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Nihat Akbay

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Nihat Akbay
Personal information
Date of birth (1945-01-01)1 January 1945
Place of birth Beykoz,Istanbul,Turkey
Date of death 24 March 2020(2020-03-24)(aged 75)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1968 Beykoz 155 (1)
1968–1978 Galatasaray 115 (0)
Total 270 (1)
International career
1964–1976 Turkey 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nihat Akbay(1 January 1945 – 24 March 2020) was a Turkishfootballerwho played as agoalkeeper.

Career

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Born inBeykoz,Istanbul,[1]Akbay played club football forBeykozandGalatasaray.[2]

He also earned 7 caps for theTurkey national teambetween 1964 and 1976.[2]

Later life and death

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Akbay died on 24 March 2020.[1]

References

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  1. ^abVefat ve başsağlığı | Nihat Akbay - GALATASARAY.ORG
  2. ^ab"Nihat Akbay".National Football Teams.Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann.Retrieved24 March2020.