Vedat Okyar

Vedat Okyar
Personal information
Date of birth	August 1945
Place of birth	Bursa, Turkey
Date of death	20 July 2009 (age 64)
Place of death	Istanbul, Turkey
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Yücespor
	Adaletspor
Senior career*
Years	Team
1963–1968	Bursaspor
1968–1976	Beşiktaş
1976–1977	Diyarbakırspor
1977–1980	Karagümrük
International career
1969–1971	Turkey
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vedat Okyar (August 1945 – 20 July 2009) was a Turkish international footballer who later became a sports journalist.

Early life

Vedat Okyar was born in Bursa August 1945. He played amateur football for Yücespor and Adaletspor before becoming a professional in 1965.

Okyar played professionally as a midfielder for Bursaspor, Beşiktaş, Diyarbakırspor and Karagümrük. He was club captain of Beşiktaş between 1975 and 1976, and he also earned thirty-three caps for the Turkey national team.^[1]^[2]

After retiring as a professional footballer at age 42, Okyar became a sports journalist.^[1]^[2]

Okyar died of colorectal cancer in an Istanbul hospital on 20 July 2009, aged 64. Following the religious funeral service at Teşvikiye Mosque, he was laid to rest at the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery.^[1]^[2]^[3]