Catches Left Name Erol Kahraman Positions Goaltender | National team Turkey Height 1.9 m | |
Born January 2, 1983 (age 41)
North London, United Kingdom ( 1983-01-02 ) Weight 84 kg (185 lb; 13 st 3 lb) TBHSL team
Former teams Zeytinburnu Belediyespor
2000–2001 Elmira Sugar Kings
2008–2010 Lucknow Lancers
2010–2011 Ankara University
2011–2013 Baskent Yildizlari | ||
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Erol Kahraman (born January 2, 1983 in London, United Kingdom) is a full-time ice hockey goaltender and football goalkeeper of Turkish Cypriot origin with Canadian dual citizenship. Currently, he plays in the Turkish Ice Hockey Super League (TBHSL) for Zeytinburnu Belediyespor, and is a member of the Turkey men's national ice hockey team. The 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) tall goalie at 84 kg (185 lb) catches left. Kahraman plays football in the Cyprus Turkish Ikinci Lig (Second League) team for Mehmetcik TCB.
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Early years and family life
Erol Kahraman's Turkish Cypriot parents were forced to flee their country during the period of political violence in the early 1970s. They moved to the United Kingdom as a safe haven, where Erol Kahraman was born in London on January 2, 1983. In his early years, he developed an affection for football in North London.
As he was ten years old, the family immigrated to Canada to start a new life. There, Kahraman began with ice hockey playing. In 2010, he returned to Northern Cyprus to settle in Famagusta, where his family has a house. Currently, he resides there with his wife. Kahraman has a second citizenship from Canada.
Playing career
Because he keeps performing ice hockey and football at the same time, he has to travel several times a week between his home in Northern Cyprus and Turkey. His both duties prevent him though sometimes from taking part in preparation camps for international matches as he states.
Ice hockey
Shortly after arriving in Elmira, Ontario in Canada, Erol Kahraman joined the local junior ice hockey team Elmira Sugar Kings. In 2001, he enjoyed his first success winning the Sutherland Cup trophy in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. Between 2008 and 2010, he continued to play in the WOAA Senior AA Hockey League for Lucknow Lancers as a semi-professional until he returned to his homeland.
In Turkey, Kahraman joined first Ankara University's ice hockey team, aka Ankara Panthers, and then moved to play two years for another Ankara-based club, the Baskent Yildizlari, with which he was twice Turkish Ice Hockey Super League (TBHSL) champion in the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons. He was named Best Goalkeeper in the 2010–11 and 2012–13 seasona. Currently, Kahraman is part of Zeytinburnu Belediyespor in Istanbul, which was promoted to the Super League (TBHSL) in the 2013–14 season, and became runner-up in their first season.
Kahraman participated twice at the IIHF Continental Cup, the first time in 2010 with Ankara University, and then in 2011 with Baskent Yildizlari.
Football
While he was performing ice hockey in Canada, Kahraman played also football as a goaltender. After returning to Northern Cyprus, he joined the Cyprus Turkish Birinci Lig (First League) football team of Magusa Turk Gucu S.K. in his hometown Famagusta from September 2012 on before he transferred to the Ikinci Lig (Second League) team of Mehmetcik TCB in January 2014.
International
The Turkish national ice hockey team coach Tarik Gocmen met Kahraman in Canada and offered him a place in the national team squad. After almost twenty years in Canada, he accepted the invitation of Tarik Gocmen.
As a student at the Eastern Mediterranean University of Northern Cyprus, he represented Turkey at the 2011 Winter Universiade in Erzurum, Turkey. Kahraman played in all five matches of the 2013 IIHF World Championship Division II B Tournamen held in Izmit, Turkey. He takes part in the 2014 IIHF World Championship Division II B Tournamen in Jaca, Spain.
Coaching career
During his time in Canada, Kahraman served over a decade as an ice hockey coach. In the 2011–12 TBHSL season at Baskent Yildizlari, he acted as a goaltending coach.