Muzaffer Badalıoğlu
Muzaffer Badalıoğlu (13 November 1960 – 20 January 1989) was a Turkish footballer who last played as a defender for Samsunspor, and also appeared for the Turkey national football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Muzaffer Badalıoğlu | ||
| Date of birth | 13 November 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Havza, Turkey | ||
| Date of death | 20 January 1989 (aged 27) | ||
| Place of death | Havza, Turkey | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1985 | Zonguldakspor | 185 | (8) |
| 1985–1989 | Samsunspor | 98 | (1) |
| Total | 283 | (9) | |
| National team | |||
| 1978–1979 | Turkey U18 | 13 | (1) |
| 1979–1981 | Turkey U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 1981–1983 | Turkey | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
The shirt of Muzaffer Badalıoğlu on display at the Samsun City Museum. Badalıoğlu wore this jersey for the last time in the match before the January 20th Disaster.
The Samsunspor team bus was involved in a traffic accident in Havza on the way to a match in Malatya on 20 January 1989, killing the team coach, five players and the bus driver instantly. Badalıoğlu was one of the players who died.[1]
References
- "Samsunspor 20 Ocak Faciası" (in Turkish). Milliyet. 21 January 1989. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012.
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