Yasin Özdenak

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Yasin Özdenak is a former Turkish football player and now an active coach. Currently he is employed as the goalkeeper coach of FC Seoul.

In 1977 the Ertegün brothers transferred Yasin when he was 28 to the Cosmos where he played alongside football legends like Pelé and Franz Beckenbauer. Pelé was 35 years old and played 2 years with Yasin Ozdenak for New York Cosmos before he gave up playing. Yasin also coached the Cosmos.

He was a goalkeeper and also, another legendary football player, Diego Armando Maradona had scored two goals to Yasin Özdenak when Maradona was 18 years old at a friendly match.

He also coached Crescent Star in Australia leading them to a Champions Cup.