Saffet Sancaklı Explained

Saffet Sancaklı
Birth Date:27 February 1966
Birth Place:Tutin, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height:1.90m
Term Start3:23 June 2015
Constituency3:Kocaeli (June 2015, Nov 2015, 2018, 2023)
Party:Nationalist Movement Party
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Header-Color:lavender
Position:Centre forward
Youthyears1:1983–1985
Youthclubs1:Kültürspor
Years1:1985–1987
Years2:1987–1991
Years3:1988–1989
Years4:1989–1990
Years5:1990–1991
Years6:1991–1994
Years7:1994–1995
Years8:1996
Years9:1996–1998
Years10:1998–1999
Clubs3:Eskişehirspor (loan)
Clubs4:Konyaspor (loan)
Clubs5:Sarıyer G.K. (loan)
Clubs10:Konyaspor
Caps2:25
Goals2:4
Caps3:30
Goals3:11
Caps4:24
Goals4:10
Caps5:10
Goals5:0
Caps6:88
Goals6:63
Caps7:43
Goals7:30
Caps8:19
Goals8:14
Caps9:58
Goals9:21
Caps10:16
Goals10:8
Nationalyears1:1988
Nationalyears2:1992–1996
Nationalteam2:Turkey
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalcaps2:23
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalgoals2:6

Saffet Sancaklı (Serbian: Сафет Санџакли|Safet Sandžakli; born 27 February 1966) is a Turkish former international footballer and current politician. He is a deputy of Nationalist Movement Party, representing city of Kocaeli.

Club career

Sancaklı scored 130 goals in Süper Lig with different teams. He is third player (after Refik Osman Top and Ali Soydan) who played at the Big Three of Turkey, Beşiktaş (1987–1988), Galatasaray (1994–1995) and Fenerbahçe (1996–1998). He also played for Kültürspor (1983–1985), Vefa SK (1985–1987), Eskişehirspor (1988–1989, on loan), Sarıyer (1990–1991), Kocaelispor (1991–1994 and 1995–1996) and Konyaspor (1989–1990, on loan and 1998–1999).

International career

Sancaklı played for Turkey national football team (23 matches with 6 goals) and was a participant at the 1996 UEFA European Championship.

Post-football career

After retiring football, he went into politics from Nationalist Movement Party. He ran for deputyship from İstanbul in Turkish general elections in 2011 and ran for mayor of Kocaeli metropolitan municipality in Turkish local elections in 2014, but was successful in neither. He was finally elected as deputy from Kocaeli in the Turkish general elections of June 2015, and reelected in the November 2015 Turkish general election.

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