Burhan Atak

Burhan Atak

Personal information
Date of birth	(1905-01-27)27 January 1905
Place of birth	Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Date of death	6 June 1987(1987-06-06) (aged 82)
Place of death	Istanbul, Turkey
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1920–1934[1]	Galatasaray SK	54	(6)
International career
1926–1932	Turkey	10	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Burhan Atak (27 January 1905 – 6 June 1987) was a Turkish former football player. He spent the entirety of his career with his hometown club, Galatasaray SK.^[2] He also represented Turkey on 10 occasions, including at the 1928 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Career

Atak was born in Istanbul and played his entire career as a defender for Galatasaray SK. Like many other Galatasaray SK players at that time, he was a student of the Galatasaray High School and started playing football at the Grand Cour of the Galatasaray High School.

He made his senior national team debut against Bulgaria on 12 September 1926 and scored his first and only goal against Romania on 15 April 1928.^[4][5]

Atak won the Istanbul Football League six times.

Career statistics

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	15 April 1928	Stadionul Romcomit, Bucharest, Romania	Romania	2–3	2–4	Friendly

^[6]

Honours

As player

• Galatasaray
  • Istanbul Football League (6): 1921–22, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1928–29, 1930–31
  • Istanbul Kupası: 1933

See also

• List of one-club men

References

1. "Burhan Atak". turksports.net. 1 January 1970. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
2. "Burhan Atak". turksports.net. 1 January 1970. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
3. "Burhan Atak". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
4. Profile at TFF.org
5. Romania match report
6. Romania match report