Ömer Boncuk (1917
Ankara
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– August 1, 1988
Istanbul
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), formerly Ömer Albakır, was a Turkish
football
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midfielder
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and a high school teacher for music.
He started playing football in the 1937–38 season at the Istanbul team
Güneş SK. He made 24 appearances in two seasons scoring two goals. Following the closure of the club in 1939, Boncuk moved to
Fenerbahçe,
where he played 166 games and scored 14 goals until 1947. He transferred in the 1947–48 season to
Ä°stanbulspor
İstanbulspor Kulübü is a Turkish association football, football and sports club founded by Istanbul High School students in 1926. In 2004–05, they were relegated from the Turkish Süper Lig (Super League) to the TFF First League. For many d ...
scoring three goals in 24 matches within three seasons.
After retiring from active sport in 1950, Ömer Boncuk pursued a teacher's profession for music at
HaydarpaÅŸa High School
Haydarpaşa High School () is an Anatolian High School, Anatolian high school in Üsküdar district of Istanbul, Turkey established in 1934.
History
Founded by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on September 26, 1934, the school initially operated as a boys' ...
, where he served also as deputy school director.
He changed his surname from Albakır to Boncuk due to his nickname "Boncuk Ömer" meaning Ömer the Bead" for his
short stature
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. In that era, many football players were nicknamed, and almost all of the Fenerbahçe footballers had nicknames.
Ömer Boncuk died on August 1, 1988, in Istanbul. He was laid to rest at the
Karacaahmet Cemetery
The Karacaahmet Cemetery () is a 700-year-old historic cemetery located in Üsküdar, on the Asian side of Istanbul. Karacaahmet cemetery is the largest and second oldest in Istanbul at , and the largest burial ground in Turkey by number of interr ...
following the religious funeral service at Galip Pasha Mosque in Erenköy.
Achievements
;
Milli Küme Şampiyonası:
with Güneş:
*
1937–38
with Fenerbahçe:
*
1939–40,
1942–43,
1944–45,
1945–46,
1949–50
*
1943–44,
1946–47
*
1940–41
;
Istanbul Football League
The Istanbul Football League () was founded as a regional association football, football league under the name Constantinople Football Association League by James La Fontaine and Henry Pears in Istanbul, the capital of the former Ottoman Empire, ...
:
with Güneş:
*
1937–38
with Fenerbahçe
*
1943–44,
1946–47
*
1939–40,
1940–41,
1942–43,
1944–45,
1945–46
*
1941–42
;Prime Minister's Cup
with Fenerbahçe
* 1945, 1946
References
External links
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1917 births
1988 deaths
Footballers from Ankara
Turkish men's footballers
Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers
Ä°stanbulspor footballers
Turkish schoolteachers
Burials at Karacaahmet Cemetery
Men's association football midfielders
20th-century Turkish sportsmen
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