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Şeref Görkey

Görkey in the 1940–41 season
Personal information
Full name	Şeref Görkey
Date of birth	(1913-01-01)1 January 1913
Place of birth	Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Date of death	10 November 2004(2004-11-10) (aged 91)
Place of death	Istanbul, Turkey
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1930–1950	Beşiktaş	295	(242)
National team
1936	Turkey	1	(1)
Teams managed
1953–1954	Adalet G.K.
1955–1957	Beykozspor
1957–1959	Turkey U-21
1958	Adalet G.K.
1959–1960	Turkey Amateur
1960–1962	Turkey U-21
1961	Beşiktaş
1962	Turkey
1963	Vefa S.K.
1972	İstanbulspor
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Şeref Görkey (1 January 1913 - 10 November 2004) was a Turkish footballer and manager who mainly served Turkish side Beşiktaş throughout his career. Nicknamed Voleci Şeref, literally meaning "Şeref the Volley Scorer", due to his tally of scoring 99 goals of volley shots during his career, Görkey wore number 10 shirt whilst his entire spell at Beşiktaş. He was also part of Turkey's squad at the 1936 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.

Club career

Görkey scored 320 goals during his career, where he is one of the most scoring players in fierce rivalries of Beşiktaş, scoring 30 goals to Galatasaray and 13 goals to Fenerbahçe, respectively.

Görkey managed İstanbulspor in 1972.

Career stats

International

National team Season Apps Goals Turkey 1936 1 1 Total 1 1

International appearances and goals # Date Venue Opponent Result Goal Competition 1. 12 July 1936 Istanbul, Turkey  Yugoslavia 3–3 1 Friendly

See also

• List of one-club men

Individual

• Beşiktaş J.K. Squads of Century (Bronze Team)