Can Bartu

{{Short description|Turkish footballer and basketball player (1936–2019)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Can Bartu

| image = Can Bartu, 1959.jpg

| caption = Bartu in 1959

| fullname = Can Bartu

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1936|1|31}}

| birth_place = Istanbul, Turkey

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2019|4|11|1936|1|31}}{{cite web|title=Son dakika: Fenerbahçe efsanesi Can Bartu yaşamını yitirdi|url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/sporarena/son-dakika-fenerbahce-efsanesi-can-bartu-yasamini-yitirdi-41180156|date=11 April 2019|access-date=11 April 2019|language=Turkish}}

| death_place = Istanbul, Turkey

| position = Attacking midfielder, Left winger

| youthyears1 = ?–1955

| youthclubs1 = Fenerbahçe

| years1 = 1955–1961

| clubs1 = Fenerbahçe

| caps1 = 326

| goals1 = 173

| years2 = 1961–1962

| clubs2 = Fiorentina

| caps2 = 14

| goals2 = 5

| years3 = 1962–1963

| clubs3 = Venezia

| caps3 = 30

| goals3 = 11

| years4 = 1963–1964

| clubs4 = Fiorentina

| caps4 = 10

| goals4 = 3

| years5 = 1964–1967

| clubs5 = Lazio

| caps5 = 46

| goals5 = 11

| years6 = 1967–1970

| clubs6 = Fenerbahçe

| caps6 = 46

| goals6 = 8

| totalcaps = 426

| totalgoals = 211

| nationalyears1 = 1956–1968

| nationalteam1 = Turkey

| nationalcaps1 = 26

| nationalgoals1 = 6

}}

Can Bartu (31 January 1936 – 11 April 2019) was a Turkish basketball and football player of Circassian origin.{{cite web|url=http://www.cerkesya.org/icerik/biyografi/item/255-can-bartu|title=Can Bartu|date=2018|publisher=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720165227/http://www.cerkesya.org/icerik/biyografi/item/255-can-bartu|archive-date=20 July 2020|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Çerkesler Ankara'dan seslendi|url=https://www.demokrathaber.org/guncel/cerkesler-ankaradan-seslendi-h1356.html|access-date=2021-01-30|website=www.demokrathaber.org|language=tr}}{{Cite web|last=AĞIREL|first=Murat|date=2019-08-28|title="Atın söyleyeceğini eyeri söyler" - Murat AĞIREL|url=https://www.yenicaggazetesi.com.tr/atin-soyleyecegini-eyeri-soyler-53055yy.htm|access-date=2021-01-30|website=Yeni Çağ Gazetesi|language=tr}}{{Cite web|title=Can Bartu|url=http://www.cerkesya.org/icerik/biyografi/item/255-can-bartu|access-date=2021-01-30|website=www.cerkesya.org|language=tr-tr}}{{Cite web|title=Çerkes-Vubıhlar|url=https://arsiv.jinepsgazetesi.com/cerkesvubihlar-13512.html|access-date=2021-01-30|website=arsiv.jinepsgazetesi.com|language=tr}} He was the first Turkish footballer to play a final in Europe.{{Cite web|title=Türk sporunun 'Sinyor' lakaplı efsanesi: Can Bartu|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/futbol/turk-sporunun-sinyor-lakapli-efsanesi-can-bartu/2205074|access-date=2021-08-26|website=www.aa.com.tr}} His statue was erected in Istanbul.{{Cite web|title=Fenerbahçe efsanesi Can Bartu'nun heykeli açıldı|url=https://www.sozcu.com.tr/spor/futbol/fenerbahce-efsanesi-can-bartunun-heykeli-acildi-6512553/|access-date=2021-08-26|website=www.sozcu.com.tr|date=29 June 2021 |language=tr}} After retirement, he also worked as a pundit and sports journalist.