Muzaffer Badalıoğlu

Muzaffer Badalıoğlu
Personal information
Full name Muzaffer Badalıoğlu
Date of birth (1960-11-13)13 November 1960
Place of birth Havza, Turkey
Date of death 20 January 1989(1989-01-20) (aged 28)
Place of death Havza, Turkey
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1985 Zonguldakspor 185 (8)
1985–1989 Samsunspor 98 (1)
Total 283 (9)
International career
1978–1979 Turkey U18 13 (1)
1979–1981 Turkey U21 4 (0)
1981–1983 Turkey 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Muzaffer Badalıoğlu (13 November 1960 – 20 January 1989) was a Turkish footballer who last played as a defender for Samsunspor, and also appeared for the Turkey national football team.

The Samsunspor team bus was involved in a traffic accident in Havza on the way to a match in Malatya on 20 January 1989, killing the team coach, five players and the bus driver instantly. Badalıoğlu was one of the players who died.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Samsunspor 20 Ocak Faciası" (in Turkish). Milliyet. 21 January 1989. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012.