Naci Erdem

{{Short description|Turkish footballer (1931–2022)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Naci Erdem

| image = Naci Erdem.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Erdem in 1958

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|1|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Istanbul, Turkey

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|3|28|1931|1|28|df=y}}

| death_place = Istanbul, Turkey

| height = 1.77 m

| position = Centre-back

| years1 = 1951–1953

| clubs1 = Fatih Karagümrük

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1953–1963

| clubs2 = Fenerbahçe

| caps2 = 440

| goals2 = 46

| years3 = 1963–1964

| clubs3 = Beyoğluspor

| caps3 = 17

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1964–1966

| clubs4 = Galatasaray

| caps4 = 42

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1966–1967

| clubs5 = Edirnespor

| caps5 = 14

| goals5 = 1

| totalcaps =

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| nationalyears1 = 1954–1965

| nationalteam1 = Turkey

| nationalcaps1 = 31

| nationalgoals1 = 0

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}}

Naci Erdem (28 January 1931 – 28 March 2022) was a Turkish footballer who played as a centre-back.{{NFT|19002|access-date=17 February 2021}} He is Fenerbahçe's fifth most capped footballer, with 605 caps.

He started his career with Fatih Karagümrük, and transferred from Havagücü in 1955.

Erdem played for Fenerbahçe between 1953–63. He was capped 605 times in Fenerbahçe history and scored 168 goals. He won four times Turkish League and once more with Galatasaray after being transferred there in 1964. He played 34 times for Turkey{{cite web|title=Turkey – Record International Players|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/tur-recintlp.html|accessdate=10 April 2009}} and he started as captain three times. Erdem played for Turkey at the 1954 FIFA World Cup.{{FIFA player|54891|Erdem Naci}}

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