Today's Blast from the past is former Galatasaray , Sydney FC and North Queensland Fury midfielder Ufuk Talay, Ufuk had a great career both Locally and Internationally. Ufuk had 10 years in Europe with arguably the highlight of those years was being signed by Turkish giants Galatasaray in 1995. Ufuk didn't have the best of times at Gala with him only making 28 appearances in 6 years for the Istanbul club. Ufuk was loaned to nearly a different club every season before finally sealing a switch to Super league rivals Gaziantepspor in 2002. It was here Ufuk made more of an impact but was ultimately moved on again to second division side Mersan Idmanyurdu. After being tired of moving around Turkey in search of game time Ufuk was offered the chance to return home to join Dwight Yorke's glamour club Sydney FC. It was at the Sky Blues where Talay really shined and made a name for himself back here in Australia, Sydney went on to win the A - League that year with Talay proving pivotal in Sydney's success.
Ufuk had spells at Japanese second division side Avispa Fukuoka and North Queensland Fury before finally calling time on his career. It could be said that Ufuk was probably one of the unluckiest players of his era having never represented his country. Socceroos legend Josip Skoko famously declared that Ufuk Talay was the greatest player never to represent Australia, and here at inside we agree with Josip.
Unlucky Ufuk but congratulations on a stellar career.
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