{{short description|Turkish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Zafer Biryol | image = | caption = | fullname = Zafer Biryol | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|10|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = Rize, Turkey | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.82|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | position = Forward | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Beşiktaş | years1 = 1996–1998 | years2 = 1996–1997 | years3 = 1997–1998 | years4 = 1998–1999 | years5 = 1999–2001 | years6 = 2001–2003 | years7 = 2003–2005 | years8 = 2005–2006 | years9 = 2006–2007 | years10 = 2007–2008 | years11 = 2008–2009 | years12 = 2009–2010 | years13 = 2010–2011 | clubs1 = Beşiktaş | clubs2 = → Mersin İdmanyurdu (loan) | clubs3 = → Edirnespor (loan) | clubs4 = Yeni Salihlispor | clubs5 = Çamlıdere Şekerspor | clubs6 = Göztepe | clubs7 = Konyaspor | clubs8 = Fenerbahçe | clubs9 = Bursaspor | clubs10 = Çaykur Rizespor | clubs11 = Mersin İdmanyurdu | clubs12 = Altay | clubs13 = Anadolu Selçukluspor | caps1 = 0 | caps2 = 34 | caps3 = 26 | caps4 = 17 | caps5 = 65 | caps6 = 53 | caps7 = 64 | caps8 = 6 | caps9 = 12 | caps10 = 42 | caps11 = 30 | caps12 = 17 | caps13 = 7 | goals1 = 0 | goals2 = 5 | goals3 = 6 | goals4 = 6 | goals5 = 34 | goals6 = 13 | goals7 = 43 | goals8 = 0 | goals9 = 3 | goals10 = 8 | goals11 = 16 | goals12 = 5 | goals13 = 0 | totalcaps = 373 | totalgoals = 139 | nationalyears1 = 2004 | nationalteam1 = Turkey | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | medaltemplates = }}
'''Zafer Biryol''' (born 2 October 1976) is a retired Turkish professional footballer. He last played as a forward for Anadolu Selçukluspor.<ref name="TFF">{{Cite web|publisher=Turkish Football Federation|title=ZAFER BİRYOL|url=http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiID=27514|access-date=2008-12-04|archive-date=20 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220031724/http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiID=27514|url-status=live}}</ref> He is 1.82 meters tall and weighs 75 kilograms.
==Club career== He was the Super Lig's top scorer in the 2004–05 season with Konyaspor.<ref name=":0" /> During the 2005/06 season, Zafer was transferred to ''Big Three'' club Fenerbahçe. He did not play in many games, as he was used primarily as a backup. A surplus to requirements, Zafer was transferred to Bursaspor early in the 2006/07 season. He was transferred to Çaykur Rizespor at mid of 2006/07 season. Biryol retired from being a football player in 2011.
==International career== He appeared in five matches for the senior Turkey national football team, debuting as a second-half substitute in a friendly against Denmark on 18 February 2004.<ref name="TFF" />
== Prosecution == In January 2020 he was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months imprisonment for being a member of an armed terror organization due to his links to the Gülen movement.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://ipa.news/2020/01/21/six-footballers-convicted-of-terror-charges-in-turkey/|title=Six footballers convicted of terror charges in Turkey|date=2020-01-21|website=IPA NEWS|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-26|archive-date=26 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126093928/https://ipa.news/2020/01/21/six-footballers-convicted-of-terror-charges-in-turkey/|url-status=live}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{NFT player|pid=6788}}
{{Turkish Super League topscorers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Biryol, Zafer}} Category:1976 births Category:Living people Category:Turkish men's footballers Category:Turkey men's international footballers Category:Beşiktaş J.K. footballers Category:Mersin Talim Yurdu footballers Category:Edirnespor footballers Category:Göztepe S.K. footballers Category:Konyaspor footballers Category:Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers Category:Bursaspor footballers Category:Çaykur Rizespor footballers Category:Altay S.K. footballers Category:Süper Lig players Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Turkish prisoners and detainees Category:Footballers from Rize {{Turkey-footy-forward-stub}}