Müjdat Gürsu
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Müjdat Gürsu was a Turkish
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...

 footballer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

. He played for Samsunspor
Samsunspor
Samsunspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Samsun. The club was formed through a merger of five clubs: 19 Mayıs, Akınspor, Fener Gençlik, Samsunspor, and Samsunspor Galatasaray. The club colours are red and white, and they play their home matches at Samsun 19 Mayıs...

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Gürsu started his professional career with Samsunspor
Samsunspor
Samsunspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Samsun. The club was formed through a merger of five clubs: 19 Mayıs, Akınspor, Fener Gençlik, Samsunspor, and Samsunspor Galatasaray. The club colours are red and white, and they play their home matches at Samsun 19 Mayıs...

 during the 1992-93 season, and won the Turkish Second League (now Turkish Bank Asya First League) in his first year with the club. In his second season, they finished Turkish Super League 5th and won Balkan Cup
Balkan Cup
The Balkan Cup was an international football tournament played on and off between 1929 and 1980 between countries from the Balkan region. The first tournament was played between Romania, Greece, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria over 3 years from 1929 to 1931....

 with his team-mates Cenk İşler
Cenk Isler
Cenk Işler is a Turkish international footballer who plays as a forward for Bucaspor in the Süper Lig.-External links:*...

, Ahmet Yıldırım
Ahmet Yildirim
Ahmet Yıldırım was a Turkish professional footballer who played lastly as a defender for Adanaspor in the TFF First League before finishing 2008-2009 season. He is currently sports director of Mersin İdmanyurdu.-Club career:...

, Ertuğrul Sağlam
Ertugrul Saglam
Ertuğrul Sağlam is a Turkish football coach and former player. He is currently the coach of Süper Lig club Bursaspor. He was recently voted one of the top 20 most promising coaches by respected football magazine Champions....

 and Daniel Timofte
Daniel Timofte
Daniel Timofte is a retired Romanian football midfielder and is currently a coach. He is today a legend in Samsun and remains a fan favourite.-Club career:...

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He played as Ronald Koeman
Ronald Koeman
Ronald Koeman is a former Dutch footballer, and the current manager of Feyenoord. He is the younger brother of former Feyenoord coach Erwin Koeman and the son of former Dutch international Martin Koeman...

 and his nickname was Koeman Müjdat

He played for Turkey U21
Turkey national under-21 football team
Turkey's national Under-21 football team , also known as Turkey Under-21s or Turkey U-21s, is the Under-21 years of age team of the Turkey national football team.-History:...

 alongside Rüştü Reçber
Rüstü Reçber
Rüştü Reçber is a Turkish international footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Beşiktaş J.K. in the Turkish Süper Lig.He has played a key role in the success of the Turkish national squad, and it was at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where Turkey finished third, that he earned a selection to...

, Alpay Özalan
Alpay Özalan
Alpay Fehmi Özalan is a former Turkish footballer.Alpay is currently a member of the management committee of Siirtspor.-Playing style:...

, Arif Erdem
Arif Erdem
Arif Erdem is a retired Turkish international footballer and the current manager of İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor. He played in the forward position. Starting out with local club Zeytinburnuspor in 1990, Erdem had a decorated 15-year professional career...

, Ergün Penbe, Hakan Şükür
Hakan Sükür
Hakan Şükür is a retired Turkish footballer who played as a striker. He spent the majority of his professional career with Galatasaray, being a three-time Gol Kralı , representing the club in three different spells and winning a total of 14 major titles.Şükür represented Turkey a...

, Sergen Yalçın
Sergen Yalçin
Ali Rıza Sergen Yalçın is a former Turkish footballer. The Turkish player who is recognised as one of the greatest footballers to play for Turkey....

, Abdullah Ercan
Abdullah Ercan
Abdullah Ercan is a retired Turkish international footballer. He currently manages Gaziantepspor and the Turkey U-17 team.-Career:...

 and Emre Aşık
Emre Asik
Emre Aşık is a Turkish former international footballer. He played center back for several clubs in the Süper Lig, most notably, Galatasaray...

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He died in a traffic accident in Antalya
Antalya
Antalya is a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey. With a population 1,001,318 as of 2010. It is the eighth most populous city in Turkey and country's biggest international sea resort.- History :...

. His nephew Müjdat Gürsu (had same name with him) also died in another traffic accident in 2009

Honours

  • 1993 Turkish Second League Champion Samsunspor
    Samsunspor
    Samsunspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Samsun. The club was formed through a merger of five clubs: 19 Mayıs, Akınspor, Fener Gençlik, Samsunspor, and Samsunspor Galatasaray. The club colours are red and white, and they play their home matches at Samsun 19 Mayıs...

  • 1994 Balkan Cup
    Balkan Cup
    The Balkan Cup was an international football tournament played on and off between 1929 and 1980 between countries from the Balkan region. The first tournament was played between Romania, Greece, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria over 3 years from 1929 to 1931....

     Champion with Samsunspor
    Samsunspor
    Samsunspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Samsun. The club was formed through a merger of five clubs: 19 Mayıs, Akınspor, Fener Gençlik, Samsunspor, and Samsunspor Galatasaray. The club colours are red and white, and they play their home matches at Samsun 19 Mayıs...


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