Kubilay Türkyilmaz
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 4 March 1967 | ||
Place of birth | Bellinzona, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1985–1986 | US Semine | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1986–1989 | Bellinzona | 79 | (46) |
1989–1990 | Servette | 46 | (25) |
1990–1993 | Bologna | 83 | (24) |
1993–1995 | Galatasaray | 43 | (16) |
1995–1998 | Grasshoppers | 84 | (51) |
1998 | Locarno | 12 | (6) |
1999 | Luzern | 14 | (6) |
2000 | Bellinzona | 13 | (15) |
2000–2001 | Brescia | 9 | (3) |
2001 | Lugano | 6 | (3) |
Total | 389 | (195) | |
International career | |||
1988–2001 | Switzerland | 64 | (34) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kubilay Türkyilmaz (Turkish: Kubilay Türkyılmaz; born 4 March 1967) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a forward. He ended his international career as the all-time joint leading goal scorer for the Switzerland national team, with 34 goals in 64 appearances between 1988 and 2001, equalling the goals scored by Max Abegglen. Their record was bettered by Alexander Frei in 2008.[1]
Club career
[edit]Born in Bellinzona, Ticino, Türkyilmaz began his club career with the local club Bellinzona in 1986 and later joined Servette in 1989. He left the country in 1990 for the Italian club Bologna before joining Galatasaray of Turkey, where he won the Süper Lig in his first season, 1993–94, and scored twice against Manchester United in the next season's UEFA Champions League.[2] In 1995, he returned to Switzerland with Grasshoppers, winning the league in 1995–96 and 1997–98.
International career
[edit]Türkyilmaz made his international debut on 2 February 1988 against France[2] in Toulouse as a 65th-minute substitute for Hans-Peter Zwicker. Switzerland lost the Tournoi de France match 2–1. His first goals were two against Luxembourg in qualification for the 1990 FIFA World Cup, on 21 September 1988, his seventh match.
He missed the 1994 FIFA World Cup with serious injury, but appeared at Euro 1996, scoring Switzerland's equaliser against England in the opening match of the tournament, a 1–1 draw at Wembley.[2]
His last 8 international matches, from 1997 to 2001, saw him score 14 times, including his first international hat-trick, versus Azerbaijan in qualification for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He added another hat trick, of three penalty kicks on 7 October 2000 in a 5–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier in Zürich against the Faroe Islands. It was the first hat-trick of its kind in the competition's history.[3] In his final match, on 5 September 2001, he scored twice against Luxembourg away in qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
Personal life
[edit]Türkyilmaz was born in Switzerland to a family of Turkish descent that immigrated from the Yozgat Province;[4] he has said that he would have played for Turkey had they inquired first.[2] He once refused to play for Switzerland in a game against Turkey for fear of being branded a traitor.[5] He now runs a café in his native Bellinzona.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]- Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Türkyilmaz goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 21 September 1988 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg | ![]() |
2–0 | 4–1 | 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2 | 4–0 | |||||
3 | 21 June 1989 | St. Jakob Stadion, Basel, Switzerland | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
4 | 20 September 1989 | Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel, Switzerland | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–2 | 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification |
5 | 11 October 1989 | St. Jakob Stadion, Basel, Switzerland | ![]() |
2–1 | 2–2 | 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification |
6 | 15 November 1989 | Espenmoos, St. Gallen, Switzerland | ![]() |
2–1 | 2–1 | 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification |
7 | 8 May 1990 | Wankdorfstadion, Bern, Switzerland | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
8 | 21 August 1990 | Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria | ![]() |
1–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
9 | 2–1 | |||||
10 | 12 March 1991 | Sportplatz Rheinau, Balzers, Liechtenstein | ![]() |
4–0 | 6–0 | Friendly |
11 | 1 May 1991 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria | ![]() |
3–2 | 3–2 | UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying |
12 | 5 June 1991 | Espenmoos, St. Gallen, Switzerland | ![]() |
7–0 | 7–0 | UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying |
13 | 21 August 1991 | Strahov Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
14 | 9 October 1991 | Stadion Allmend, Lucerne, Switzerland | ![]() |
3–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
15 | 17 April 1993 | Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–0 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
16 | 12 October 1994 | Wankdorfstadion, Bern, Switzerland | ![]() |
4–2 | 4–2 | UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying |
17 | 16 August 1995 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying |
18 | 11 October 1995 | Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying |
19 | 24 April 1996 | Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano, Switzerland | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
20 | 8 June 1996 | Wembley Stadium, London, England | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 1996 |
21 | 30 April 1997 | Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
22 | 11 October 1997 | Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland | ![]() |
1–0 | 5–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
23 | 2–0 | |||||
24 | 5–0 | |||||
25 | 4 September 1990 | Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–2 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying |
26 | 8 September 1999 | Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne, Switzerland | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying |
27 | 2–0 | |||||
28 | 7 October 2000 | Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland | ![]() |
3–1 | 5–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
29 | 4–1 | |||||
30 | 5–1 | |||||
31 | 11 October 2000 | Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–2 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
32 | 2–1 | |||||
33 | 5 September 2001 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg | ![]() |
2–0 | 3–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
34 | 3–0 |
Honours
[edit]Galatasaray
Grasshoppers
Individual[7]
- Swiss Footballer of the Year: 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98
References
[edit]- ^ "Switzerland coast home against Liechtenstein". Swissinfo. 30 May 2008. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Turkyilmaz: Swiss star, Turkish heart". FIFA. 10 July 2013. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ "Ronaldo, 3e joueur à transformer 3 penalties" [Ronaldo, 3rd player to convert three penalties] (in French). RDS. 3 June 2004. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ "Yozgat, Kubilay'la temasa geçiyor" (in Turkish). NTV. 16 June 2000. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ Staniforth, Tommy (10 October 1998). "Football: New start for depleted Germans". The Independent. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ "Kubilay Türkyilmaz". European Football. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ "Player of the year » Switzerland". World Football. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
External links
[edit]- Living people
- 1967 births
- People from Bellinzona
- Swiss sportspeople of Turkish descent
- Swiss men's footballers
- Footballers from Ticino
- Men's association football forwards
- Switzerland men's international footballers
- UEFA Euro 1996 players
- Swiss Super League players
- Süper Lig players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Servette FC players
- Bologna FC 1909 players
- Galatasaray S.K. footballers
- Grasshopper Club Zurich players
- FC Locarno players
- FC Luzern players
- AC Bellinzona players
- Brescia Calcio players
- FC Lugano players
- Swiss expatriate men's footballers
- Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy