Yasin Çakmak

Yasin Çakmak — Biography

Yasin Çakmak is a former footballer from Rize who played as a centre-back and stands 1.86 metres tall. He is best remembered for his move to Fenerbahçe and for his call-ups to the senior Turkey national team. He started out in the youth system of Çaykur Rizespor and retired from professional football in 2015, aged 30.

He turned professional with Rizespor in 2003 and stayed at the club until 2007. In August 2007 he joined Fenerbahçe, where he was in the squad for the club's 2007 Super Cup win and its 2007/08 UEFA Champions League quarter-final run. In June 2009, after Fábio Bilica signed for Fenerbahçe, he was transferred to Sivasspor, which closed his Fenerbahçe spell after two seasons. In 2010/11 he signed a one-year deal with Denizlispor, extended it by two years, but the club terminated the agreement as the new season began. While playing for Giresunspor he suffered a long-term injury in 2014, and he ended his career the following year.

He was first called up to the national side for the match against Azerbaijan on 12 April 2006 and won his first cap in that same game. In March 2007 he was named in Turkey's squad for a EURO 2008 qualifier.