[8] Having won several regional and national championship titles with Fenerbahçe and becoming Turkish top scorer twice in his career, he left an imprint on the history of the club.

After ending his career in Turkey in 1964, he played a single season in Greece with AEK Athens at the age of 39.

These goals also made his the eldest goalscorer in the history of Greek Championship, until he was surpassed by Tasos Mitropoulos in 1997.

He also played at the 1948 Summer Olympics,[13] and the 1954 FIFA World Cup netting in two goals, one against West Germany and the other against South Korea.

He scored 21 goals for the national team and was the top scorer for Turkey until overtaken by Hakan Şükür.

[15] He later returned to Turkey to coach clubs, mostly Samsunspor, Orduspor, Mersin İdman Yurdu, and Boluspor.