Aykut Yiğit

Aykut Yiğit
Personal information
Full name Aykut Yiğit
Date of birth (1959-10-07)7 October 1959
Place of birth Adapazarı, Turkey
Date of death 7 September 2003(2003-09-07) (aged 43)
Place of death Akdağmadeni, Turkey
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Sakaryaspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1981 Eskişehirspor 44 (6)
1981–1986 Sakaryaspor 123 (49)
1986–1987 Fenerbahçe 6 (0)
1987 →Bakırköyspor (loan) 14 (1)
1987–1989 Altay 57 (18)
1989–1990 Sakaryaspor 24 (3)
1990–1993 Ayvalıkgücü 100 (33)
1993–1994 Balıkesirspor 15 (2)
International career‡
1984 Turkey 3 (0)
Managerial career
1994 Kardemir Karabükspor (assistant)
1994–1995 Çerkezköyspor
1996–1997 Ayvalıkgücü
1997 Turgutluspor
1997–1998 REO Atilla Spor
2002–2003 Sakaryaspor (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 August 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 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]

International career

Aykut made his debut for the Turkey national football team in a friendly 0-0 draw with Bulgaria on 16 October 1984.[2]

References

  1. ^ "MİLLİYET İNTERNET - YAŞAM". www.milliyet.com.tr.
  2. ^ "TÜRKİYE BULGARİSTAN - Maç Detayları TFF". www.tff.org.