İbrahim Toraman

İbrahim Toraman
Personal information
Full name İbrahim Toraman
Date of birth (1981-11-20) 20 November 1981
Place of birth Sivas, Turkey
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre back / Right back
Youth career
DSİ Sivas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2004 Gaziantepspor 144 (20)
2004–2015 Beşiktaş 238 (19)
2014–2015 → Sivasspor (loan) 10 (0)
National team
2002–2010 Turkey 30 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 November 2014.


İbrahim Toraman (born 20 November 1981) is a retired Turkish footballer. He played as a defender in centre, right back or occasionally in defensive midfield positions.

Background

His career started with local club Sivas DSİ Spor, playing six years at the amateur level. He was named second-best player out of all amateur level teams in Turkey. Professionally, Toraman played for Gaziantepspor and attracted attention with his success. In his last two years at Gaziantepspor, he was reportedly added to the top of many teams' transfer lists. Toraman, was signed by Istanbul club Beşiktaş J.K. in the 2004–05 pre-season on a three-year contract with a transfer fee of $2.5 million.

He is known for his speed, aerial ability, heading and tackling skills. He is considered as one of Turkey's best defenders.

Following the incident with Beşiktaş teammate Sezer Öztürk Toraman was left out of the Beşiktaş squad under Slaven Bilić's management at the start of the 2013–14 season.

Before the beginning of the 2014-2015 season, he was loaned to Sivasspor.[1]

Honours

Turkey
Beşiktaş

Career statistics

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 June 2005 Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan  Kazakhstan 2–0 6–0 2006 WCQ

References

  1. ↑ http://www.sabah.com.tr/Spor/Futbol/2014/08/07/ibrahim-toraman-resmen-sivassporda
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