Turkey's Goalkeeper Rüştü Reçber Retires: His Career History

Turkey's golakeeper Rüştü Reçber retires after his illustrious career. He made 114 appearances for Turkey. Rüştü replaced Turkey's number one goalkeeper Volkan Demirel in Euro 2008 against Croatia. His last match was the semifinal in Euro 2008 against Germany where Turkey lost 2-3.

I would like to give you a profile of this great player of soccer as much as I could collect. ( He was also one of my favorite superstars ).

Name: Rüştü Reçber

Date of Birth: 10th May 1973.

Place of Birth: Korkuteli, Antalya, Turkey

Current Club: Beşiktaş JK, Turkey

His Clubs:
1991-1994 - Antalyaspor
1994-2003 - Fenerbahçe
2003-2004 - FC Barcelona
2004-2007 - Fenerbahçe
2007-Present - Beşiktaş


Honors: FIFA named Rüştü the best goalkeeper in the world in 2003.
In 2004, he was selected to FIFA 100 by Pelé as one of the 125 best living footballers.
FIFA World Cup Third Place with Turkey in 2002.
EURO 2000 Quarter-Finalist with Turkey.
Turkish Super League National Champions with Fenerbahçe in 1996, 2005 and 2007.
EURO 2008 Semi-Finalist with Turkey.

Good Luck Rustu for your coming years. Thanks for what you have given to soccer.