Yasin Sülün

Yasin Sülün — Biography

Yasin Sülün is a former footballer and coach who came through the Beşiktaş academy, played for the first team and later coached the club's youth sides. His link with the club runs from some fifteen years as a player, youth years included, to his work as a coach. He is also known as the nephew of former Fenerbahçe player Cemil Turan.

He was promoted to Beşiktaş's professional squad under the Welsh manager John Toshack and made his first official appearance on April 11, 1998, in a 3-2 defeat to Kocaelispor. He was in the squad that won the 2003 Süper Lig title in the club's centenary year, and in 2002-03 the team reached the UEFA Cup quarter-finals. In later years he played for Diyarbakırspor, Bursaspor, Altay, Kasımpaşa, Kocaelispor and Adana Demirspor; he moved to Sarıyer in the winter break of 2008-09 and ended his career after a season and a half. He won 10 caps for Turkey U-21 and was in the under-21 squad that reached the 2000 European Championship finals.

He began coaching on November 18, 2011, with Beşiktaş U18 and went on to coach the U17, U19 and U21 sides. He became known for fair play too: in 2014-15 he asked a penalty he thought unjustified not to be converted, and in 2016-17 against Fenerbahçe U21, when the opponents were down to ten men, he reduced his own side to ten. In February 2020 his U19 role came to an end and the club gave him a new assignment.