Aykut Yiğit | |
Fullname: | Aykut Yiğit |
Birth Date: | 7 October 1959 |
Birth Place: | Adapazarı, Turkey |
Death Place: | Akdağmadeni, Turkey |
Position: | Striker |
Youthclubs1: | Sakaryaspor |
Years1: | 1979–1981 |
Clubs1: | Eskişehirspor |
Caps1: | 44 |
Goals1: | 6 |
Years2: | 1981–1986 |
Clubs2: | Sakaryaspor |
Caps2: | 123 |
Goals2: | 49 |
Years3: | 1986–1987 |
Clubs3: | Fenerbahçe |
Caps3: | 6 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1987 |
Clubs4: | →Bakırköyspor (loan) |
Caps4: | 14 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Years5: | 1987–1989 |
Clubs5: | Altay |
Caps5: | 57 |
Goals5: | 18 |
Years6: | 1989–1990 |
Clubs6: | Sakaryaspor |
Caps6: | 24 |
Goals6: | 3 |
Years7: | 1990–1993 |
Clubs7: | Ayvalıkgücü |
Caps7: | 100 |
Goals7: | 33 |
Years8: | 1993–1994 |
Clubs8: | Balıkesirspor |
Caps8: | 15 |
Goals8: | 2 |
Nationalyears1: | 1984 |
Nationalteam1: | Turkey |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Manageryears1: | 1994 |
Managerclubs1: | Kardemir Karabükspor (assistant) |
Manageryears2: | 1994–1995 |
Managerclubs2: | Çerkezköyspor |
Manageryears3: | 1996–1997 |
Managerclubs3: | Ayvalıkgücü |
Manageryears4: | 1997 |
Managerclubs4: | Turgutluspor |
Manageryears5: | 1997–1998 |
Managerclubs5: | REO Atilla Spor |
Manageryears6: | 2002–2003 |
Managerclubs6: | Sakaryaspor (assistant) |
Club-Update: | 5 August 2017 |
Ntupdate: | 5 August 2017 |
Aykut Yiğit (7 October 1959 – 7 September 2002) was a Turkish professional football player who played as a striker, and a football manager until his death.
Aykut was top scorer during the 1983–84 1.Lig season with Sakaryaspor, the team he is best known for. He played for various Turkish teams before moving on to a management career. He died in a car accident while assistant manager for his first club Sakaryaspor.[1]
Aykut made his debut for the Turkey national football team in a friendly 0-0 draw with Bulgaria on 16 October 1984.[2]