Rüştü Reçber

Rüştü Reçber

Reçber playing for Beşiktaş in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth	(1973-05-10) 10 May 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Korkuteli, Antalya, Turkey
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1985–1988	Korkutelispor[2][3]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1991	Burdurgücü	1	(0)
1991–1993	Antalyaspor	34	(0)
1993–2003	Fenerbahçe	240	(0)
1993–1994	→ Antalyaspor (loan)	33	(0)
2003–2006	Barcelona	4	(0)
2004–2006	→ Fenerbahçe (loan)	46	(0)
2006–2007	Fenerbahçe	8	(0)
2007–2012	Beşiktaş	99	(0)
Total		432	(0)
International career
1992–1993	Turkey U21	11	(0)
1994–2012	Turkey	120	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Turkey FIFA World Cup 2002 South Korea-Japan UEFA European Championship 2008 Austria-Switzerland FIFA Confederations Cup 2003 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rüştü Reçber (born 10 May 1973) is a former Turkish football player. During his professional career, he played as a goalkeeper for Antalyaspor, Fenerbahçe, Barcelona and Beşiktaş.

Career statistics

Club

Reçber (left) in 2005

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[4]^[5]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe[a]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Burdurgücü	1990–91	3. Lig	1	0	—		—		1	0
Antalyaspor	1991–92	2. Lig	—		—		—		—
	1992–93	2. Lig	1	0	—		—		1	0
	1993–94	2. Lig	33	0	—		—		33	0
	Total		34	0	—		—		34	0
Fenerbahçe	1994–95[6]	1. Lig[b]	9	0	2	0	—		11	0
	1995–96[6]	1. Lig	29	0	6	0	4	0	39	0
	1996–97[6]	1. Lig	27	0	2	0	8	0	37	0
	1997–98[6]	1. Lig	33	0	5	0	2	0	40	0
	1998–99[6]	1. Lig	30	0	—		4	0	34	0
	1999–00[6]	1. Lig	25	0	1	0	2	0	28	0
	2000–01[6]	1. Lig	33	0	5	0	—		38	0
	2001–02[6]	Süper Lig[c]	30	0	1	0	8	0	39	0
	2002–03[6]	Süper Lig	24	0	—		6	0	30	0
	Total		240	0	22	0	34	0	296	0
Barcelona	2003–04[7]	La Liga	4	0	—		3	0	7	0
Fenerbahçe (loan)	2004–05[6]	Süper Lig	29	0	4	0	8	0	41	0
	2005–06[6]	Süper Lig	17	0	2	0	—		19	0
	Total		46	0	6	0	8	0	60	0
Fenerbahçe	2006–07[6]	Süper Lig	8	0	—		7	0	15	0
Beşiktaş	2007–08	Süper Lig	22	0	2	0	3	0	27	0
	2008–09	Süper Lig	29	0	1	0	3	0	33	0
	2009–10	Süper Lig	25	0	1	0	4	0	30	0
	2010–11	Süper Lig	11	0	4	0	1	0	16	0
	2011–12	Süper Lig	12	0	1	0	5	0	18	0
	Total		99	0	9	0	16	0	124	0
Career total			432	0	37	0	68	0	537	0

1. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup
2. Named respectively as Milli Lig between 1959–1962, Türkiye 1. Futbol Ligi (1. Lig) between 1962–2000, and Süper Lig from 2001 to present
3. Named respectively as Milli Lig between 1959–1962, Türkiye 1. Futbol Ligi (1. Lig) between 1962–2000, and Süper Lig from 2001 to present

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[8]^[9]^[5]^[10]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Turkey	1994	2	0
	1995	10	0
	1996	10	0
	1997	7	0
	1998	5	0
	1999	7	0
	2000	9	0
	2001	10	0
	2002	13	0
	2003	13	0
	2004	12	0
	2005	4	0
	2006	10	0
	2007	2	0
	2008	3	0
	2009	1	0
	2010	0	0
	2011	0	0
	2012	1	0
Total		120	0

Honours

Fenerbahçe

• Süper Lig: 1995–96, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2006–07
• Atatürk Cup: 1998

Beşiktaş

• Süper Lig: 2008–09
• Turkish Cup: 2008–09, 2010–11

Turkey

• FIFA World Cup third place: 2002^[11][12][13]
• UEFA European Championship bronze medalist: 2008^[14][15][16]
• FIFA Confederations Cup third place: 2003^[17][18]

Individual

• FIFA World Cup All Star Team: 2002^[19][20][21]
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2002^[22][23]
• IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper of the Year 2002: 3rd^[24]
• IFFHS Best Goalkeeper of the 21st Century: 23rd^[25]
• FIFA 100^[26][27]

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