A European midfielder was sacked from his club for posing on Bumble in club kit and lying his age.
Besiktasfootball club Türkiyeterminated the footballer’s contract Emirhan Delibasafter it was publicly revealed that he was registered as a user in bumble, a well-known dating app. He unusual This fact generated a very strong controversy among fans, especially because the player posed in the photos with the team’s uniform.
The fans supported the board’s decisionquickly sharing screenshots of Delibas’ profile on the dating app, where he lied about his age, as He said he was 24 years old and he is actually 21.. In addition, he stood out as being a 1.83 meter tall athlete, a non-smoker, an occasional alcohol consumer on outings with friends and admitted to being looking for casual encounters.
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The Besiktas statement and Emirhan Delibas’ response
Through a statement, the Turkish team informed about the separation in a consensual manner with the player. “We have separated from professional footballer Emirhan Deliba by mutual agreement. We wish to Emirhan Deliba success in his future career and we present it to the public,” Besiktas said on its social networks.
Although the club assures that the process was by mutual agreement, the footballer alludes that the profile is false and was not created by him. “I reject the slander made by fake accounts and I want to state that my loyalty to my team cannot be questioned. Besiktas is a responsibility for me. His love was my greatest motivation,” said Emirhan Delibas, who has played for Besiktas since he was 7 years old.
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What was the career of Emirhan Delibas, a footballer fired for using a dating app?
The midfielder born in 2003returned to the club after a loan in the Goztepe of the Turkish second division and had only entered as a substitute in two games this season.
The most notable matches of his still short career were in the lower divisions. In the under 19 of Las Águilas Negras, achieved 19 goals and 7 assists in 48 games
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