Hasan Satay

Started: He took up the sport in 2012 in Izmir, Turkiye. (voaturkce.com, 06 Jan 2022) Reason: He liked to play football with his school friends. "Football was very important to me as a child. I'm a good listener. I was following the matches from the announcers' commentary and other commentaries back then. I played with the ball at every opportunity. When I was a kid, I used to put a bag on a ball and played with it. During my high school years, I started to learn that there was such a thing as visually impaired football." (trhaber.com, 20 Jan 2022; voaturkce.com, 06 Jan 2022) Ambition: To win gold at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. (voaturkce.com, 06 Jan 2022; aa.com.tr, 03 Dec 2021) Milestones: He was a member of the Turkiye team that claimed the nation's first title at the European championships when they took the title at the 2015 edition of the tournament in Hereford, England. (sabah.com.tr, 02 Dec 2022; ibsasport.org, 29 Aug 2015) Awards: He was named Top Goalscorer at the 2017 European Championships in Berlin, Germany. (IBSA Blind Football Facebook page, 28 Aug 2017) Additional Info: OCCUPATION He has worked as a civil servant in Izmir, Turkiye. (sabah.com.tr, 02 Dec 2022; trhaber.com, 20 Jan 2022)