Ümit Birol (26 January 1963 – 10 July 2023) was a Turkish football player and manager. A

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

, he was capped once for the Turkey national team, and was also a squad member at the

1987 Mediterranean Games The X Mediterranean Games ( ar, ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 1987), commonly known as the 1987 Mediterranean Games, were the 10th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Latakia, Syria, from 11 to 25 September 1987, whe ...

. Birol died from a heart attack on 10 July 2023, at the age of 60.

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1963 births 2023 deaths Footballers from Samsun Turkish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Turkey men's international footballers Samsunspor footballers Adanaspor footballers Antalyaspor footballers Adana Demirspor footballers Altay S.K. footballers Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers Kocaelispor footballers Çanakkale Dardanelspor footballers Eskişehirspor footballers Yıldırım Bosna S.K. footballers Turkish football managers Altay S.K. managers Alibeyköy S.K. managers Erzurumspor managers Competitors at the 1987 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games medalists in football {{Turkey-footy-bio-stub