Reha Eken
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mehmet Reha Eken | ||
Date of birth | 1 January 1925 | ||
Place of birth | Istanbul, Turkey | ||
Date of death | 19 August 2013 | (aged 88)||
Place of death | Istanbul, Turkey | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1944–1954 | Galatasaray | 102 | (60) |
1954–1955 | 18 | (7) | |
Total | 120 | (67) | |
National team | |||
1948–1950 | Turkey | 4 | (6) |
Teams managed | |||
1957–1958 | Karşıyaka S.K. | ||
1958–1959 | Göztepe S.K. | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Mehmet Reha Eken (1 January 1925 – 19 August 2013) was a Turkish professional footballer who played as a forward. He was strongly associated with Galatasaray Istanbul because of his long career at the club. On fan club pages he is regarded as one of the greatest players in the club's history.[citation needed] In his four stakes for the Turkish national team, he scored six goals and has with 1.5 the best goal / game ratio of any Turkish national team player. He was also part of Turkey's squad for the football tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.[1]
His two brothers and Bülent Eken were also active as players at Galatasaray.
Death[]
Eken died on 19 August 2013 in Istanbul at the age of 88.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Reha Eken". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "Reha Eken'i kaybettik" [Striker Reha Eken dies aged 88] (in Turkish). milliyet.com.tr. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
Categories:
- 1925 births
- 2013 deaths
- Turkish footballers
- Turkish football managers
- Sportspeople from Istanbul
- Association football forwards
- Galatasaray S.K. footballers
- Turkey international footballers
- Karşıyaka S.K. managers
- Göztepe S.K. managers
- Turkish football forward stubs