Mehmet Leblebi
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Mehmet Leblebi was a Turkish professional footballer. He spent the entirety of his career with his hometown
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

 club, Galatasaray SK
Galatasaray S.K. (football team)
Galatasaray Anonim Şirketi is a Turkish football club, part of the Galatasaray S.K. multi-sport club of Istanbul. Galatasaray is a major sports club in Turkey, holding 17 Turkish Super League titles and the highest number of Turkish Cups....

. He also represented Turkey on 16 occasions.

Career

Leblebi was born in Pınarhisar
Pınarhisar
Pınarhisar is a town and district of Kırklareli Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. The mayor is Mustafa Cingöz . The population is 10,463 as of 2010....

 and played his entire career as a Forward and Midfielder for Galatasaray SK
Galatasaray S.K. (football team)
Galatasaray Anonim Şirketi is a Turkish football club, part of the Galatasaray S.K. multi-sport club of Istanbul. Galatasaray is a major sports club in Turkey, holding 17 Turkish Super League titles and the highest number of Turkish Cups....

. Like many other Galatasaray SK
Galatasaray S.K. (football team)
Galatasaray Anonim Şirketi is a Turkish football club, part of the Galatasaray S.K. multi-sport club of Istanbul. Galatasaray is a major sports club in Turkey, holding 17 Turkish Super League titles and the highest number of Turkish Cups....

 players at that time, he was a student of the Galatasaray High School and started playing football at the Grand Cour of the Galatasaray High School.

Leblebi was selected to Galatasaray A2 team when he was 12. Only three years later, he started to play at the A team of Galatasaray SK
Galatasaray S.K. (football team)
Galatasaray Anonim Şirketi is a Turkish football club, part of the Galatasaray S.K. multi-sport club of Istanbul. Galatasaray is a major sports club in Turkey, holding 17 Turkish Super League titles and the highest number of Turkish Cups....

.

Leblebi won the Istanbul Football League
Istanbul Football League
Istanbul Lig or originally Constantinople Football Association League was founded by James La Fontaine and Henry Pears and started with the 1904-05 season with only four teams as "Istanbul Sunday League". The matches between the four teams, Moda FC, HMS Imogene FC, Elpis FC, and Cadi-Keuy FC were...

 five times. He also scored 14 goals when Galatasaray SK
Galatasaray S.K. (football team)
Galatasaray Anonim Şirketi is a Turkish football club, part of the Galatasaray S.K. multi-sport club of Istanbul. Galatasaray is a major sports club in Turkey, holding 17 Turkish Super League titles and the highest number of Turkish Cups....

 beat Vefa SK
Vefa SK
Vefa SK is a football club in Vefa, neighborhood of the Fatih district of İstanbul.-History:The club was founded in 1908 when Turkish football was legalized...

 20-0 on 20 November 1925.

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 10 April 1925 Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

, Turkey
Turkey
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2-1 2-1 Friendly
2. 1 May 1925 Bucharest
Bucharest
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, Romania
Romania
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2-1 2-1 Friendly

As player

Galatasaray
Galatasaray S.K. (football team)
Galatasaray Anonim Şirketi is a Turkish football club, part of the Galatasaray S.K. multi-sport club of Istanbul. Galatasaray is a major sports club in Turkey, holding 17 Turkish Super League titles and the highest number of Turkish Cups....

    • Istanbul Football League
      Istanbul Football League
      Istanbul Lig or originally Constantinople Football Association League was founded by James La Fontaine and Henry Pears and started with the 1904-05 season with only four teams as "Istanbul Sunday League". The matches between the four teams, Moda FC, HMS Imogene FC, Elpis FC, and Cadi-Keuy FC were...

      : 5
      • 1924-1925, 1925–1926, 1926–1927, 1928–1929, 1930–1931
    • Istanbul Kupası: 1
      • 1933
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