Cemil Usta
{{short description|Turkish footballer}}
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| name = Cemil Usta
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| fullname = Cemil Usta
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1951|4|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Trabzon, Turkey
| death_date = {{death date and age|2003|3|15|1951|1|1|df=y}}
| death_place = Trabzon, Turkey
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| position = Leftback
| youthyears1 = 1967–1970 | youthclubs1 = Trabzon Gençlerbirliği
| years1 = 1970–1978 | clubs1 = Trabzonspor | caps1 = 200 | goals1 = 12
| nationalyears1 = 1976 | nationalteam1 = Turkey | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| pcupdate = 21 March 2019
| ntupdate = 12 May 2019
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Cemil Usta (10 April 1951{{cite web | url = http://www.karadenizdesonnokta.com.tr/m/gundem/cemil-ustanin-adini-yasattik-mezarini-yapamadik-h50272.html | title = Cemil Usta'nın adını yaşattık, mezarını yapamadık! | access-date = 9 April 2020 | publisher = Karadeniz'de Son Nokta | date = 2 July 2019 |language= tr }} – 5 March 2003) was a Turkish football player who played as a leftback. A one-club man, Usta solely represented Trabzonspor at a senior level and was a long-time captain of the team in their golden age.{{Cite web|url=https://www.haber61.net/trabzon/trabzonsporlu-cemil-usta-nam-i-diger-dozer-cemil-kimdir-h317971.html|title=Trabzonsporlu Cemil Usta nam-ı diğer Dozer Cemil kimdir?|website=www.haber61.net}} Usta twice represented the Turkey national football team. Usta was nicknamed Dozer (Turkish for bulldozer).
Death
On 15 March 2003, Usta died from a heart attack in his hometown Trabzon.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/dozer-cemil-kalbine-yenildi-134067|title='Dozer Cemil' kalbine yenildi|website=www.hurriyet.com.tr}} On 20 August 2008, Trabzonspor named their oldest training facility Usta.{{Cite web|url=http://trabzonspor.org.tr/default.asp?Sayfa=HaberDetay&IND=30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151213152657/http://trabzonspor.org.tr/default.asp?Sayfa=HaberDetay&IND=30|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 13, 2015|title=Trabzonspor Kulübü Resmi Web Sitesi|date=December 13, 2015}} On 14 November 2009, a forest in the Zigana Pass was named after him.{{Cite web|url=http://trabzonspor.org.tr/default.asp?Sayfa=HaberDetay&IND=2966|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151213152704/http://trabzonspor.org.tr/default.asp?Sayfa=HaberDetay&IND=2966|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 13, 2015|title=Trabzonspor Kulübü Resmi Web Sitesi|date=December 13, 2015}} The 2019–20 Süper Lig season was officially named Spor Toto Süper Lig Cemil Usta season after him.{{Cite web|url=http://www.milliyet.com.tr/cemil-usta-kimdir--2019-2020-sezonuna-adi-verilen-cemil-usta-nin-hayati-molatik-12327/|title=Cemil Usta kimdir? 2019-2020 sezonuna adı verilen Cemil Usta'nın hayatı|website=MİLLİYET HABER - TÜRKİYE'NİN HABER SİTESİ}}
Honours
;Trabzonspor
- Süper Lig (4): 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80
- Turkish Cup (3): 1976–77, 1977–78
- Turkish Super Cup (4): 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980
- Prime Minister's Cup (2): 1976, 1978
References
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External links
- {{TFF player|1063523}}
- {{Mackolik player|c-usta}}
- {{NFT player|46522/Cemil_Usta}}
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Category:Footballers from Trabzon
Category:Turkish men's footballers
Category:Turkey men's international footballers
Category:Trabzonspor footballers