Ahmet Eyüp Türkaslan

Ahmet Eyüp Türkaslan
Personal information
Full name Ahmet Eyüp Türkaslan
Date of birth (1994-09-11)11 September 1994
Place of birth Yavuzeli, Turkey
Date of death 7 February 2023(2023-02-07) (aged 28)
Place of death Malatya, Turkey
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
2007–2011 Gaziantepspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Gaziantepspor 0 (0)
2013–2017 Bugsaşspor 40 (0)
2016–2017Osmanlıspor (loan) 1 (0)
2017–2020 Osmanlıspor 28 (0)
2020–2021 Ümraniyespor 16 (0)
2021–2023 Yeni Malatyaspor 2 (0)
Total 87 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ahmet Eyüp Türkaslan (11 September 1994 – 7 February 2023) was a Turkish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1]

Career

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]

Personal life and death

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]

Honours

Gaziantepspor

References

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