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Saffet Sancaklı

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Saffet Sancaklı
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Assumed office
23 June 2015
ConstituencyKocaeli (June 2015, Nov 2015, 2018, 2023)
Personal details
Born (1966-02-27) 27 February 1966 (age 58)
Tutin, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Political partyNationalist Movement Party
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]

Association football career
Position(s) Centre forward[1]
Youth career
1983–1985 Kültürspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1987 Vefa SK
1987–1991 Beşiktaş 25 (4)
1988–1989Eskişehirspor (loan) 30 (11)
1989–1990Konyaspor (loan) 24 (10)
1990–1991Sarıyer G.K. (loan) 10 (0)
1991–1994 Kocaelispor 88 (63)
1994–1995 Galatasaray 43 (30)
1996 Kocaelispor 19 (14)
1996–1998 Fenerbahçe 58 (21)
1998–1999 Konyaspor 16 (8)
International career
1988 Turkey U21 1 (0)
1992–1996 Turkey 23 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Saffet Sancaklı (Serbian Cyrillic: Сафет Санџакли, romanizedSafet Sandžakli; born 27 February 1966) is a Turkish former international footballer and current politician. He is a deputy of Nationalist Movement Party, representing city of Kocaeli.

Club career

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Sancaklı scored 130 goals in Süper Lig with different teams. He is third player (after Refik Osman Top and Ali Soydan) who played at the Big Three of Turkey, Beşiktaş (1987–1988), Galatasaray (1994–1995) and Fenerbahçe (1996–1998). He also played for Kültürspor (1983–1985), Vefa SK (1985–1987), Eskişehirspor (1988–1989, on loan), Sarıyer (1990–1991), Kocaelispor (1991–1994 and 1995–1996) and Konyaspor (1989–1990, on loan and 1998–1999).

International career

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Sancaklı played for Turkey national football team (23 matches with 6 goals) and was a participant at the 1996 UEFA European Championship.

Post-football career

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After retiring football, he went into politics from Nationalist Movement Party. He ran for deputyship from İstanbul in Turkish general elections in 2011 and ran for mayor of Kocaeli metropolitan municipality in Turkish local elections in 2014, but was successful in neither. He was finally elected as deputy from Kocaeli in the Turkish general elections of June 2015, and reelected in the November 2015 Turkish general election.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Saffet Sancaklı". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
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