Vedat Okyar
{{short description|Turkish footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Vedat Okyar
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| fullname =
| birth_date = August 1945
| birth_place = Bursa, Turkey
| death_date = {{death date|2009|07|20|df=y}} (age 64)
| death_place = Istanbul, Turkey
| height =
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Yücespor
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 = Adaletspor
| years1 = 1963–1968
| clubs1 = Bursaspor
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| goals1 =
| years2 = 1968–1976
| clubs2 = Beşiktaş
| caps2 = 253
| goals2 = 21
| years3 = 1976–1977
| clubs3 = Diyarbakırspor
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| years4 = 1977–1980
| clubs4 = Karagümrük
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| nationalyears1 = 1969–1971
| nationalteam1 = Turkey
| nationalcaps1 = 33
| nationalgoals1 = 0
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Vedat Okyar (August 1945 – 20 July 2009) was a Turkish international footballer who later became a sports journalist.
Early life
Vedat Okyar was born in Bursa August 1945. He played amateur football for Yücespor and Adaletspor before becoming a professional in 1965.
Career
=Football career=
Okyar played professionally as a midfielder for Bursaspor, Beşiktaş, Diyarbakırspor and Karagümrük. He was club captain of Beşiktaş between 1975 and 1976, and he also earned thirty-three caps for the Turkey national team.
=Journalism career=
Death
Okyar died of colorectal cancer in an Istanbul hospital on 20 July 2009, aged 64. Following the religious funeral service at Teşvikiye Mosque, he was laid to rest at the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery.
Individual
- Beşiktaş J.K. Squads of Century (Silver Team){{cite news|title=Beşiktaş J.K. Squads of Century (Golden Team)|url=https://www.milliyet.com.tr/gundem/iste-besiktasta-yuzyilin-11i-5171538}}
References
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{{cite news |url=http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-181558-renowned-sportswriter-vedat-okyar-dies.html |newspaper=Today's Zaman |title=Renowned sportswriter Vedat Okyar dies |date=2009-07-21 |access-date=2014-09-27 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
{{cite news |url=http://www.cnnturk.com/2009/spor/futbol/07/20/turk.futbolu.vedat.okyari.kaybetti/535663.0/index.html |newspaper=CNN Türk |title=Türk futbolu Vedat Okyar'ı kaybetti |date=2009-07-20 |language=tr |access-date=2014-09-27 }}
{{cite news |url=http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/id/24985150/ |newspaper=NTV Spor |title=Vedat Okyar gözyaşları ile uğurlandı |date=2009-07-23 |language=tr |access-date=2014-09-27 }}
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Category:Date of birth missing
Category:Footballers from Bursa
Category:Turkish men's footballers
Category:Turkey men's international footballers
Category:Turkey men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Turkey men's youth international footballers
Category:Bursaspor footballers
Category:Beşiktaş J.K. footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Deaths from colorectal cancer in Turkey
Category:Burials at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery
Category:20th-century Turkish sportsmen
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