Vahap Özaltay Football player
Vahap Özaltay (1908 – 10 June 1965) was a Turkish footballer of African descent, notable for his career at Altay S.K., being the first professional football player in Turkey, being the first Turkish player to ever play for a foreign club,. He chose his last name based on his love for Altay (lit. "Pure/Real Altay").Özaltay was born in 1908 in Istanbul. He was the son of a civil servant. When he was 10 years old, his family moved to Aydin. Shortly after the Greek Occupation of Izmir on 21 May 1919, his family moved to Kastamonu. He started his football career in Kastamonu.
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