Celal İbrahim
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Celal İbrahim | ||
Date of birth | 1889 | ||
Place of birth | Malatya, Ottoman Empire | ||
Date of death | 21 March 1917 | (aged 33)||
Place of death | Baghdad, Iraq | ||
Position(s) | Left wingback | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1905–1915 | Galatasaray | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Celal İbrahim (1884 – 21 March 1917) was an Ottoman footballer of Kurdish origin and one of the founders of Galatasaray. He was also known as Kürt Celal which translates in English as Kurdish Celal.[1]
Career
[edit]İbrahim spent the entirety of his career with Galatasaray, his hometown club. He once scored 4 goals against Fenerbahçe in a single match on 12 February 1911.[2][3][4]
Death
[edit]He was killed in action in the Defense of Baghdad, Iraq on 21 March 21, 1917.[5]
Honours
[edit]Galatasaray
- Istanbul Football League: 1908–09, 1909–10, 1910–11, 1914–15
References
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- ^ sabah, daily (2 April 2018). "Remembering Galatasaray's heroes of the Gallipoli Campaign". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ NTVMSNBC Website (in Turkish)
- ^ Hurriyet Newspaper Archive (in Turkish)
- ^ Bugün Newspaper Archive (in Turkish) Archived 2011-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bir öykü: Galatasaray’ın neferi Şehit Celâl İbrahim (in Turkish) Archived 2010-06-12 at the Wayback Machine