Bülent Çetin

Bülent Çetin

Personal information
Date of birth	1985 (age 39–40)
Place of birth	Eskişehir, Turkey
Position(s)	Goalkeeper.
Team information
Current team	Etimesgut BS
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Turkey
Medal record Representing  Turkey World Cup 2022 Istanbul Turkey 2018 San Juan de los Lagos Turkey European Championship 2021 Kraków Turkey 2027 Istanbul Turkey

Bülent Çetin (born 1985) is a Turkish amputee footballer playing as goalkeeper. He is a member of the Turkey national amputee football team.[1]

Private life

Bülent Çetin was born in Eskişehir, Turkey in 1985.[1][2] His mother Sadiye died in 2022.[3]

He joined Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) service, and held the rank of a specialist sergeant. During an armed operation in Hakkâri Province, Southeastern Turkey, he was wounded in his left arm. He was transported to the Gülhane Training and Research Hospital. As his treatment was continuing, he had a traffic accident. He underwent further treatment at the TSK Rehabilitation Center for one year.[1][2][4]

Since 2012, he has been working at the defence company Roketsan in Ankara.[2]

Club career

Çetin played amateur football as a forward in his youth years. During his stay in the TSK Rehab Center, he met amputee football in 2011. He started again football playing, this time as an amputee football goalkeeper.[1] After playing in the TSK Rehab Center for nine years, he transferred to Etimesgut BS.[2][5]

International career

In 2012,[1] he was admitted to the Turkey national amputee football team.[1][6] He played in four matches of the 2021 European Amputee Football Championship held in Kraków, Poland without conceding a goal. He enjoyed the champion title of the national team. He serves as the captain of the Turkey team.[2] Çetin was with the national team, which became champion of the 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey.[4]

Honours

International

World Cup

Winners (1): 2022

Runners-up (1): 2018

European Championship

Winners (2): 2017, 2021

References

1. "Futbolun aslan yürekli şampiyonları". Gazete Oksijen (in Turkish). 16 February 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
2. Çakmak, Fatih (29 September 2021). "Bülent Çetin, Avrupa şampiyonasını gol yemeden tamamlamanın sevincini yaşıyor". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 12 October 2022.
3. "Ampute Milli Futbol Takımı Kalecisi Bülent Çetin'in acı günü". Habertürk (in Turkish). 25 March 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
4. Şen, Burcu (11 October 2022). "Bu kupa, milletimize armağan olsun". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 12 October 2022.
5. "Etimesgut Belediyesi'nde Milli Gurur" (in Turkish). Etimesgut Belediyesi. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
6. "Ampute futbol sayesinde kabuklarını kırıyorlar". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 9 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.