Burhan Atak Explained

Burhan Atak
Birth Date:	1905 1, df=yes
Birth Place:	Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Death Place:	Istanbul, Turkey
Position:	Defender
Years1:	1920–1934^[1]
Caps1:	54
Goals1:	6
Nationalyears1:	1926–1932
Nationalteam1:	Turkey
Nationalcaps1:	10
Nationalgoals1:	1

Burhan Atak (27 January 1905 – 6 June 1987) was a Turkish former football player. He spent the entirety of his career with his hometown club, Galatasaray SK.^[2] He also represented Turkey on 10 occasions, including at the 1928 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Career

Atak was born in Istanbul and played his entire career as a defender for Galatasaray SK. Like many other Galatasaray SK players at that time, he was a student of the Galatasaray High School and started playing football at the Grand Cour of the Galatasaray High School.

He made his senior national team debut against Bulgaria on 12 September 1926 and scored his first and only goal against Romania on 15 April 1928.^{[4] [5]}

Atak won the Istanbul Football League six times.

Career statistics

International goals

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Honours

As player

• Galatasaray
  • Istanbul Football League (6): 1921–22, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1928–29, 1930–31
  • Istanbul Kupası: 1933

See also

• List of one-club men

Notes and References

1. Web site: Burhan Atak . turksports.net . 1 January 1970 . 5 May 2013 . 23 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131023060741/http://www.turksports.net/b_oyuncu.asp?tablo=166&kat=3784 . dead .
2. Web site: Burhan Atak . turksports.net . 1 January 1970 . 5 May 2013 . 23 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131023060741/http://www.turksports.net/b_oyuncu.asp?tablo=166&kat=3784 . dead .
3. Web site: Burhan Atak . Olympedia . 17 September 2021.
4. http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=1063216 Profile at TFF.org
5. http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=528&macId=2840 Romania match report
6. http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=528&macId=2840 Romania match report