Quiz: How many of these former Turkish footballers can you identify?

Republic of Ireland take on the current Turkish national team in a friendly tomorrow in Antalya.

A tough one to start: this man scored Turkey's only goal in the two qualifying games they played against Ireland for the 1992 European Championship.

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Turan Sofuoglu

Gokhan Keskin

Riza Calimbay

Ogun Temizkanoglu

With 53 goals, this striker is still Turkey's all-time leading scorer.

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Nihat Kahveci

Hakan Sukur

Tuncay Sanli

Arif Erdem

Which of these lads is former Blackburn Rovers midfielder Tugay Kerimoglu?

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This goalkeeper's clean sheet in a play-off against Ireland helped Turkey to qualify for the 2000 European Championship.

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Rustu Recber

Omer Catkic

Zafer Ozgultekin

Fevzi Tuncay

Name this player, who was controversially sent off against Brazil in the 2002 World Cup for kicking the ball at Rivaldo.

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Umit Davala

Alpay Ozalan

Bulent Korkmaz

Hakan Unsal

Pick out Hasan Sas from this quartet.

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This fella represented Turkey but was born in London.

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Tayfur Havutcu

Bulent Akin

Muzzy Izzet

Okan Buruk

Name this playmaker, who had a brief stint in England after spending most of his career in the Bundesliga.

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Yildiray Basturk

Hamit Altintop

Abdullah Ercan

Emre Belozoglu

Answer all the questions to see your result!

You scored out of !

Galatasaray

Impressive! You're setting the standard.

You scored out of !

Bursaspor

Not bad, but not quite good enough.

You scored out of !

Karabukspor

You struggled there. The less said about that, the better.

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