Sabahattin Kuruoğlu
Footballer · died at 57
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| Age | died at 57 |
|---|---|
| Birth date | January 9, 1938 |
| Birthplace | Lüleburgaz |
| Died | December 7, 1995 |
| Profession | Footballer |
| Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
Sabahattin Kuruoğlu — Biography
Sabahattin Kuruoğlu (9 January 1938, Lüleburgaz – 7 December 1995, Istanbul) was a Turkish footballer and coach. He played for Beşiktaş and Göztepe at club level, winning the Millî Lig (the national league, today's Süper Lig) with Beşiktaş in 1959-60 and the Turkish Cup with Göztepe in 1968-69.
Between 1961 and 1965 he won nine caps for the Turkey national football team, and he was also capped 25 times for Turkey's army national team, with which he took part in a 1961 world championship win. After his playing career he worked as a coach at Beşiktaş and served as chairman of the general assembly of the Former Beşiktaş Athletes Association.
In 1994 he stood as a True Path Party (DYP) candidate for mayor of the Güzelçamlı municipality near Kuşadası. The father of Nazlı Deniz Kuruoğlu, who was crowned Miss Europe in 1982, Kuruoğlu died in Istanbul on 7 December 1995.
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