Salih Dursun (born 12 July 1991) is a Turkish

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 plays as a

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and

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for

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club

Fatih Karagümrük Fatih () is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 15 km2, and its population is 368,227 (2022). It is home to almost all of the provincial authorities (including the mayor's office, police headquarters, metro ...

Club career

Dursun made his

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...

debut on 27 August 2012. Though he wasn't a particularly well-known player until 21 February 2016, he gained fame on that date after he showed the red card to referee Deniz Ateş Bitnel in an effort to protest the dismissal of his teammate

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in a match against

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. He himself was sent off following the act. While his extreme reaction received mixed feedback from the media and football fans alike, it was highly appreciated in the city of Trabzon, to the extent of having a street renamed after him.

Career statistics

Honours

;Galatasaray * Türkiye Kupası: 2013–14

References

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Salih Dursun
at TFF.org * * 1991 births Living people Footballers from Adapazarı Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's B international footballers Kayserispor footballers Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players Men's association football midfielders Galatasaray S.K. footballers Trabzonspor footballers Antalyaspor footballers Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers Sakaryaspor footballers Fatih Karagümrük S.K. footballers 21st-century Turkish sportsmen {{Turkey-footy-midfielder-stub