Çetin Zeybek

Zeybek Çetin ( born September 12, 1932 in Bandırma, Turkey, † November 10, 1990 ) was a Turkish football player and functionary. Through his many years of service Kasımpaşa Istanbul, he is associated with this club. After his active football playing career, he returned to his hometown Bandırma and helped in the development of football with. Together with other personalities of the city He founded the association Bandirmaspor. During the football World Cup in 1954, he belonged to the squad Turkey and completed two games. He died on November 10, 1990 in his hometown and was buried ibid.

• 3.1 As a player

Playing career

Association

Zeybek came in 1932 in the western Turkish town Bandırma on the world. From the summer of 1950 he began ( Engl.: Istanbul professional league ) for Kasımpaşa to Istanbul in Istanbul Profesyonel Ligi, who was then playing most prestigious league of Turkey and conquered here quickly a regular place. Due to its good performance for Kasımpaşa, he was elected by the former national player Sandro Puppo in the squad of the Turkish national team and qualified with this for the World Cup 1954. During this tournament he was injured in the encounter against the German team at the knee. This injury was a dramatic event in his career, which he could never recover. He needed several operations and still managed to not continue to play regular football. The injury also caused a discord between Kasımpaşa and the Turkish Football Federation. Both parties refused to wear the Rehabilitionskosten the injury.

Zeybek moved to the summer of 1958 to city rivals Feriköy SK. With this team, he rose to the summer of 1959 to the newly established and nationally designed Millî Lig, today's Süper Lig on. After a season in the Superliga, he finished his active footballers career.

National

Zeybek was first nominated as part of the qualification for the FIFA World Cup in 1954 for the Turkish selection. Turkey had here against Spain two Relegation will contest, the winner would qualify for the World Cup. Zeybek made ​​his national team debut on March 14, 1954 in a 1-0 first-leg win in Istanbul. In return, Turkey fought to a 2-2 draw and qualified for the first time in history the Association for a world championship.

As a result zeybek was appointed to the cadre of Turkey for the World Cup 1954. During the World Cup he came to two inserts and finished with his team at the end of the group stage on points with the German team into second place. Although you had the better goal, was played by the then regime of the group Second by a play between these two teams. This meeting decided Germany 7:2 for themselves. Zeybek retired during this encounter a bad injury to which threw him back in his remaining career again and again and made ​​sure that zeybek could not build on the achievements that he showed up to the 1954 World Cup.

Official career

After his active career as a player, he returned to his hometown Bandırma and helped with here, to establish the football in the city. He was a founder member of the Association Bandirmaspor and served for many years as a board member of this association.

Achievements

As a player

• Feriköy SK: Promotion to the Süper Lig (3): 1959/60

• Turkish national team: Participation in the 1954 World Cup