Şeref Görkey (1 January 1913 - 10 November 2004) was a Turkish

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and

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who mainly served Turkish side

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 18 km2 and its population is 175,190 (2022). It is located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and ...

throughout his career. Nicknamed Voleci Şeref, literally meaning ''"Şeref the Volley Scorer"'', due to his tally of scoring 99 goals of volley shots during his career, Görkey wore number 10 shirt whilst his entire spell at Beşiktaş. He was also part of Turkey's squad at the

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, but he did not play in any matches.

Club career

Görkey scored 320 goals during his career, where he is one of the most scoring players in fierce

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of Beşiktaş, scoring 30 goals to

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...

and 13 goals to Fenerbahçe, respectively. Görkey managed

İstanbulspor 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 ...

in 1972.

Career stats

International

Individual

*Beşiktaş J.K. Squads of Century (Bronze Team)

References

External links

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Biography
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