İbrahim Kelle

İbrahim Kelle — Biography

İbrahim Kelle was a Turkish footballer, coach and football administrator, born in 1897 in the Hayrat district of Trabzon and died on 2 February 1965 in the Beykoz district of Istanbul. He began his playing career at Beykoz before going on to play for Anadolu Hisarı and İstanbul Altınordu İdman Yurdu.

He earned a single cap for the Turkey national football team, playing as a left half in the country's first-ever international match, against Romania, and was part of the Turkey squad at the 1924 Paris Olympics, although he did not appear in any matches there. He continued playing football until the age of 45, after which he went on to work as a club administrator and coach.

He remains a remembered figure in Beykoz's football history.