# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mehmet-polat
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:04:00.662Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mehmet-polat"
name: "Mehmet Polat"
slug: "mehmet-polat"
description: "Mehmet Polat is a Turkish footballer who last played for Mersin İdmanyurdu. He is a versatile central defender who can also play as rightback or defensive midfielder. He was capped four times for Turkey. He spent 2002-03 season on loan at Galatasaray. Once considered one of the best defenders of Turkey, he could not live up to those predictions. He stands at 1.78 m and wears the jersey number 27, which is also the license plate for Gaziantep."
tagline: "Turkish association football player (born 1978)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1978-06-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.341757333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmet_Polat_(futbolcu)"
    title: "Mehmet Polat (futbolcu)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA"
    title: "محمد بولات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA"
    title: "محمد بولات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmet_Polat"
    title: "Mehmet Polat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmet_Polat"
    title: "Mehmet Polat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmet_Polat"
    title: "Mehmet Polat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmet_Polat"
    title: "Mehmet Polat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3545241"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump