Metin Tekin

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Metin Tekin (born 1964 in İzmit, Turkey) is a retired professional football player. Father Tarik Tekin and Mother Inci Tekin. He graduated with a bachelor degree in Business. (Accounting) Married to Şevval Sam in 1993. From this marriage he has a son and divorced in 2000.

1 Professional Football
2 Post professional career
3 Trivia
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Professional Football

He started his football career in Kocaelispor. His first accomplishment was the selection to Turkish under 18 team. In the 1982-1983 season, he transferred to Beşiktaş by Dorde Miliç before he becoming a member of Kocaelispor's first team. On January 2, 1983, he scored his first goal for Beşiktaş to Adana Demirspor in İnönü Stadium. He usually played as a right winger (#7 Uniform). Occasionally he played as a forward too. Beşiktaş fans called him "Sarı Fırtına" and his name also mentioned with other prominent players such as Ali Gültiken and Feyyaz Uçar Between 1982 to 1997 he played 320 games and scored 47 goals. Played 34 times with Turkish national team and scored 2 goals.

In 1997 Metin Tekin was loaned to Vanspor. Later in the year Beşiktaş vs Fenerbahçe was his final game as a professional football player.

[edit] Post professional career

After the retirement he became a football columnist.

Tekin began his managerial career by teaming up with Erdoğan Arıca and served as his assistant in Gençlerbirliği and Samsunspor. Later he served as a manager in lower divisions Çanakkale Dardenelspor and Altay. Currently he is one of the coaches of the Turkey national football team.

[edit] Trivia

He was one of the three scorers in biggest difference game in Turkish Super League. Beşiktaş won against Adanademirspor 10-0. He scored three goals in the game.
Rıza Çalımbay was his roommate in the compounds for 15 years.
Fotospor ( Football Newspaper) readers poll choose him the most handsome football player.
Once famous goal keeper Toni Schumacher said " If this guy scores on me, I will end my professional career" little he knew Metin Tekin scored on him and Schumacher did not continue the second half of the game eventhough he did not end his career. Ref. in Turkish