These would-be stars included, but are not limited to: Hakan Şükür, Bülent Korkmaz, Hamza Hamzaoğlu, Tugay Kerimoğlu, Mustafa Kocabey.
As a youngster, he was also an extremely promising motor racer, competing as high as a Formula 3 level.
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His prowess as a cook is also revered, and in 2010 he was victorious in the Turkish version of the television programme MasterChef.
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Tugay generally keeps himself out of the media spotlight, and even with very good English and an apparent good sense of humour, he rarely gives an interview, even to his previous club's own radio station (Radio Rovers).
Tugay Kerimoğlu | tugay | Tugay | Bohdan Khmelnytsky (''left'') with Tugay Bey |