Mehmet Leblebi

Mehmet Leblebi (1908 – 25 February 1972) was a Turkish professional footballer. He spent the entirety of his career with his hometown club, Galatasaray SK.[1] He also represented Turkey on 16 occasions.

Mehmet Leblebi
Personal information
Date of birth 1908
Place of birth Pınarhisar, Ottoman Empire
Date of death 25 February 1972(1972-02-25) (aged 64)
Place of death Istanbul, Turkey
Playing position(s) Forward
Youth career
1920–1922 Galatasaray SK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1922–1936 Galatasaray SK 47 (24)
National team
1924–1932 Turkey 16 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Leblebi was born in Pınarhisar and played his entire career as a Forward and Midfielder for Galatasaray SK. Like many other Galatasaray SK players at that time, he was a student of the Galatasaray High School and started playing football at the Grand Cour of the Galatasaray High School.

Leblebi was selected to Galatasaray A2 team when he was 12. Only three years later, he started to play at the A team of Galatasaray SK.

Leblebi won the Istanbul Football League five times. He also scored 14 goals when Galatasaray SK beat Vefa SK 20-0 on 20 November 1925.[2]

Career statistics

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 April 1925Taksim Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey Bulgaria2-12-1Friendly
2.1 May 1925Stadionul Romcomit, Bucharest, Romania Romania2-12-1Friendly

Honours

As player

See also

References
  1. http://www.galatasaray.org/tarih/pages/tarih_unut_leblebi.php
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-08-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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