Kamil Altan
{{short description|Turkish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Kamil Altan
|image =
|caption =
|fullname =
|birth_date = {{birth date|1924|4|7|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Istanbul, Turkey
|death_date = {{death date and age|2011|2|25|1924|4|7|df=yes}}
|death_place = Istanbul, Turkey
|height = 1.71 m{{cite news |title=Galatasaray 1955-56 İstanbul şampiyonu |work=Milliyet |date=19 June 1956 |page=6 |language=tr}}
|position = Defender
|years1 = {{0|0000}}–1952
|clubs1 = Eyüpspor
|caps1 =
|goals1 =
|years2 = 1952–1958
|clubs2 = Galatasaray
|caps2 = 15
|goals2 = 10
|years3 = 1958–1960
|clubs3 = Taksim
|caps3 =
|goals3 =
|nationalyears1 = 1952
|nationalteam1 = Turkey
|nationalcaps1 = 1
|nationalgoals1 = 0
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Kamil Altan (7 April 1924 – 25 February 2011) was a Turkish footballer.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27495 |title=Kamil Altan |work=Olympedia |access-date=6 November 2021}} He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/kamil-altan-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418104258/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/kamil-altan-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Kamil Altan Olympic Results |access-date=13 October 2018}}
Career
Prior to the 1952–53 season, Altan moved from Eyüpspor to Galatasaray,{{cite news |title=İsfenderiyar Açıksöz Galatasaraya döndü |work=Milliyet |date=2 August 1952 |page=5 |language=tr}} where he played until the end of the 1959–60 season. He scored one goal in 59 league appearances for the club. In the 1954–55 and 1955–56 seasons, he was part of the teams winning the Istanbul Football League.{{cite web |title=Transferi ikinci küme canlandırdı |publisher=Milliyet |page=6 |language=tr |date=26 July 1958}} He then signed with Taksim, playing there until 1960.
After ending his football career, he became coach of Galatasaray's youth team in 1961.{{cite news |title=G. Saray'da Kılıç, teknik direktör oldu |work=Milliyet |date=14 August 1963 |page=6 |language=tr}} After staying in this position for a while, he was the manager of Tophane Tayfunspor, an amateur team, in the 1970s.
Personal life
Altan died on 25 February 2011. He was buried in Selimpaşa Cemetery after noon prayers at the Teşvikiye Mosque on 27 February.{{cite web |title=Vefat ve Başsağlığı |url=https://www.galatasaray.org/anasayfa |website=Galatasaray |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228054755/http://www.galatasaray.org/kulup/haber/9396.php |archive-date=28 February 2011 |language=tr |date=25 February 2011 |url-status=dead}}
Honours
Galatasaray
- Istanbul Football League: 1954–55, 1955–56
References
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External links
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- {{WorldFootball.net|kamil-altan}}
{{Turkey football squad 1952 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:Turkish men's footballers
Category:Olympic footballers for Turkey
Category:Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Category:Footballers from Istanbul
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Galatasaray S.K. footballers
Category:Taksim S.K. footballers