Yasin Öztekin

Yasin Öztekin — Biography

Yasin Öztekin is a left winger who came through Borussia Dortmund's academy in Germany and won two Süper Lig titles with Galatasaray in Turkey. He played for the Turkish national team in 2015 and is spending the later years of his career in the lower leagues.

Born in Dortmund, he started football at Alemannia Scharnhorst, where his father was a coach, signed an amateur license with Borussia Dortmund in 1996 and played in the club's youth system for ten years. From 2006 he played for the second team; in 2008-09 he scored 10 goals and made 11 assists in 30 matches there. He caught the eye of manager Jürgen Klopp and came on in the cup tie against Werder Bremen on January 28, 2009, and soon afterwards in the Bundesliga against Bayer Leverkusen, but did not win a regular place in the first team.

On January 5, 2011, he signed for Gençlerbirliği and came to Turkey; in a year and a half he played 50 matches and scored 8 league goals. He then played for Trabzonspor and Kayseri Erciyesspor, and in August 2014 moved to Galatasaray for a fee of 2.5 million euros. In 2014-15 he contributed to the title with a critical goal against Beşiktaş; with Galatasaray he won two Süper Lig titles, two Turkish Cups and two Turkish Super Cups. On June 8, 2015, he made his Turkey debut in a 4-0 friendly win against Bulgaria. In later years he captained Göztepe, played for Samsunspor, Bucaspor 1928 and Yalova FK, and joined İzmir Çoruhlu FK in January 2026.