Bülent Esel

Bülent Esel (23 July 1927 – 17 August 2004) was a Turkey international football forward who played for clubs in Turkey and Italy.

Bülent Esel

Personal information
Full name	Bülent Aziz Esel
Date of birth	(1927-07-23)23 July 1927
Place of birth	İzmir, Turkey
Date of death	17 August 2004(2004-08-17) (aged 77)
Place of death	İzmir, Turkey
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
–	Kırıkkalespor
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–1943	Kırıkkalespor
1943–1948	Ankaragücü
1948–1950	Beşiktaş	26	(25)
1950–1951	Adaletspor
1951–1954	SPAL	78	(25)
1954–1957	Beşiktaş	24	(10)
1957–1958	Vefa	18	(5)
1958–1964	Altınordu	123	(24)
International career
1949–1950	Turkey	4	(3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in İzmir, Esel began playing youth football for Kırıkkalespor. He played senior football for Kırıkkalespor and Ankaragücü before moving to Italy in 1951, where he would make 78 appearances and scored 25 goals during three seasons in Serie A for SPAL 1907.

Esel returned to Turkey and spent the remainder of his career with Beşiktaş J.K., Vefa S.K. and Altınordu S.K.

Esel made four appearances for the Turkey national football team from 1949 to 1950.

Personal

Esel died on 17 August 2004.^[1]