- Can Bartu
Football player infobox
playername = Can Bartu
fullname = Can Bartu
nickname = Signor
dateofbirth = birth date and age|df=yes|1936|1|30
cityofbirth =İstanbul
countryofbirth =Turkey
height =
weight =
position = Attacking midfielder, Left winger
currentclub =Retired
clubnumber =
youthyears = ?-1956
youthclubs = flagicon|TurkeyFenerbahçe
years = 1956-1961
1961-1962
1962-1964
1964-1967
1967-1970
clubs = flagicon|Turkey Fenerbahçe
flagicon|Italy Fiorentina flagicon|Italy Venezia flagicon|Italy Lazio
flagicon|Turkey Fenerbahçe
Total
caps(goals) = 00? 00(?)
00? 00(?)
00? 00(?)
00? 00(?)
0326 0(162)
326 (162)
nationalyears = 1958-1970
nationalteam = flagicon|Turkey Turkey
nationalcaps(goals) = 026 0(6)Can Bartu (born on 30 January 1936 in
İstanbul ), is a former Turkishbasketball and football player. He is currently a sports journalist.He started to play basketball for
Fenerbahçe and was a six-time international representative with the national basketball team. He was invited by the football coachFikret Arıcan to play football beside basketball. On 25 January 1957, Bartu played football for his club against Beyoğluspor. He scored two goals and assisted for two more. He helped so his team won 4-0. Then, that evening, Bartu played basketball for Fenerbahçe, scoring 10 points. He helped his club win 44-43 shooting a goal three seconds before the finish. Bartu switched then over to football in his club. He played 26 times for the national football team.In 1961, Bartu transferred to
ACF Fiorentina inItaly . Later, he played forVenezia A.C. in 1962 and forS.S. Lazio in 1964. He is the first ever Turkish footballer, who played a final game and also won it in the European Cup with Fiorentina against Glasgow Rangers on 1 January 1961. He was nicknamed "Signor" by the Italians due to his technique and gentile on the playground and because of his chic outfits worn off field.After successful seasons in Italy, Bartu returned to Turkey in 1967 to play in his former club Fenerbahçe for more three years. Bartu played 326 games with Fenerbahçe and scored 162 goals. He became four-time league champion in 1959, 1961, 1968 and 1970 with Fenerbahçe.
He retired from active sport in 1970. Bartu is today a sports journalist writing for the newspaper "Hürriyet".
Nowadays he also takes part on a national TV channel in Turkey as a
commentator .
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