Sait Altınordu

Sait Altınordu

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Playing style

According to Nimet, Altınordu's wife, he used to train by himself at the Alsancak Stadium, practicing his shooting abilities. According to Erdoğan Sungur, an İzmir-based author who saw Altınordu play live, Altınordu was capable of "making feints, producing 'delicious' shots, and having a 'great' football intelligence."

Club
Altınordu F.K. (1926–1953)
Club
Turkey men's national football team (1936–1936)

Legacy

Legacy

Altınordu was the role model of Metin Oktay, a prolific goalscorer for both Galatasaray and the Turkish national team. The youth and academy facilities of Altınordu S.K., located in Yeşilyurt County, are named in Altınordu's honor. In 2016, one of the 15 newly launched ferries of İzmir was named after Altınordu following an online-public poll. A statue of Altınordu was opened in front of Alsancak Terminal, İzmir, on 27 December 2014, to commemorate the 91st anniversary of Altınordu S.K.'s founding. The statue depicts the moment of Altınordu taking the winning shot against Eskişehir Demirspor during the 1935 Turkish Football Championship semi-final game. Despite the rivalry between their clubs, Altınordu and Vahap Özaltay, who was an Altay S.K. icon, were best friends.

Honours

Altınordu S.K. İzmir Football League (6): 1926–27, 1931–32, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1939–40, 1944–45

Individual

National Division top scorer (1): 1937 (13 goals)

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Turkish association football player (1912–1978)

Position

defender

Extract from Wikipedia

Said Altınordu, alternatively spelled Sait Altınordu, was a Turkish international footballer. Being a notable one-club man, Altınordu remains one of the most symbolic footballers of the Turkish city of İzmir, along with Vahap Özaltay of Altay S.K. and Fuat Göztepe of Göztepe S.K. His identification with Altınordu S.K. led him to choose the official name of the club as his surname, following the Surname Law of Turkey enacted in 1934.

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