(Reuters) – Former Galatasaray and Turkey defender Ahmet Calik has died in a car crash, aged 27, his membership Konyaspor confirmed on Tuesday.
“We are in deep sorrow to have misplaced our participant Ahmet Calik who earned our followers’ and metropolis’s love because the first day he arrived at Konyaspor,” the membership posted on Twitter.
According to Turkish web site Spor Arena the crash occurred on a motorway close to the capital Ankara the place Calik was heading throughout a time without work to finalise plans for his marriage ceremony.
Calik made greater than 50 appearances for Galatasaray throughout a three-year spell earlier than becoming a member of Konyaspor in 2020.
The centre again additionally performed eight occasions for the Turkish senior group between 2015 and 2017 and was a part of the Euro 2016 squad, though didn’t play a match.
In a press release the Turkish FA mentioned: “It is with deep disappointment that we discovered that Ahmet Calik, soccer participant of Ittifak Holding Konyaspor, who additionally performed in our nationwide group, handed away on account of a site visitors accident.
“May Allah have mercy on the deceased.”
Galatasaray additionally issued their very own tribute.
“It is with deep disappointment that we discovered of the dying of our former soccer participant Ahmet Calik,” the membership mentioned on its web site. “We specific our condolences to his grieving household, family members and Turkish sports activities neighborhood.”
(Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Christian Radnedge)
