Samet Bülbül

Samet Bülbül — Biography

Samet Bülbül is a retired Turkish footballer, born 13 March 1991 in the Beykoz district of Istanbul. Standing 1.76 metres tall, he played in midfield, mainly as an attacking midfielder.

He began playing football in 2001 at local club Ortaçeşme, moving two years later into Beşiktaş's youth system, where he spent many years. Promoted to the U-18 side in 2007, he was part of the squad that won the Istanbul group and reached the Turkish Championship, before moving up to Beşiktaş's A2 team towards the end of that season; from 2008-09 he became one of the A2 side's key players. He signed a professional contract with Beşiktaş on 29 December 2010 and was loaned to Bucaspor for the second half of the 2010-11 season. He started and played 70 minutes in a Turkish Cup match against Ankaragücü on 17 January 2011, then made his Süper Lig debut against Kasımpaşa on 29 January. In February 2009 he was called up to the Turkey under-19 team for two friendlies against Romania, playing the full 90 minutes in both.

Later in his career he played for Şanlıurfaspor, Nazilli Belediyespor and Çatalcaspor; his form for Nazilli Belediyespor drew attention in the local sports press around 2017-2018, and he spent the later part of his career in the lower divisions before retiring from the game.