924 Summer Olympics and the 1928 Summer Olympics.[2]

Mehmet Leblebi
Personal information
Date of birth 1908
Place of birth Pınarhisar, Ottoman Empire
Date of death 25 February 1972(1972-02-25) (aged 64)
Place of death Istanbul, Turkey
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1920–1922 Galatasaray SK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1922–1936 Galatasaray SK 47 (24)
International career
1924–1932 Turkey 16 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Leblebi was born in Pınarhisar and played his entire career as a forward and midfielder for Galatasaray SK. Like many other Galatasaray players at that time, he was a student of the Galatasaray High School and started playing football there at the Grand Cour.

Leblebi was selected to Galatasaray A2 team when he was 12. Only three years later, he started to play with Galatasaray's A team,

Leblebi won the Istanbul Football League five times. He also scored 14 goals when Galatasaray beat Vefa SK 20-0 on 20 November 1925.[3]

Career statistics

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 April 1925Taksim Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey Bulgaria2-12-1Friendly
2.1 May 1925Stadionul Romcomit, Bucharest, Romania Romania2-12-1Friendly

Honours

As player

See also

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-07-26. Retrieved 2010-08-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Mehmet Leblebi". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-08-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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