Burhan Atak

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Burhan Atak
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Personal information
Date of birth (1905-01-27)27 January 1905
Place of birth Istanbul, Turkey
Date of death 6 June 1987(1987-06-06) (aged 82)
Place of death Istanbul, Turkey
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1920–1934[1] Galatasaray SK 54 (6)
National team
1926–1932 Turkey 10 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Burhan Atak (27 January 1905 – 6 June 1987) was a Turkish former football player. He spent the entirety of his career with his hometown club, Galatasaray SK.[2] He also represented Turkey on 10 occasions, including at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[3]

Career[]

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

He made his senior national team debut against Bulgaria on 12 September 1926 and scored his first and only goal against Romania on 15 April 1928.[4][5]

Atak won the Istanbul Football League six times.

Career statistics[]

International goals[]

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 15 April 1928 Stadionul Romcomit, Bucharest, Romania  Romania 2–3 2–4 Friendly

[6]

Honours[]

As player[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Burhan Atak". turksports.net. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Burhan Atak". turksports.net. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Burhan Atak". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  4. ^ Profile at TFF.org
  5. ^ Romania match report
  6. ^ Romania match report
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