Salih Dursun

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Full name Salih Dursun Height 1.88 m Years Team Weight 79 kg		Name Salih Dursun Salary 1.2 million TRY (2015) Role Footballer Position Defender, Midfielder

Date of birth (1991-07-12) 12 July 1991 (age 24) Place of birth Sakarya Province, Turkey Playing position Right back / Defensive midfielder Current team Trabzonspor (on loan from Galatasaray) Number 24 (Trabzonspor / Defender, Midfielder) Similar People Sefa Yilmaz, Aykut Demir, Umut Gundogan, Yusuf Erdogan, Ozer Hurmaci

Trabzonspor fans show support to Salih Dursun over red card

Salih Dursun (born 12 July 1991) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a right back and defensive midfielder for Turkish club Antalyaspor on loan from Galatasaray in Süper Lig. He made his Süper Lig debut on 27 August 2012. Though he wasn't a particularly well-known player until 21 February 2016, he gained fame on that date after he showed the red card to referee Deniz Ateş Bitnel in an effort to protest the dismissal of his teammate Luis Pedro Cavanda in a match against Galatasaray. He himself was sent off following the act. While his extreme reaction received mixed feedback from the media and football fans alike, it was highly appreciated in the city of Trabzon, to the extent of having a street renamed after him.