Cem Pamiroğlu (born 17 September 1957) is a Turkish former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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, most notably for Fenerbahçe.

Biography

Pamiroğlu was born on 17 September 1957 in

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. He started his career in Fenerbahçe PAF then up to Fenerbahçe in 1975. He won three Turkish League titles and two Turkish Cup with Fenerbahçe. He also played 23 times for

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, six times for Turkey U21 and 14 times for Turkey U18. He capped 508 times for Fenerbahçe and been fourth most capped (after Müjdat Yetkiner,

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and Şeref Has). He was initially loaned to

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in 1986 and finally transferred to

in 1987 and played for her two seasons before his retirement in 1989. Now he is manager of Turkey U18 and Turkey U19 national football teams. He also managed

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and Göztepe.

References

Living people 1957 births Turkish men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers Sarıyer S.K. footballers Turkey men's international footballers Turkey men's under-21 international footballers Turkey men's youth international footballers Footballers from Istanbul 20th-century Turkish sportsmen {{Turkey-footy-defender-stub