Zafer Biryol | |
Fullname: | Zafer Biryol |
Birth Date: | 2 October 1976 |
Birth Place: | Rize, Turkey |
Height: | 1.820NaN0 |
Position: | Forward |
Youthclubs1: | Beşiktaş |
Years1: | 1996–1998 |
Years2: | 1996–1997 |
Years3: | 1997–1998 |
Years4: | 1998–1999 |
Years5: | 1999–2001 |
Years6: | 2001–2003 |
Years7: | 2003–2005 |
Years8: | 2005–2006 |
Years9: | 2006–2007 |
Years10: | 2007–2008 |
Years11: | 2008–2009 |
Years12: | 2009–2010 |
Years13: | 2010–2011 |
Clubs2: | → Mersin İdmanyurdu (loan) |
Clubs3: | → Edirnespor (loan) |
Clubs13: | Anadolu Selçukluspor |
Caps1: | 0 |
Caps2: | 34 |
Caps3: | 26 |
Caps4: | 17 |
Caps5: | 65 |
Caps6: | 53 |
Caps7: | 64 |
Caps8: | 6 |
Caps9: | 12 |
Caps10: | 42 |
Caps11: | 30 |
Caps12: | 17 |
Caps13: | 7 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Goals2: | 5 |
Goals3: | 6 |
Goals4: | 6 |
Goals5: | 34 |
Goals6: | 13 |
Goals7: | 43 |
Goals8: | 0 |
Goals9: | 3 |
Goals10: | 8 |
Goals11: | 16 |
Goals12: | 5 |
Goals13: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 373 |
Totalgoals: | 139 |
Nationalyears1: | 2004 |
Nationalteam1: | Turkey |
Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Zafer Biryol (born 2 October 1976) is a retired Turkish professional footballer. He last played as a forward for Anadolu Selçukluspor.[1] He is 1.82 meters tall and weighs 75 kilograms.
He was the Super Lig's top scorer in the 2004–05 season with Konyaspor. During the 2005/06 season, Zafer was transferred to Big Three club Fenerbahçe. He did not play in many games, as was used primarily as a backup. A surplus to requirements, Zafer was transferred to Bursaspor early in the 2006/07 season. He was transferred to Çaykur Rizespor at mid of 2006/07 season. Biryol retired from being a football player in 2011.
He appeared in five matches for the senior Turkey national football team, debuting as a second-half substitute in a friendly against Denmark on 18 February 2004.
In January 2020 he was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months imprisonment for being a member of an armed terror organization due to his links to the Gülen movement.[2]