Kubilay Türkyilmaz

Kubilay Türkyilmaz
Personal information
Full name	Kubilay Türkyilmaz
Date of birth	4 March 1967 (1967-03-04) (age 44)
Place of birth	Bellinzona, Switzerland
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
1985–1986	US Semine
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1986–1989	Bellinzona	79	(46)
1989–1990	Servette	46	(25)
1990–1993	Bologna	83	(24)
1993–1995	Galatasaray	34	(13)
1995–1998	Zürich	84	(51)
1998	Locarno	12	(6)
1999	Luzern	14	(6)
2000	Bellinzona	13	(15)
2000–2001	Brescia	9	(3)
2001	Lugano	6	(3)
National team
1988–2001	Switzerland	62	(34)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Kubilay "Kubi" Türkyilmaz (Turkish: Kubilay Türkyılmaz; born 4 March 1967 in Bellinzona) is a former Swiss footballer of Turkish descent. He completed his international career as the all-time joint leading goal scorer for the Swiss national team, with 34 goals in 62 appearances between 1988 and 2001,^[1] equalling the performance of Max Abegglen. Their record was bettered by Alexander Frei in 2008.^[2] He appeared at Euro 1996, scoring Switzerland's equalizer against England in the opening match of the tournament, a 1–1 draw at Wembley. Türkyilmaz once refused to play for Switzerland in a game against Turkey for fear of being branded a traitor.^[3]

The former Servette and Grasshoppers player is believed to be the first player ever to record a hat trick solely through penalty kicks in FIFA World Cup qualifying, doing so on 7 October 2000 in a 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier in Zürich against the Faroe Islands. The feat was later repeated by Henrik Larsson for Sweden against Moldova on 6 June 2001 and Ronaldo for Brazil against Argentina on 2 June 2004.

Honours

Galatasaray

1. Lig (1): 1993–94

Grasshopper

Nationalliga A (2): 1995–96, 1997–98

References

Swiss Footballer of the Year

Previous winners	1972–73: Karl Odermatt 1973–74: verilmedi 1974–75: Umberto Barberis 1975-76: Köbi Kuhn 1976–77: Hansjörg Pfister 1977-78: Rudolf Elsener 1978–79: Umberto Barberis 1979–80: Umberto Barberis 1980–81: Heinz Lüdi 1981–82: Claudio Sulser 1982–83: Lucien Favre 1983–84: Heinz Hermann 1984–85: Heinz Hermann / Rolf Osterwalder 1985–86: Heinz Hermann 1986–87: Heinz Hermann 1987–88: Heinz Hermann 1988–89: Peter Nadig 1989–90: André Egli 1990–91: Adrian Knup 1991–92: Jean-Paul Brigger 1992–93: Ciriaco Sforza 1993–94: Thomas Bickel 1994–95: Nestor Subiat 1995–96: Kubilay Türkyilmaz 1996–97: Kubilay Türkyilmaz 1997–98: Kubilay Türkyilmaz

Foreigner of the Year	1974–75: Ilija Katić 1975-76: Ilija Katić 1976–77: Eigil Nielsen 1977-78: Martin Chivers 1978–79: Jurica Jerković 1979–80: Piet Hamberg 1980–81: Robert Kok 1981–82: Jurica Jerković 1982–83: Jurica Jerković 1983–84: Raúl Nogués 1984–85: Charly Herberth 1985–86: Lars Lunde 1986–87: Robert Prytz 1987–88: John Eriksen 1988–89: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 1989–90: Iván Zamorano 1990–91: Edwin Gorter 1991–92: Igor Dobrovolski 1992–93: Sonny Anderson 1993–94: Élber 1994–95: Petar Aleksandrov 1995–96: Viorel Moldovan 1996–97: Viorel Moldovan 1997–98: Shabani Nonda

Switzerland squad – UEFA Euro 1996

1 Pascolo 2 Hottiger 3 Quentin 4 Henchoz 5 Geiger 6 Wicky 7 Fournier 8 Sylvestre 9 Grassi 10 Sforza 11 Chapuisat 12 Lehmann 13 Jeanneret 14 Türkyilmaz 15 Vega 16 Koller 17 Vogel 18 Rothenbühler 19 Sesa 20 Comisetti 21 Bonvin 22 Corminbœuf Coach: Artur Jorge

Persondata
Name	Turkyilmaz, Kubilay
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	4 March 1967
Place of birth	Bellinzona, Switzerland
Date of death
Place of death