Birol Aksancak (born April 8, 1979) is a retired Turkish footballer who played as a winger.[1]

Birol Aksancak
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-04-08) April 8, 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Güdül, Turkey
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1990–1997 Ankaragücü
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Asasspor 26 (6)
1998–2000 Ankaragücü 22 (8)
2000–2001Karabükspor (loan) 11 (9)
2001Ankaraspor (loan) 13 (8)
2001–2002 Konyaspor 9 (1)
2002–2004 Ankaraspor 25 (12)
2004 Başakşehir 16 (16)
2004–2005 Ankaragücü 11 (2)
2005 Vestel Manisaspor 12 (4)
2005–2008 Ankaragücü 13 (0)
2006Istanbulspor (loan) 10 (2)
2006–2007Karşıyaka S.K. (loan) 21 (1)
2006–2007Şanlıurfaspor (loan) 8 (0)
2007–2008Turanspor (loan) 3 (0)
2008–2009 Akçaabat Sebatspor 7 (0)
2009–2010 Bozüyükspor 6 (0)
International career
1997–1998 Turkey U18 3 (0)
1999 Turkey U19 1 (1)
2000 Turkey U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 May 2021

Career

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Aksancak is a youth product of Ankaragücü, and had three separate stints in the club,[2] and spent various seasons on loan with clubs in the TFF First League.[3] He spent most of his career between the Süper Lig and the TFF First League. He was a part of Ankaragücü's greatest European success, scoring a goal for them in a 1–0 win against Atlético Madrid in the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup.[4]

Personal life

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On 10 August 2008 Aksancak was a passenger in a car accident, where all four other passengers - his twin brothers and two friends - died. Aksancak was the only survivor of the accident.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "BİROL AKSANCAK". TFF (in Turkish). 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-13.
  2. ^ "Ankara: Ankaragücü'nde Yeni Sezonun Forma Numaraları Belli Oldu". Haberler.com. August 1, 2006.
  3. ^ "Ankaragücü, Birol Aksancak ve Evren Erdeniz'i kiralık verdi". www.hurriyet.com.tr.
  4. ^ "Fußball-Ankara versinkt in der Bedeutungslosigkeit". Kronen Zeitung.
  5. ^ "Birol Aksancak'ın acı günü - tr.beinsports.com". tr.beinsports.com.
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