Saffet Sancaklı
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Member of the Grand National Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 23 June 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Constituency | Kocaeli (June 2015, Nov 2015, 2018, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Tutin, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | 27 February 1966||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Nationalist Movement Party | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Saffet Sancaklı (Serbian Cyrillic: Сафет Санџакли, romanized: Safet Sandžakli; born 27 February 1966) is a Turkish former international footballer and current politician. He is a deputy of Nationalist Movement Party, representing city of Kocaeli.
Club career
[edit]Sancaklı scored 130 goals in Süper Lig with different teams. He is third player (after Refik Osman Top and Ali Soydan) who played at the Big Three of Turkey, Beşiktaş (1987–1988), Galatasaray (1994–1995) and Fenerbahçe (1996–1998). He also played for Kültürspor (1983–1985), Vefa SK (1985–1987), Eskişehirspor (1988–1989, on loan), Sarıyer (1990–1991), Kocaelispor (1991–1994 and 1995–1996) and Konyaspor (1989–1990, on loan and 1998–1999).
International career
[edit]Sancaklı played for Turkey national football team (23 matches with 6 goals) and was a participant at the 1996 UEFA European Championship.
Post-football career
[edit]After retiring football, he went into politics from Nationalist Movement Party. He ran for deputyship from İstanbul in Turkish general elections in 2011 and ran for mayor of Kocaeli metropolitan municipality in Turkish local elections in 2014, but was successful in neither. He was finally elected as deputy from Kocaeli in the Turkish general elections of June 2015, and reelected in the November 2015 Turkish general election.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Saffet Sancaklı". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
External links
[edit]- Sancaklı Management
- Saffet Sancaklı – FIFA competition record (archived)
- http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=22020
- 1966 births
- Living people
- People from Tutin, Serbia
- Bosniaks of Serbia
- Turkish men's footballers
- Turkey men's international footballers
- Serbian emigrants to Turkey
- Turkish people of Serbian descent
- Turkish people of Bosniak descent
- Men's association football forwards
- UEFA Euro 1996 players
- Vefa S.K. footballers
- Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers
- Kocaelispor footballers
- Galatasaray S.K. footballers
- Beşiktaş J.K. footballers
- Konyaspor footballers
- Sarıyer S.K. footballers
- Süper Lig players
- Turkish sportsperson-politicians
- Members of the 25th Parliament of Turkey
- Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey
- Members of the 27th Parliament of Turkey
- Members of the 28th Parliament of Turkey
- Deputies of Kocaeli
- Turkish football forward stubs