Erman Toroğlu
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Erman Refik Toroğlu | ||
| Date of birth | 24 November 1948 | ||
| Place of birth | Ankara, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1967–1969 | Ankara Güneşspor | 51 | (11) |
| 1969–1977 | MKE Ankaragücü | 164 | (4) |
| 1977–1978 | Mersin İdman Yurdu | 14 | (1) |
| Total | 229 | (16) | |
| International career | |||
| 1973 | Turkey U-21 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
| Domestic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Years | League | Role | |
| 1984–1993 | Süper Lig | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | ||
| 1989 | FIFA | ||
Erman Refik Toroğlu (born 24 November 1948) is a Turkish former association football player, FIFA-level referee and, current pundit and sports columnist.
Career
[edit]Toroğlu earned his FIFA badge in 1989.[1] In 1991, he refereed the qualifying match for Euro 92 between Switzerland and San Marino.[2] The last arbitrated professional football game by Toroğlu was between Samsunspor and Fenerbahçe at Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium in 1993–94 1.Lig season, ended 2–0, on 5 December 1993.[3]
Toroğlu started punditry, joining Turkish sportscaster Şansal Büyüka, in the weekly football review show "Maraton", aired at Show TV, in 1996. The program lasted 8 years until 2004, when the show was moved to Lig TV of Digiturk satellite television provider. Toroğlu quit Maraton in 2010. He now works as a pundit on the sports channel ASpor, covering many games.[4] He had a short punditry spell at TRT in 2015.
Personal life
[edit]He married Şükran Toroğlu in 1974. They have two sons. They divorced in 2017.[5] In 2022, he married lawyer Ezgi Yavuz, who is 34 years his junior.[6]
Honours
[edit]- Ankaragücü
References
[edit]- ^ "Açıkla Yavuz". 24 September 2003. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "ARBITRE de football : Erman Toroğlu". eu-football.
- ^ "Samsunspor Fenerbahçe - Maç Detayları TFF". Turkish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "Toroğlu LİG TV'den neden ayrıldı?". Habertürk. 2 February 2010. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ Özge Eğrikar (28 November 2017). "Erman Toroğlu eşinden boşandı". Istanbul: Hürriyet. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "Erman Toroğlu evlendi". Posta. 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.