Zeki Gülay

Zeki Gülay — Biography

Zeki Gülay is a 2.06 m center who spent most of his career at Fenerbahçe. He came up through the club's youth system, wore number 14, captained the team from 2003 to 2006 and left the club after the 2006-07 season, the year Fenerbahçe celebrated its centenary, with a league title.

After playing for the junior national team he joined the Fenerbahçe senior squad in 1991-92, the season the club won the GSGM Cup. At a clinic run by the noted coach Rusmir Halilović he was presented as one of the future stars and advised to improve his shooting technique; when that progress did not come, he made his mark on court through effort rather than scoring. With Fenerbahçe he also won the 1994 Turkish President's Cup.

From 1996 he played in turn for TED Ankara Kolejliler, Muratpaşa Belediyesi and Türk Telekom, and with Vestel he won the Turkish Second League in 1999. He returned to Fenerbahçe in 2001. In his last season there, 2006-07, he won the Turkish League title. His final club was Alpella, and he retired from playing in 2008.