Galatasaray and Partizan legend Cevad Prekazi passes away at 70

Cevad Prekazi, one of the legendary footballers of Galatasaray and Partizan, has passed away at the age of 70. The news of the death of Prekazi, who was reported to have passed away at his home on Sunday, was announced to the public by the Partizan club, for which he played for many years.

Born in 1957, Prekazi began his football career in Mitrovica before playing for Partizan and Hajduk Split. Transferring to Galatasaray in 1985 and spending six seasons there, Prekazi recorded a performance of 44 goals and 65 assists in 229 matches for the yellow-red team. During this period, he won one Turkish Cup and three Turkish Super Cup championships.

Following the passing of Prekazi, who had been experiencing health problems in recent years and was known to have suffered strokes in 2023 and 2024, Fatih Terim shared a farewell message on his social media account. Recalling that his own final match as a player at Galatasaray was Prekazi's first match, Terim stated, "Number 8 will always live on in the infinity sign of Galatasaray's history."

It is known that in an interview given in 2016, Prekazi had requested that both Galatasaray and Partizan jerseys be placed in his coffin when he passed away.