- Title: Former Turkey keeper Rustu Recber in hospital with coronavirus
- Date: 29th March 2020
- Summary: OSAKA, JAPAN (FILE - JUNE 22, 2002) (REUTERS PICTURES) (MUTE) STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF RUSTU RECBER HUGGING ARIF ERDEM AFTER BEATING SENEGAL 1-0 IN THE WORLD CUP QUARTER-FINALS BARCELONA, SPAIN (FILE - JULY 1, 2003) (REUTERS PICTURES) (MUTE) STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF RUSTU RECBER POSING WITH A BALL DURING HIS PRESENTATION AS A BARCELONA PLAYER HAVING SIGNED A FOUR-YEAR DEAL ISTANBUL, TURKEY (FILE - NOVEMBER 21, 2007) (REUTERS PICTURES) (MUTE) STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF RUSTU RECBER BEFORE TURKEY'S EURO 2008 QUALIFIER AGAINST BOSNIA VIENNA, AUSTRIA (FILE - JUNE 20, 2008) (REUTERS PICTURES) (MUTE) STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF RUSTU RECBER WITH THE MATCH-WINNING PENALTY SAVE DURING TURKEY'S EURO 2008 QUARTER-FINAL AGAINST CROATIA WHICH TURKEY WON 3-1 ON PENALTIES STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF RUSTU RECBER REACTING AFTER SAVING A PENALTY
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- Keywords: Rustu Recber coronavirus covid-19
- Location: ISTANBUL, TURKEY / OSAKA, JAPAN / BARCELONA, SPAIN / VIENNA, AUSTRIA
- City: ISTANBUL, TURKEY / OSAKA, JAPAN / BARCELONA, SPAIN / VIENNA, AUSTRIA
- Country: Turkey
- Topics: Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA003C73UC73
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- Story Text: Former Turkey goalkeeper Rustu Recber has been taken to hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus and is currently in a "critical period", his wife said late on Saturday (March 28).
Isil Recber said her husband was isolated at the hospital and that they were not allowed to visit.
Rustu, who is Turkey's most-capped player having made 120 international appearances, shone as they reached the semi-finals at the 2002 World Cup. He is revered at Turkish giants Fenerbahce, where he played for more than a decade.
Rustu, 46, also had a short spell at Barcelona and retired from the sport in 2012, after a five-year stint with Besiktas.
Turkey's death toll from the coronavirus increased by 16 to 108 on Saturday, as the number of confirmed cases rose by 1,704 to 7,402, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.
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