Lefter Küçükandonyadis ( tour: Lefter Küçükandonyadis ), née Lefteris Antoniadis ( Greek Λευτέρης Αντωνιάδης ; December 22, 1925 , Buyukada - January 13, 2012 , ишişli , Turkey Greek- Turkish participant - Turkish 1948, 1954 World Cup .
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| Born | December 22, 1925 Buyukada , Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | January 13, 2012 (86 years old) Sisli , Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 171 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Lefter was born into a family of a fisherman and a dressmaker. His parents were Greeks [1] . Had 10 brothers and sisters. He grew up in Istanbul and started playing football at the local Taksim club.
He was buried in the Greek Orthodox cemetery in Buyukada .
Career
Club
Playing for Taksim, Lefter rapidly progressed. In 1947, he already played well enough to go to Fenerbahçe . And in 1951, he became the first Turkish footballer to leave to play abroad. He spent the 1951/1952 season in Italy, speaking for Fiorentina , and in 1952/1953. already played for Nice . Then he returned to Fenerbahçe and in the very first season after his return became the top scorer of the Turkish Super League . He later won three league titles as part of the club: in 1959, 1961 and 1964. For 615 matches held over his entire career with Fenerbahce, Lefter scored 423 goals, becoming a true legend of the club. After completing a football career in Turkey, Lefter played for the Greek AEK for one season. He only managed to enter the field 5 times as part of a new team before the injury he received in the match against Iraklis forced Lefter to finally finish his playing career.
Team
Lefter Kucukandoniadis made his national debut in April 1948 in a friendly match against Greece , in which he scored a goal. In August of the same year, he took part in the Olympic Games in London . Confidently defeating China in the first match, the Turkish team then stumbled on the Yugoslavs .
In the qualifying match for the 1950 World Cup, Lefter scored a goal against Syria , but subsequently Turkey withdrew from the competition, despite the fact that she had already reached the final part of the tournament.
The Turkish team brought success to the 1954 World Cup in a three-match confrontation with the Spaniards. Having won at home once and tied in a neutral field, the teams trusted in the will of the lot, which favored the Turkish team. In the games of the final tournament, Lefter scored 2 goals: one against the goal of South Korea , and the other against Germany . Despite this, the Turks failed to leave the group.
After the World Cup in Switzerland, Lefter played for the national team for more than a year. He participated in many friendlies, qualifiers for the 1960 European Championships and the 1962 World Cup . In total, Lefter spent 46 matches for the national team during his career, scoring 21 goals [2] .
| Lefter Kucukandoniadis matches for the Turkish national team | ||||||
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| No. | date | Location | Rival | Score | Goals | Tournament |
| one | April 23, 1948 | Athens , Greece | Greece | 3: 1 | one | Friendly match |
| 2 | May 30, 1948 | Istanbul , Turkey | Austria | 0: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 3 | August 2, 1948 | London england | China | 4-0 | one | 1948 olympic games |
| four | August 5, 1948 | London england | Yugoslavia | 1: 3 | - | 1948 olympic games |
| five | March 20, 1949 | Vienna , Austria | Austria | 0: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 6 | May 20, 1949 | Athens , Greece | Italy | 2: 3 | - | Eastern Mediterranean Friendship Cup 1947 |
| 7 | November 20, 1949 | Ankara , Turkey | Syria | 7: 0 | one | Selection for the 1950 World Cup |
| eight | May 28, 1950 | Istanbul , Turkey | Iran | 6: 1 | 2 | Friendly match |
| 9 | December 3, 1950 | Istanbul , Turkey | Israel | 3: 2 | one | Friendly match |
| ten | June 10, 1951 | Stockholm , Sweden | Sweden | 1: 3 | one | Friendly match |
| eleven | June 17, 1951 | West Berlin , Germany | Germany | 2: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 12 | December 11, 1953 | Istanbul , Turkey | Italy | 0: 1 | - | Mediterranean Cup 1953-1957 |
| 13 | January 6, 1954 | Madrid , Spain | Spain | 1: 4 | - | Selection for the 1954 World Cup |
| 14 | March 14, 1954 | Istanbul , Turkey | Spain | 1-0 | - | Selection for the 1954 World Cup |
| 15 | March 17, 1954 | Rome , Italy | Spain | 2: 2 | - | Selection for the 1954 World Cup |
| sixteen | June 17, 1954 | Bern , Switzerland | Germany | 1: 4 | - | 1954 World Cup |
| 17 | June 20, 1954 | Geneva , Switzerland | South Korea | 7: 0 | one | 1954 World Cup |
| 18 | June 23, 1954 | Zurich , Switzerland | Germany | 2: 7 | one | 1954 World Cup |
| nineteen | October 17, 1954 | Sarajevo , Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 1: 5 | - | Friendly match |
| 20 | April 3, 1955 | Istanbul , Turkey | France | 0: 0 | - | Mediterranean Cup 1953-1957 |
| 21 | June 26, 1955 | Trieste , Italy | Italy | 1: 1 | one | Mediterranean Cup 1953-1957 |
| 22 | December 18, 1955 | Istanbul , Turkey | Portugal | 3: 1 | one | Friendly match |
| 23 | December 25, 1955 | Paris , France | France | 1: 3 | - | Mediterranean Cup 1953-1957 |
| 24 | February 19, 1956 | Istanbul , Turkey | Hungary | 3: 1 | 2 | Friendly match |
| 25 | March 25, 1956 | Lisbon , Portugal | Portugal | 1: 3 | - | Friendly match |
| 26 | May 1, 1956 | Istanbul , Turkey | Brazil | 0: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 27 | November 16, 1956 | Istanbul , Turkey | Poland | 1: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 28 | April 5, 1957 | Cairo , Egypt | Egypt | 4-0 | 3 | Mediterranean Cup 1953-1957 |
