Zeki Rıza Sporel

Zeki on the attack against Galatasaray

Zeki Rıza Sporel joined Fenerbahçe as a youth, making his first team debut at 18. In a remarkable 19 year career for the club he scored 470 goals in 352 first team appearances .

Zeki played 16 internationals between 1923 (Turkey's first) and 1927. He scored 15 international goals and was captain on 10 occasions. 

Turkey

 Zeki's first goal

Turkey's first international match was played at Taksim Stadium, Istanbul on October 26th 1923. Romania were the opponents. Fenerbahçe's Zeki Rıza Sporel scored Turkey's first ever goal, a 32nd minute equalizer. Zeki scored again to put Turkey ahead in the 50th minute. The game finished 2-2.

Turkey:
Nedim Kaleci (Altınordu SK İstanbul)
Hasan Kamil Sporel  (Fenerbahçe) 
Cafer Çağatay (Fenerbahçe)
İsmet Uluğ (Fenerbahçe)
Nihat Bekdik (Galatasaray)  
Baron Fevzi (Altınordu SK İstanbul)
Emin Bey (Altınordu SK İstanbul)  
Alaeddin Baydar (Fenerbahçe)  
Zeki Rıza Sporel (Fenerbahçe)  
Sabih Arca (Fenerbahçe)
Bedri Gürsoy (Fenerbahçe)

İbrahim Kelle (Altınordu SK İstanbul) replaced Baron Fevzi (32mins)