| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Selçuk Yula | ||
| Date of birth | (1959-11-08)November 8, 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Ankara,Turkey | ||
| Date of death | August 6, 2013(2013-08-06) (aged 53) | ||
| Place of death | Istanbul,Turkey | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1976–1979 | Şekerspor | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1986 | Fenerbahçe | 160 | (64) |
| 1986–1987 | Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin | 11 | (2) |
| 1987–1991 | Sarıyer | 76 | (30) |
| 1991–1992 | Galatasaray | 4 | (1) |
| Total | 251 | (97) | |
| International career | |||
| 1976–1978 | Turkey U18 | 13 | (4) |
| 1979–1982 | Turkey U21 | 6 | (1) |
| 1981–1988 | Turkey | 22 | (4) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Selçuk Yula (November 8, 1959 – August 6, 2013) was aTurkishfootball player and topscorer.
Yula started his career in the Ankara clubŞekerspor. His transfer toFenerbahçe at the age of 19, had been a milestone in his career, where he became twiceleague 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 forBlau-Weiß 90 Berlin inGerman Bundesliga in the season 1986–1987. He then came back toTurkey to play forSarıyer (1987–1991) and thenGalatasaray (1991–1993). He quit his professional career under Fenerbahçe jersey, in a specially scheduled match played between Fenerbahçe vs. Erzurumspor inŞükrü Saracoğlu Stadium.
He was capped 22 times for theTurkey national football team, including three times as the team-captain.[1]
One of the most remarkable football legends of Fenerbahçe, Yula was a sports journalist with the newspaperFotomaç and also served as sports critic and expert for theFenerbahçe TV andATV 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.
On August 6, 2013, Yula died at the age of 53 of a heart attack.[2][3]
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