Erman Toroğlu

Erman Refik Toroğlu (born 24 November 1948) is a Turkish former association football player, FIFA-level referee and, current pundit and sports columnist.

Erman Toroğlu

Personal information
Full name	Erman Refik Toroğlu
Date of birth	(1948-11-24) 24 November 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth	Ankara, Turkey
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1969	Ankara Güneşspor	51	(11)
1969–1977	MKE Ankaragücü	164	(4)
1977–1978	Mersin İdman Yurdu	14	(1)
Total		229	(16)
International career
1973	Turkey U-21	2	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Domestic
Years	League	Role
1984–1993	Süper Lig	Referee
International
Years	League
1989	FIFA

Career

Toroğlu earned his FIFA badge in 1989.^[1] In 1991, he refereed the qualifying match for Euro 92 between Switzerland and San Marino.^[2] The last arbitrated professional football game by Toroğlu was between Samsunspor and Fenerbahçe at Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium in 1993–94 1.Lig season, ended 2–0, on 5 December 1993.^[3]

Toroğlu started punditry, joining Turkish sportscaster Şansal Büyüka, in the weekly football review show "Maraton", aired at Show TV, in 1996. The program lasted 8 years until 2004, when the show was moved to Lig TV of Digiturk satellite television provider. Toroğlu quit Maraton in 2010. He now works as a pundit on the sports channel EkolTV, covering many games.^[4] He had a short punditry spell at TRT in 2015.

Personal life

He married Şükran Toroğlu in 1974. They have two sons. They divorced in 2017.^[5] In 2022, he married lawyer Ezgi Yavuz, who is 34 years his junior.^[6]

Honours

Ankaragücü

• Turkish Cup (1): 1971–72
• Ministry of Youth and Sports Cup (1): 1977