Ahmet Eyüp Türkaslan | |
Fullname: | Ahmet Eyüp Türkaslan |
Birth Date: | 11 September 1994 |
Birth Place: | Yavuzeli, Turkey |
Death Place: | Malatya, Turkey |
Height: | 1.89 m |
Youthyears1: | 2007–2011 |
Youthclubs1: | Gaziantepspor |
Years1: | 2011–2013 |
Clubs1: | Gaziantepspor |
Caps1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2013–2017 |
Clubs2: | Bugsaşspor |
Caps2: | 40 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2016–2017 |
Clubs3: | → Osmanlıspor (loan) |
Caps3: | 1 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2017–2020 |
Clubs4: | Osmanlıspor |
Caps4: | 28 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2020–2021 |
Clubs5: | Ümraniyespor |
Caps5: | 16 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2021–2023 |
Clubs6: | Yeni Malatyaspor |
Caps6: | 2 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 87 |
Totalgoals: | 0 |
Ahmet Eyüp Türkaslan (11 September 1994 – 7 February 2023) was a Turkish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1]
Türkaslan began his senior career with Bugsaşspor in 2013, and had a short loan at Osmanlıspor in 2016–17. He made his professional debut for Osmanlıspor in a 4–0 loss to Beşiktaş on 3 June 2017.[2] He formally signed with Osmanlıspor, staying there for the next three seasons before moving to Ümraniyespor in 2020.
The following season, he signed a one-year contract with Yeni Malatyaspor.[3]
Türkaslan was married.[4]
On 6 February 2023, Türkaslan was reported to be trapped under a collapsed residential building after the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake.[5] Claims that he had died were denied by the president of the club, Hacı Ahmet Yaman, who said that rescue operations were still ongoing.[6] His wife was rescued from the rubble and asked for help on social media. She added that there were no excavators or cranes at the location.[4] His body was recovered on 7 February 2023. He was 28 at the time of his death.[7] [8]
Gaziantepspor