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Selçuk Yula

association football player

Born
November 8, 1959 · Ankara
Died
August 6, 2013 · Istanbul
Age
53 years
Nationality
Turkey
Cause
heart attack

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Selçuk Yula was an association football player from Turkey. Born in 1959, Yula died in 2013 at the age of 53 in Istanbul.

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Selçuk Yula (November 8, 1959 – August 6, 2013) was a Turkish football player and topscorer.

Professional career

Yula started his career in the Ankara club Şekerspor. His transfer to Fenerbahçe at the age of 19, had been a milestone in his career, where he became twice league topscorer with 16 goals in 1982, with 19 goals in 1983, and he won two league titles with Fenerbahçe, where he scored a total of 134 goals. He also played and scored in the match against Bordeaux, European Champions of the time, that Fenerbahçe won 3–2.

Yula played for Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin in German Bundesliga in the season 1986–1987. He then came back to Turkey to play for Sarıyer (1987–1991) and then Galatasaray (1991–1993). He quit his professional career under Fenerbahçe jersey, in a specially scheduled match played between Fenerbahçe vs. Erzurumspor in Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium.

International

He was capped 22 times for the Turkey national football team, including three times as the team-captain.

Other interests

Yula was a sports journalist with the newspaper Fotomaç and also served as sports critic and expert for the Fenerbahçe TV and ATV with weekly appearances. He was selected as the "Best Sports Critic of the Year" among the polls made within the Fenerbahçe fans in 2005 and 2007.

Death

On August 6, 2013, Yula died at the age of 53 of a heart attack.

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