Ayetullah Bey

Şevkipaşazade Ayetullah Bey

Ayetullah Bey
Personal information
Full name	Şevkipaşazade Ayetullah Bey
Date of birth	1888 (1888)
Place of birth	Kadıköy, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Date of death	1919 (aged 30–31)
Place of death	Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Fenerbahçe
Managerial career
1908–1909	Fenerbahçe S.K.
Education Lycée Saint-Joseph, Istanbul
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Şevkipaşazade Ayetullah Bey (Adyghe: Андзорыкъу Щэукъиыкъо Аетулахь; 1888–1919), was an Ottoman footballer of Circassian descent. He was the founder and second president of the major Turkish multi-sport club Fenerbahçe S.K. between 1908 and 1909.

Biography

Ayetullah Bey became the first secretary general when he was just 22. In addition, he served the club as a goalkeeper and defender. Ayetullah Bey, graduated from Lycée Saint-Joseph. Of Circassian origin, he descended from the Ubykh-Kabardian tribes and the "Anzork" (Андзорыкъу) family. According to Fenerbahçe congress member and a family friend of Ayetullah Bey's sister, the family was of Circassian origin and had served as bureucrats for the Ottoman Empire.

Ayetullah Bey's father was Şevki Pasha, a brigadier general in the Ottoman Army. Ayetullah Bey was known as "Şevkipaşazade", literally meaning "Shevki Pasha's son". After graduating from Lycée Saint-Joseph he started to work as a civil servant in the Ottoman Bank. He then resigned and founded a company that sells water. He was a member of the first squads of Fenerbahçe, playing as the goalkeeper. Later, he also served the club as a president. He died in 1919 in Istanbul. He was buried in Karacaahmet Cemetery, Istanbul.

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