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{{Short description|Turkish footballer (1930–2000)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
|          name = Rober Eryol
| fullname             = Rober İsaac Eryol
|         birth_date = 21 December 1930
| birth_place = [[Mersin]], Turkey
|         death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|12|21|1930|12|21|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Maltepe, Istanbul|Maltepe]], [[Istanbul]], Turkey
|            position = 
|          youthyears1 = 
|          youthclubs1 = 
|               years1 = 1947–1959
|               clubs1 = [[Galatasaray S.K. (football team)|Galatasaray SK]] 
|         caps1 =  78
| goals1 =  1
|       nationalyears1 = 1951–1954
|        nationalteam1 = [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]]
| nationalcaps1 = 11
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1        = 1961–1962
| managerclubs1        = [[Hapoel Be'er-Sheva]]
| club-update         = 
| nationalteam-update = 
}}

'''Rober İsaac Eryol''' ({{birth date|1930|12|21|df=yes}} – {{death date|2000|12|21|df=yes}}) was a Turkish [[football (soccer)|football]] player.<ref>[http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiID=1063882 tff.org]</ref>

== Background ==
He was born on 21 December 1930 in [[Mersin]], [[Turkey]].  He was of [[Jewish]] origin. His grandfather, also named Rober Ishak Eryol, was martyred serving the [[Ottoman Empire]] in action during the [[Battle of Gallipoli]]. Rober Eryol died in December 2000 in [[Maltepe, Istanbul|Maltepe]], [[Istanbul]].

== Galatasaray ==
Eryol began his football career in [[Istanbul]] soon after his family moved to Taksim, Istanbul in 1937.  He joined [[Galatasaray S.K. (football team)|Galatasaray]] when he was 16 years old in 1947.  Rober said "After I played for different amateur teams in Istanbul, I was wanted by Pera (Beyoğlu) and Taksim football clubs.  I did not want to play for any of them.  Because, at the time, only ethnic minorities used to play for these two teams.  As I am a non-Muslim, I was advised to play for one of these two teams.  I refused this as I felt that I am a Turkish.  Therefore, I decided to play for Galatasaray.  I wanted to prove that as a Turkish citizen, I am not different.  I proudly proved this by playing for Galatasaray and the national team."

He played for Galatasaray as a left halfback.

He won Istanbul Sunday League once in 1948–49 season and Istanbul Professional League for 3 times in 1954–55, 1955–56 and 1957–58 seasons, with Galatasaray<!-- along with [[Turgay Şeren]], Yüksel Akın, Tayyar Cavcav, Neci Erdoğdu, Kamil Altan, Ergün Ercins, Coşkun Özarı, Muzaffer Tokaç, Günay Kayalar, Saim Tayşengil, Ali Beratlıgil, Ali Soydan, Kadri Aytaç, Suat Mamat, İsfendiyar Açıkgöz, Güngör Olcay, Necdet Şentürk-->.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20021027064449/http://www.angelfire.com/nj/sivritepe/5758/artlIST.html angelfire.com]</ref>

==Turkey National Team ==
He represented the [[Turkey national football team]] 9 times (3 games at the [[1954 FIFA World Cup]]).  His first game for Turkey against Switzerland on 25 May 1953 in Berne, Switzerland.  <!--Full details of this game;

Switzerland 1-2 Turkey 
Goals: (1-0) 5'Meier, (1-1) 21'Garbis İstanbulluoğlu (1-2) 75'Garbis İstanbulluoğlu. 
Switzerland: Eich, Quinche, Frosio, Casali, Kernen (.Zehnder), Bigler, Ballaman, Vonlanthen, Hügi, Meier, Riva. 
Turkey: Şükrü Ersoy (Ankaragücü) - Müjdat Yetkiner (Fenerbahçe), Basri Dirimlili (Havagücü), Mustafa Ertan (Ankaragücü), Ali İhsan Karayiğit (Beşiktaş), Rober Eryol (Galatasaray), Fikret Kırcan (Fenerbahçe) [Feridun Buğeker (Fenerbahçe)], Mehmet Ali Has (Fenerbahçe), Garbis İstanbulluoğlu (Vefa), Burhan Sargın (Fenerbahçe), İsmet Yamanoğlu (Vefa). <ref>[https://www.angelfire.com/nj/sivritepe/5253/znta.html angelfire.com]</ref>

His games for Turkey:

1. Switzerland - Turkey 1-2, 25 May 1953 in Berne, friendly

2. Turkey - Yugoslavia 2-2-, 5 June 1953 in Istanbul, friendly
 
3. Turkey - Italy (B) 0-1, 11 December 1953 in Istanbul, Mediterranean Cup

4. Spain - Turkey 4-1, 6 January 1954 in Madrid, 1954 [[FIFA World Cup]] qualifier first leg.

5. Turkey - Spain 1-0, 14 March 1954 in Istanbul, 1954 [[FIFA World Cup]] qualifier second leg.

6. Spain - Turkey 2-2, 17 March 1954 in Roma, 1954 [[FIFA World Cup]] qualifier play-off.

7. West Germany - Turkey 4-1, 17 June 1954 in Berne, 1954 [[FIFA World Cup]] Finals group games.

8. South Korea - Turkey 7-0, 20 June 1954 in Berne, 1954 [[FIFA World Cup]] Finals group games.

9. West Germany - Turkey 7-2, 24 June 1954 in Zurich, 1954 [[FIFA World Cup]] Finals group play-off.

-->He won the [[Military World Games]] in 1955 in Italy with Turkey. Rober Eryol also played for Turkey's B-Team on two occasions.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040610230928/http://www.turkfutbolu.net/millitakim/millifutbolcu.html#18 turkfutbolu.net]</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of one-club men in association football|List of one-club men]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{FIFA player|56953}}

{{Turkey Squad 1954 World Cup}}

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