Sacit Seldüz

Sacit Seldüz — Biography

Sacit Seldüz was a sportsman who played for Turkey in both basketball and volleyball and later coached the Fenerbahçe men’s basketball team. As a basketball player he represented his country at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, and at club level he played for both the basketball and the volleyball team of Fenerbahçe.

He began his career at the Fenerbahçe men’s basketball team, which he would coach years later. He won 48 caps for the national side and competed for Turkey at the European championships in 1949 and 1951 and at the Olympics in 1952. In volleyball he also played for the Fenerbahçe men’s team and for the national side; he made his first international appearance for Turkey in 1953, in a match Yugoslavia won 3-0.

After finishing as a player he stayed in the game and worked as a coach in charge of the Fenerbahçe men’s basketball team. Seldüz died on 14 September 2018, aged 94.