# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sukru-gulesin
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:37:28.267Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sukru-gulesin"
name: "Şükrü Gülesin"
slug: "sukru-gulesin"
description: "Şükrü Mustafa Gülesin was a Turkish football player and sports journalist. Almost two meters tall, he was a strong and quick striker, as well as a free kick and penalty specialist, and played for Beşiktaş, Palermo, and Lazio throughout his career. He scored a total of 226 goals in his entire career, of which 32 came directly from corner kicks, more than any other footballer in history. He also played for Turkey at the 1948 Summer Olympics."
tagline: "Turkish association football player (1922–1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%C5%9E%C3%BCkr%C3%BC_G%C3%BClesin_-_1.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1922-09-14"
deathDate: "1977-07-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.65
  momentum:             1.728091728091728
  historical:           8.784885333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9E%C3%BCkr%C3%BC_G%C3%BClesin"
    title: "Şükrü Gülesin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "سوكرو جوليسين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%8E%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8E_%D0%93%D1%8E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Шюкрю Гюлесин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9E%C3%BCkr%C3%BC_G%C3%BClesin"
    title: "Şükrü Gülesin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9E%C3%BCkr%C3%BC_G%C3%BClesin"
    title: "Şükrü Gülesin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9E%C3%BCkr%C3%BC_G%C3%BClesin"
    title: "Şükrü Gülesin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9E%C3%BCkr%C3%BC_G%C3%BClesin"
    title: "Şükrü Gülesin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9E%C3%BCkr%C3%BC_G%C3%BClesin"
    title: "Şükrü Gülesin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9E%C3%BCkr%C3%BC_G%C3%BClesin"
    title: "Şükrü Gülesin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%8E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A8%D1%8E%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8E"
    title: "Гюлесин, Шюкрю"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q762860"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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