Feridun BuÄŸeker

Feridun İsmail Buğeker or according to some sources also Ferudun Buğaker ( born April 5, 1933, Istanbul ) is a former Turkish football player and an architect. Because of its long-serving activity for Fenerbahce he is associated with this club. He played in the 1950 and 1960 years, about seven years for the Stuttgarter Kickers, making it one of the first Turkish football player in German football. With the Turkish national team, he participated in the 1954 World Cup.

Playing career

Association

Buğeker started early to deal with several sports. So he was interested in offers soccer for other sports, including athletics, which he exercised all. He ran the 100 - meter dash in 11.3 seconds and the 200 -meter run in 24 seconds. After Buğeker had played in various school and street teams football, he began in 1949 in the youth from the Istanbul club Beyoğluspor with the club football. Here he was taken after a few weeks in the first men's team and played the next three years for this club.

For the summer of 1952 he joined the Turkish club Fenerbahce tradition. Here he was able to immediately jump into the starting eleven. By the end of the season, he completed all league games and hit it six times. With his club he was master of İstanbul Profesyonel Ligi (German: Istanbul Professional League ). It was also nominated in May 1953 by the Turkish national team coach, the Italians Sandro Puppo, as part of a test match against the Swiss team for the national team and was in the lot of 25 May in 1953 international debut.

Buğeker, the (short İTÜ ) among others, Paul Bonatz studied in addition to his football playing career at the İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Architecture, played until the summer of 1955 at Fenerbahçe. According to other sources, he studied at the short İTÜ engineering. Buğeker were available more supply from abroad, including from Italy and Germany. Since Buğeker eh intended to continue his studies abroad, he was looking for an opportunity to be Weiterstidium with his move to join abroad. So Buğeker moved to Stuttgart at the Stuttgarter Kickers and studied alongside at the University of Stuttgart with his old professor Paul Bonatz architecture, which he was representative of the Stuttgart School. According to other sources, he studied engineering. The Kickers he quickly established himself within the team and was then occupied in the starting eleven. The end of 1957 he broke the second time the leg and had to pause for several months due to injury. During his time in Stuttgart, he always spent his annual vacation in his native Turkey and stayed fit in his old club Fenerbahçe.

After Buğeker had the spring of 1963, finished his studies, he returned to Turkey and was hired by his old club Fenerbahçe on. Here he played a few months and then ended his football playing career.

National

After Buğeker 1953 convinced by good performances for his club Fenerbahce, the coach Sandro Puppo nominated him for a friendly against the Swiss national team on 25 May 1953 in the squad of the Turkish national team. Buğeker made ​​his international debut during this game. From then on he was a first for the regularly nominated internationals.

He was also appointed to the cadre of Turkey for the World Cup 1954. Here they finished at the end of the group stage on points with the German team into second place. Although you had the better goal, it was decided by the then regime of the Second Group by a play between these two teams. This meeting decided Germany 7:2 for themselves. Buğeker came in two games his team during this tournament are used. After the World Cup Buğeker took no further consideration in the national team.

He also played once in 1953 for the second selection of the Turkish national team.

Achievements

• With Fenerbahce İstanbul Futbol Ligi: 1948/49,
• İstanbul Profesyonel Ligi: in 1954/55

• With the Turkish national Participation in the World Cup: 1954