Muzaffer Badalıoğlu (13 November 1960 – 20 January 1989) was a Turkish footballer who last played as a defender for Samsunspor, and also appeared for the Turkey national football team.

Muzaffer Badalıoğlu
Personal information
Full name Muzaffer Badalıoğlu
Date of birth (1960-11-13)13 November 1960
Place of birth Havza, Turkey
Date of death 20 January 1989(1989-01-20) (aged 28)
Place of death Havza, Turkey
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1985 Zonguldakspor 185 (8)
1985–1989 Samsunspor 98 (1)
Total 283 (9)
International career
1978–1979 Turkey U18 13 (1)
1979–1981 Turkey U21 4 (0)
1981–1983 Turkey 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
The shirt of Muzaffer Badalıoğlu on display at the Samsun City Museum. Badalıoğlu wore this jersey for the last time in the match before the January 20th Disaster.

The Samsunspor team bus was involved in a traffic accident in Havza on the way to a match in Malatya on 20 January 1989, killing the team coach, five players and the bus driver instantly. Badalıoğlu was one of the players who died.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ "Samsunspor 20 Ocak Faciası" (in Turkish). Milliyet. 21 January 1989. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012.