| 29th | May 19, 1957 | Warsaw , Poland | Poland | 1-0 | - | Friendly match |
| thirty | November 6, 1957 | Madrid , Spain | Spain | 0: 3 | - | Friendly match |
| 31 | December 8, 1957 | Ankara , Turkey | Belgium | 1: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 32 | May 4, 1958 | Amsterdam , Netherlands | Netherlands | 2: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 33 | October 26, 1958 | Brussels , Belgium | Belgium | 1: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 34 | November 2, 1958 | Bucharest , Romania | Romania | 0: 3 | - | Selection for the European Championship-1960 |
| 35 | December 7, 1958 | Ankara , Turkey | Bulgaria | 0: 0 | - | Friendly match |
| 36 | December 18, 1958 | Istanbul , Turkey | Czechoslovakia | 1-0 | - | Friendly match |
| 37 | April 26, 1959 | Istanbul , Turkey | Romania | 2-0 | 2 | Selection for the European Championship-1960 |
| 38 | May 10, 1959 | Istanbul , Turkey | Netherlands | 0: 0 | - | Friendly match |
| 39 | June 8, 1960 | Ankara , Turkey | Scotland | 4: 2 | 2 | Friendly match |
| 40 | November 27, 1960 | Sofia , Bulgaria | Bulgaria | 1: 2 | - | Friendly match |
| 41 | June 1, 1961 | Oslo , Norway | Norway | 1-0 | - | Selection for the World Cup 1962 |
| 42 | June 18, 1961 | Moscow , USSR | the USSR | 0: 1 | - | Selection for the World Cup 1962 |
| 43 | October 8, 1961 | Bucharest , Romania | Romania | 0: 4 | - | Friendly match |
| 44 | November 12, 1961 | Istanbul , Turkey | the USSR | 1: 2 | - | Selection for the World Cup 1962 |
| 45 | May 16, 1962 | Istanbul , Turkey | Israel | 1-0 | one | Friendly match |
| 46 | October 9, 1963 | Ankara , Turkey | Romania | 0: 0 | - | Friendly match |
Total: 46 matches / 21 goals; 17 wins, 9 draws, 20 losses.
Coaching
At the end of his playing career, Lefter worked as a coach. Replaced six different teams. He worked mainly with Turkish clubs.
He died on January 13, 2012 [3] .
Achievements
- Fenerbahce
- Champion of Turkey : 1959 , 1960/61 , 1963/64
Performance Statistics
| Club | Season | League [4] | Cups [5] | Eurocups [6] | Others [7] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | ||
| Taksim | 1941/42 | 15 | four | - | - | - | - | one | 0 | sixteen | four |
| 1942/43 | 14 | five | - | - | - | - | 3 | one | 17 | 6 | |
| Total | 29th | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | four | one | 33 | ten | |
| Fenerbahce | 1947/48 | 14 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 14 | 12 |
| 1948/49 | 13 | four | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 13 | four | |
| 1949/50 | 14 | ten | 14 | 14 | - | - | one | one | 29th | 25 | |
| 1950/51 | 14 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 14 | 12 | |
| Total | 55 | 38 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | one | one | 70 | 53 | |
| Fiorentina | 1951/52 | thirty | four | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | thirty | four |
| Total | thirty | four | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | thirty | four | |
| Nice | 1952/53 | 12 | 2 | one | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 13 | four |
| Total | 12 | 2 | one | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | four | |
| Fenerbahce | 1953/54 | 14 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 1954/55 | sixteen | 12 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | sixteen | 12 | |
| 1955/56 | 15 | eight | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | eight | |
| 1956/57 | 15 | 13 | 2 | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14 | |
| 1957/58 | 17 | eleven | 9 | ten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 21 | |
| 1958/59 | 18 | 9 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 | |
| 1959 | sixteen | 6 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | sixteen | 6 | |
| 1959/60 | 33 | sixteen | - | - | five | 2 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 21 | |
| 1960/61 | thirty | 17 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | thirty | 17 | |
| 1961/62 | thirty | 13 | - | - | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 13 | |
| 1962/63 | 33 | nineteen | 6 | five | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 24 | |
| 1963/64 | eight | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | eleven | 2 | |
| Total | 245 | 140 | 17 | sixteen | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 273 | 161 | |
| Total for Fenerbahçe | 300 | 178 | 31 | thirty | 9 | 2 | 3 | four | 343 | 214 | |
| AEK (Athens) | 1964/65 | five | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | five | 2 |
| Total | five | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | five | 2 | |
| Boluspor | 1967/68 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 1968/69 | four | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | four | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |
| Total career | 389 | 197 | 32 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 7 | five | 437 | 236 | |
A source:
- Lefter Küçükandonyadis (tour) . Mackolik.com . Date of treatment July 11, 2016.
Notes
- ↑ Lefter Küçükandonyadis: Hakan Sükür's Predecessor
- ↑ Lefter Kucukandoniadis - statistics on international matches
- ↑ WHY LEFTER WAS IRREPLACEABLE FOR FOOTBALL FANS
- ↑ Istanbul Championship, Turkish Championship. Playoff matches for 1959 Turkish Championship included.
- ↑ Turkish Cup, French Cup, Turkish Federation Cup, Turkish National Championship.
- ↑ European Cup , UEFA Cup Winners' Cup .
- ↑ Istanbul Cup, Jemal Gursel Cup.