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Mehmet Özdilek

Mehmet Özdilek
Mehmet Özdilek Gençlerbirliği.jpg
Personal information
Full name Mehmet Özdilek
Date of birth (1966-04-01) 1 April 1966 (age 51)
Place of birth Samsun, Turkey
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5 12 in)
Playing position Attacking Midfielder
Youth career
1981–1984 Samsun Ladikspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1988 Kahramanmaraşspor 107 (63)
1988–2001 Beşiktaş 387 (130)
Total 494 (193)
National team
1990–1997 Turkey 31 (0)
Teams managed
2003–2004 Malatyaspor
2008–2013 Antalyaspor
2013–2014 Gençlerbirliği
2014 Çaykur Rizespor
2015 Kayseri Erciyesspor
2015 Gençlerbirliği
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Mehmet "Şifo" Özdilek (born 1 April 1966 in Samsun), Turkish football manager and retired attacking midfield footballer who is nicknamed as Şifo after Belgian star Enzo Scifo with whom he shared a similar playing style.

Having spent most of his professional career with Beşiktaş, he is regarded as one of the idols of the İstanbul side. Şifo is one of the most prolific scorers of Turkish football despite playing mainly in midfield. During his Beşiktaş days he has managed to score 130 goals which was a record for most goals scored by a midfield player in Turkish top-flight.

For 13 years, Beşiktaş has worn his form. In 1991, he won the Footballer of the Year award in Turkey. He took part in the squad which was named the champion in 1992. With 130 goals It is the domestic midfielder who scored the most points of the Süper Lig in all time. He also scored 100 goals and entered the 100's club. He was captain of Beşiktaş for 4 years. On behalf of Mehmet Özdilek, who won the appreciation of everyone who is impartial with the personality of the example, the Special Jubilee Match was organized by Besiktas with Ac Milan on 4 August 2001.Beşiktaş's Milan defeat at the BJK İnönü Stadium led to one of the most spectacular jubilees of the Turkish Football History. The match donated all of its income to the Education Volunteers Foundation of Turkey(TEGV) itself. He never saw any red cards in official matches in his career.


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