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Alpay Özalan
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Turkish association football player (born 1973)
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Alpay Özalan is a Turkish association football player, coach, and politician. Born in İzmir in 1973, he played as a defender and centre-back for Turkey. His club career included stints with Beşiktaş J.K., 1. FC Köln, Incheon United FC, and Fenerbahçe Istanbul. He also played in the Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga, and Premier League.
Özalan represented Turkey in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1996, and UEFA Euro 2000. He began his professional work period in 1992 and was employed by Samsunspor FC. In politics, he is a member of the Justice and Development Party. He speaks Turkish, which is also his native language.
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Key facts
- 1993
- Turkey Olympic
- 2017
- Samsunspor
- Constituency
- İzmir (II) ( 2018 , 2023 )
- Born
- Fehmi Alpay Özalan , ( 1973-05-30 ) 30 May 1973 (age 53) , İzmir , Turkey
- Party
- Justice and Development Party (2018–present)
- Height
- 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Position
- Association football career Position Centre back
- Years
- Team
- 1991 1992
- Soma Linyitspor
- 1992 1993
- Altay
- 1993 1999
- Beşiktaş
- 1999 2000
- Siirt Jet-Pa Spor
- 2000 2003
- Aston Villa
- 2003 2004
- Incheon United
- 2004 2005
- Urawa Red Diamonds
- 2005 2008
- 1. FC Köln
- 1992 1994
- Turkey U21
- 1995 2005
- Turkey
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Centre-Back
- Nationality
- Turkey
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Turkey
- Place of birth
- İzmir
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Employer
- Samsunspor FC
- Political party
- Justice and Development Party
- Languages spoken
- Turkish
- Native language
- Turkish
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 2000
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Incheon United FC
- Position played
- defender
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Turkey
- Official website
- www.alpayozalan.net
- Image
- Alpay.jpg
- Height
- 188
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- date of birth
- 1973-05-29
- start of work period
- 1992-00-00
- name in native language
- Alpay Özalan
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Fehmi Alpay Özalan (born 29 May 1973), known mononymously as Alpay, is a Turkish former professional footballer, football manager and politician. He last worked as the manager of Samsunspor. He played 90 international games for Turkey between 1995 and 2005, making him Turkey's seventh-most capped player of all time. This included performances at two European Championships and the 2002 World Cup, in which he was selected for the Team of the Tournament. Since 2018, he is a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Justice and Development Party (AKP) for İzmir.
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