SOCCER PLAYER

Metin Oktay

1936 - 1991

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Metin Oktay (2 February 1936 – 13 September 1991) nicknamed the Crownless King (Turkish: Taçsız Kral) by Galatasaray fans, was a Turkish footballer and one of the most successful goal scorers in Turkey. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Metin Oktay is the 1,394th most popular soccer player (down from 1,087th in 2019), the 896th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 832nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Turkish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Metin Oktay ranks 1,394 out of 21,273. Before him are Masujiro Nishida, Jimmy Mullen, Knut Kroon, Adolfo Baloncieri, Ramón Muttis, and Yasuhiko Okudera. After him are José Manuel Pinto, Alberto Gilardino, José Mari Bakero, Hasan Salihamidžić, Philippe Coutinho, and Alexander Vencel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Metin Oktay ranks 239. Before him are Željko Perušić, Bobby Darin, Tarun Gogoi, Pavol Molnár, Stefano Delle Chiaie, and Jurij Koch. After him are Vyacheslav Kebich, Théodore-Adrien Sarr, Federico Luppi, Michel Aumont, Im Kwon-taek, and Ivo Brešan. Among people deceased in 1991, Metin Oktay ranks 111. Before him are Heidi Brühl, Rufino Tamayo, Étienne Decroux, Abderrahmane Farès, Miodrag Bulatović, and Amadou Hampâté Bâ. After him are Hitoshi Igarashi, Claude Cahen, Pietro Ferraris, Louis Seigner, Northrop Frye, and Helmut Walcha.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Metin Oktay ranks 896 out of 1,347. Before him are Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin (1857), Anthimus VI of Constantinople (1782), Gazi Yaşargil (1925), Mehmed Orhan (1909), Jan Rustem (1762), and Theodotus I of Constantinople (null). After him are John III of Trebizond (1321), Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha (1666), Nilufer Hanımsultan (1916), Mustafa Denizli (1949), Selahattin Ülkümen (1914), and Theodore of Tarsus (602).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Türkiye

Among soccer players born in Türkiye, Metin Oktay ranks 6. Before him are Hakan Şükür (1971), Ali Sami Yen (1886), Lefter Küçükandonyadis (1924), Rüştü Reçber (1973), and Arda Turan (1987). After him are Mustafa Denizli (1949), Okan Buruk (1973), Emre Belözoğlu (1980), Burhan Sargun (1929), Turgay Şeren (1932), and Arda Güler (2005).

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