İbrahim Toraman (born 20 November 1981) is a Turkish former professional

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. He played as a defender in centre, right back or occasionally in defensive midfield positions.

Career

Toraman's career started with local club

Sivas DSİ Spor Sivas (Latin and Greek language, Greek: ''Sebastia'', ''Sebastea'', Σεβάστεια, Σεβαστή, ) is a city in central Turkey and the seat of Sivas Province. The city, which lies at an elevation of in the broad valley of the Kızılır ...

, playing six years at the amateur level. He was named second-best player out of all amateur level teams in Turkey. Professionally, Toraman played for

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and attracted attention with his success. In his last two years at Gaziantepspor, he was reportedly added to the top of many teams' transfer lists. Toraman, was signed by Istanbul club Beşiktaş J.K. in the 2004–05 pre-season on a three-year contract with a transfer fee of $2.5 million. Following the incident with Beşiktaş teammate Sezer Öztürk Toraman was left out of the Beşiktaş squad under

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's management at the start of the 2013–14 season. Before the beginning of the 2014–15 season, he was loaned to

Sivasspor Sivasspor Kulübü, known as Demir Grup Sivasspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish sports club based in Sivas. The primary department of the club is men's football. Formed in 1967, its football department competes in Süper Lig, as of 20 ...

Career statistics

:''Score and result list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Toraman goal.''

Honours

Turkey *

FIFA Confederations Cup The FIFA Confederations Cup was an international association football tournament for men's national teams, held every four years by FIFA. It was contested by the holders of each of the six continental championships (AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL ...

: third place

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Beşiktaş *

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

: 2008–09 *

Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup (Turkish: ''Türkiye Kupası'') is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası ...

: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09,

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Turkish Super Cup The Turkish Super Cup (Turkish: ''TFF Süper Kupa''), as it is currently known, is the annual super cup football match contested between the previous season's Süper Lig champions and the Turkish Cup winners in Turkey. It was originally known as ...

: 2006

References

External links

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Guardian Stats Centre
{{DEFAULTSORT:Toraman, Ibrahim 1981 births Living people People from Sivas Turkish footballers Association football central defenders Turkey international footballers Turkey under-21 international footballers 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup players Süper Lig players Gaziantepspor footballers Beşiktaş J.K. footballers Sivasspor footballers