Kubilay Türkyilmaz

Kubilay Türkyilmaz (Turkish: Kubilay Türkyılmaz; born 4 March 1967) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a forward. He completed his international career as the all-time joint leading goal scorer for the Swiss national team, with 34 goals in 64 appearances between 1988 and 2001, equalling the performance of Max Abegglen. Their record was bettered by Alexander Frei in 2008.[1]

Kubilay Türkyilmaz
Personal information
Full name Kubilay Türkyilmaz
Date of birth (1967-03-04) 4 March 1967
Place of birth Bellinzona, Switzerland
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1985–1986 US Semine
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1989 Bellinzona 79 (46)
1989–1990 Servette 46 (25)
1990–1993 Bologna 83 (24)
1993–1995 Galatasaray 43 (16)
1995–1998 Grasshopper 84 (51)
1998 Locarno 12 (6)
1999 Luzern 14 (6)
2000 Bellinzona 13 (15)
2000–2001 Brescia 9 (3)
2001 Lugano 6 (3)
Total 389 (195)
International career
1988–2001 Switzerland 64 (34)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Bellinzona, Ticino, Türkyilmaz began his club career with the local club AC Bellinzona in 1986 and later joined Servette FC in 1989. He left the country in 1990 for the Italian club Bologna FC before joining Galatasaray SK of Turkey, where he won the Süper Lig in his first season, 1993–94, and scored twice against Manchester United in the next season's UEFA Champions League.[2] In 1995, he returned to Switzerland with Grasshopper Zürich, winning the league in 1995–96 and 1997–98.

International career

Türkyilmaz made his international debut on 2 February 1988 against France[2] in Toulouse as a 65th-minute substitute for Hans-Peter Zwicker. Switzerland lost the Tournoi de France match 2–1. His first goals were two against Luxembourg in qualification for the 1990 FIFA World Cup, on 21 September 1988, his seventh match.

He missed the 1994 FIFA World Cup with serious injury, but appeared at Euro 1996, scoring Switzerland's equaliser against England in the opening match of the tournament, a 1–1 draw at Wembley.[2]

His last 8 international matches, from 1997 to 2001, saw him score 14 times, including his first international hat-trick, versus Azerbaijan in qualification for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He added another hat trick, of three penalty kicks on 7 October 2000 in a 5–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier in Zürich against the Faroe Islands. It was the first hat-trick of its kind in the competition's history.[3] In his final match, on 5 September 2001, he scored twice against Luxembourg away in qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Personal life

Türkyilmaz was born in Switzerland to a family of Turkish descent that immigrated from the Yozgat Province;[4] he has said that he would have played for Turkey had they inquired first.[2] He once refused to play for Switzerland in a game against Turkey for fear of being branded a traitor.[5] He now runs a café in his native Bellinzona.[2]

Statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first[6]

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.21 September 1988Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg Luxembourg2–04–11990 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.4–0
3.21 June 1989St. Jakob Stadion, Basel, Switzerland Brazil1–01–0Friendly
4.20 September 1989Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel, Switzerland Portugal1–01–21990 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.11 October 1989St. Jakob Stadion, Basel, Switzerland Belgium2–12–21990 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.15 November 1989Espenmoos, St. Gallen, Switzerland Luxembourg2–12–11990 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.8 May 1990Wankdorfstadion, Bern, Switzerland Argentina1–11–1Friendly
8.21 August 1990Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria Austria1–13–1Friendly
9.2–1
10.12 March 1991Sportplatz Rheinau, Balzers, Liechtenstein Liechtenstein4–06–0Friendly
11.1 May 1991Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria Bulgaria3–23–2UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying
12.5 June 1991Espenmoos, St. Gallen, Switzerland San Marino7–07–0UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying
13.21 August 1991Strahov Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia1–11–1Friendly
14.9 October 1991Stadion Allmend, Lucerne, Switzerland Sweden3–03–1Friendly
15.17 April 1993Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard, Malta Malta2–02–01994 FIFA World Cup qualification
16.12 October 1994Wankdorfstadion, Bern, Switzerland Sweden4–24–2UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
17.16 August 1995Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Iceland2–02–0UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
18.11 October 1995Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland Hungary1–03–0UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
19.24 April 1996Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano, Switzerland Wales2–02–0Friendly
20.8 June 1996Wembley Stadium, London, England England1–11–1UEFA Euro 1996
21.30 April 1997Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland Hungary1–01–01998 FIFA World Cup qualification
22.11 October 1997Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland Azerbaijan1–05–01998 FIFA World Cup qualification
23.2–0
24.5–0
25.4 September 1999Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark Denmark1–11–2UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
26.8 September 1999Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne, Switzerland Belarus1–02–0UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
27.2–0
28.7 October 2000Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland Faroe Islands3–15–12002 FIFA World Cup qualification
29.4–1
30.5–1
31.11 October 2000Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia Slovenia1–02–22002 FIFA World Cup qualification
32.2–1
33.5 September 2001Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg Luxembourg2–03–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification
34.3–0

Honours

Galatasaray

Grasshoppers

Individual[7]

References
  1. "Switzerland coast home against Liechtenstein". Swissinfo. 30 May 2008. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  2. "Turkyilmaz: Swiss star, Turkish heart". FIFA. 10 July 2013. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  3. "Ronaldo, 3e joueur à transformer 3 penalties" [Ronaldo, 3rd player to convert three penalties] (in French). RDS. 3 June 2004. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  4. "Yozgat, Kubilay'la temasa geçiyor" (in Turkish). NTV. 16 June 2000. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  5. Staniforth, Tommy (10 October 1998). "Football: New start for depleted Germans". The Independent. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  6. "Kubilay Türkyilmaz". European Football. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  7. "Player of the year » Switzerland". World Football. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
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