Said Altınordu
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Said Altınordu | ||
| Date of birth | 24 July 1912 | ||
| Place of birth | Üsküdar, Ottoman Empire | ||
| Date of death | 17 November 1978 (aged 66) | ||
| Place of death | İzmir, Turkey | ||
| Position(s) | Defender, Right half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1929–1956 | Altınordu S.K. | 847 | (29) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1932–1937 | Turkey | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 January 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 January 2017 | |||
Said Altınordu (born Said Bey, 24 July 1912 – 17 November 1978), alternatively spelled Sait Altınordu, was a Turkish international footballer. Being a notable one-club man, Altınordu remains one of the most symbolic footballers of the Turkish city of İzmir, along with Vahap Özaltay of Altay S.K. and Fuat Göztepe of Göztepe S.K. His identification with Altınordu S.K. led him to choose the official name of the club as his surname, following the Surname Law of Turkey enacted in 1934.
Altınordu spent his entire career at Altınordu S.K., winning 6 İzmir Football League titles; he is widely considered to be the club's greatest player of all time. Altınordu also won 4 caps for Turkey between 1932 and 1937, and was part of their squad at the 1936 Summer Olympics; no other Altınordu S.K. players were called up to the Turkey national team for 78 years, until Çağlar Söyüncü was invited in 2016.
In general, Altınordu is reported to have been primarily deployed as a defender, but he was also capable of scoring goals; he is credited with 29 goals, 13 of which were scored during the 1937 Millî Küme campaign, making him the league's top scorer that year.