Şükrü Ersoy is a Turkish

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 football goalkeeper who played for Turkey

Turkey national football team

The Turkey national football team represents Turkey in association football and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Turkey. They are affiliated with UEFA...

 in the 1954 FIFA World Cup

1954 FIFA World Cup

The 1954 FIFA World Cup, the fifth staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerland was chosen as hosts in July 1946. The tournament set a number of all-time records for goal-scoring, including the highest average goals scored per game...

.

Career

Born in Kadıköy

Kadiköy

Kadıköy is a large, populous, and cosmopolitan district of İstanbul, Turkey on the Asian side of the Sea of Marmara, facing the historic city centre on the European side of the Bosporus...

, Ersoy began playing youth football for Fenerbahçe

Fenerbahçe S.K. (football)

Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in the district of Kadıköy, Istanbul, and part of the larger Fenerbahçe multisports club...

. He would play for Vefa S.K. and Ankaragücü

Ankaragücü

MKE Ankaragücü is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Ankara. The club wears a yellow and navy kit and play their home matches at Ankara 19 Mayis....

 before appearing for the Fenerbahçe senior squad. He finished his career with SV Austria Salzburg.

Ersoy studied to be a football coach in Cologne, Germany and received his license in 1967.

External links

• FIFA profile
• Profile at TFF.org
• Şükrü Ersoy career stats in Turkey at mackolik.com