Hüseyin Er
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-01-14)14 January 1985
Place of birth Göksun, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
Date of death 16 May 2021(2021-05-16) (aged 36)
Place of death London, United Kingdom
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1999–2003 Tottenham DFC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Tottenham DFC
Arsenal DFC
Kartal Municipality DFC
St. John's DFC
İzmirspor
International career
2006–2019 Turkey deaf 45 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hüseyin Er (14 January 1985 – 16 May 2021) was a deaf Turkish-born footballer who grew up and mostly lived in London. He was a member of the Turkey national deaf football team.[1][2]

Private life

Er was born to Haydar and Çiçek in Göksun, Kahramanmaraş Province, southern Turkey in 1985.[3][4][5] He had eight siblings, of whom four are also deaf.[4][5][6] He had a twin brother, Hasan, who also became a football player.[4][6] The family migrated to the United Kingdom when he was two years old.[6]

Club career

Er started playing football at a very young age. Memnos Costi, a deaf footballer and coach, who knew the twin brothers since their age of six, taught them to play football. At 14, the quick-learning boy became a member of Tottenham Deaf Football Club (DFC).[5][7] He then played for Arsenal DFC,[7] and also for St John's DFC.[4] With St John's DFC, he won all of the domestic trophies.[8]

In 2012, Er transferred from the British Arsenal DFC to the 2011–12 Turkish league champion Kartal Municipality DFC in Istanbul, Turkey together with his brother Ali.[9] In the second half of the 2019–20 season, he transferred to İzmirspor in the Turkish Regional Amateur League.[10][11]

International career

Er became a member of the Turkey deaf football team in 2006.[7]During his career, his national team took the runners-up position at the 2008 World Championships and EuroDeaf 2011,[6] and champion titles at the World Championships (2012, 2016),[12] 2017 Deaflympics, and European Championships (2015,[6][12] 2019).[4][5][13] He was named Best Player of the 2008 World Championships.[6]

Er played at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics held in Samsun, Turkey. He scored one goal in the match against Italy,[2] and two goals against Saudi Arabia.[12][14] At the EuroDeaf 2019 in Heraklion, Greece, he netted four goals in total.[15]

Er took part in the Group F of the qualification round for the EuroDeaf 2019 held in Wales. The opponents were Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sweden, and Wales.[16]

International gaols
Year Competition Opponent Result Goals Ref
Turkey Turkey national deaf football team
2017 Summer Deaflympics  ItalyW 4–01[2]
 Saudi ArabiaW 3–12[12][14]
2019EuroDeaf  DenmarkW 6–14[15][17]
 IrelandW 6–0
 HungaryW 8–0
 GreeceL 2–4
 EnglandW 2–0
 RussiaW 2–1

Death

Er died from a heart attack after a training session in London at the age of 36 on 16 May 2021.[1][5][10][18] He was interred at Lavender Hill Cemetery in Enfield, London.[13][4] His family later held a memorial and religious service at the London Alevi Cultural Centre and Cem-Evi.[4]

Honours

Individual

Best player (1): 2008 World

International

Turkey national deaf football team
Champions (4): 2012 World, EuroDeaf 2015, 2016 World, 2017 Deaflympics, EuroDeaf 2019
Runners-up (1): 2008 World, EuroDeaf 2011

References

  1. 1 2 "İşitme engelli milli futbolcu Hüseyin Er vefat etti". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 16 May 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "İşitme Engelli Milliler, olimpiyatlarda finale çıktı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Göksunlu milli futbolcu kalbine yenik düştü". Elbistanın Sesi (in Turkish). 18 May 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Yetkinlioğlu, Halil (27 June 2021). "Hüseyin Er, 'kırk yemeği'nde anıldı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Iconic deaf soccer player passes away at 36". Daily Moth. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Avrupa Şampiyonumuz". Olay Gazetesi (in Turkish). 30 June 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  7. 1 2 3 "Engellerini futbolla unutuyor". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 9 May 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "Tributes paid to Deaf footballer Huseyin Er". The Limping Chicken. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  9. ↑ "İşitme Engelliler Spor Kulübü" (in Turkish). Kartal Belediyesi. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  10. 1 2 "İzmirspor camiası Hüseyin Er'e ağlıyor". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 17 May 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  11. ↑ Özlahlan, Yılmaz (25 December 2019). "İzmirspor'a Bir Milli Oyuncu Daha". Ege Spor (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  12. 1 2 3 4 "Turkey's national deaf football team goes for gold". Daily Sabah. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  13. 1 2 "İşitme Engelliler milli sporcu Hüseyin Er hayatını kaybetti". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 17 May 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  14. 1 2 "İşitme Engelliler Futbol Milli Takımı'ndan galibiyet". Son Söz (in Turkish). 20 July 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  15. 1 2 "9th European Deaf Football Championship 2019Venue: Heraklion/ GRE" (PDF). Deutsche Gehörlosen Sport-Verband. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  16. ↑ "İşitme engelliler futsalda hedef Avrupa". Kon Haber (in Turkish). 18 January 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  17. ↑ "9th European Deaf Football Championships 2019 – Heraklion/GRE" (PDF). Deaflympics. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  18. ↑ "İngiltere'de yaşayan milli sporcu Hüseyin Er hayatını kaybetti". Londra Gazetesi (in Turkish). 17 May 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
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