Erol Keskin

Erol Keskin ( born March 2, 1927 in Istanbul ) is a former Turkish football player. Through his long activity for Fenerbahce he is strongly associated with this clubs. In addition, he is also one of the most important players of his second club Adalet SK. With the Turkish national team, he participated in the 1954 World Cup and the Summer Olympics in 1948.

Playing career

Association

Keskin began his professional football career with the tradition Istanbul club Fenerbahce. At that time there was no national cross- professional pro league in Turkey. Instead existed in the metropolitan areas such as Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir regional leagues, of which the İstanbul Futbol Ligi (German: Istanbul Football League ) was considered the Renominierteste. In addition, an attempt was made after 1936, with the Türkiye Maarif Mükafatı to establish a kind of national championship. A designed as a tournament and irregularly organized national football league Turkey. Keskin made ​​his debut for Fenerbahçe, during the game in the Maarif Mükafatı from April 16, 1944 against Vefa Istanbul. In this game Keskin also managed the same score his first goal. By the end of the season, which ended on May 15, 1943 Keskin graduated three more games for his team. For the new season Fenerbahçe took part in the regular operation of the Istanbul Football League. Keskin came during the 1944/45 season with only one game to use, but instead graduated in the Cup of Bilgungsministeriums and the Prime Minister Cup almost all the games of his team. His team took both trophies and was in the Istanbul Football League behind the archrival Beşiktaş Istanbul runner-up. From the summer of 1945 Keskin rose to become a regular player and was set for the next six seasons as a striker with small interruptions. The season 1945/46, he finished with his team again as runner-up and won again the Cup of Bilgungsministeriums. The following season he managed with Fenerbahçe the championship of the Istanbul Football League and in the 1947/48 season, the title defense. Keskin played three more seasons for Fenerbahçe and winning in this time with his team only in the season 1949/50, the cup of the Bilgungsministeriums and the Prime Minister Cup.

1951 left Keskin and moved to city rivals Fenerbahçe SK Adalet. With this club he played until the summer of 1952 in İstanbul İkinci Küme (German: Second Istanbul League ), in which, among others, were also clubs like Eyüpspor, Beyoğluspor, Istanbulspor, Kasımpaşa Istanbul, Topkapi Istanbul, Taksim Rami SK and SK. (: Istanbul Professional League dt ) transferred: Meanwhile the football in Istanbul was reformed in the spring and the previous İstanbul Futbol Ligi (German football league Istanbul ) in the İstanbul Profesyonel Ligi. The first season of the new league took place from spring 1952 to summer 1952. Then the league of eight was extended to ten team in the second season. From the 2nd Istanbul League, the two teams Adalet SK and Beyoğluspor were recorded, which Keskin henceforth played with his team in this league. For Adalet Keskin played the next seven seasons and won with his team in 1955, the Atatürk Cup.

With the end of the season in 1957/58 Keskin ended his playing career and was henceforth at Adalet functionary. Just one month later, he quit his job as a club official. One year after the end of his football career pointed Keskin a comeback as a player in Adalat on after it was announced that Halil Özyazıcı should be head coach at Adalet again. So Keskin took after re- setting Özyazıcıs in the training of Adalet. Later, it did not come but the hoped-for comeback.

National

Keskin was nominated the first time in April 1948 in the cadre of the Turkish national team. Here he made ​​his international debut as part of a test match against the Greek national team. After this game, the following four years was one of the regularly nominated players and participated with the national team at the Summer Olympics in 1948. Here Keskin reached with his team the quarterfinals and failed in this with a 1-3 defeat to Yugoslavia. Keskin graduated during this tournament every two games of his team.

In the summer of 1949 with Turkey Keskin took part in the Mediterranean Cup and came in second behind the second choice of the Italian national team to second place.

Keskin was in the first game of the Turkish U-21 national team, which was played on October 28, 1950 as part of the Mediterranean Cup against the Egyptian U-21 national team, for use.

Keskin was appointed in 1954 in the cadre of Turkey for the World Cup 1954. Here they finished at the end of the group stage on points with the German team into second place. Although you had the better goal, it was decided by the then regime of the Second Group by a play between these two teams. This meeting decided Germany 7:2 for themselves. Keskin graduated during this tournament three matches and scored in the match against the South Korean national goal for his team 7-0. After the World Cup Keskin was no longer considered for the national team.

Achievements

  • İstanbul Futbol Ligi 1943 /44, 1946/47, 1947/48
  • Cup the Ministry of Education 1944 /45, 1945/46, 1949/50,
  • Prime Minister Cup 1944 /45, 1949/50,
  • Atatürk Cup: 1955
  • Participation in the Summer Olympics: 1948
  • Second in the Mediterranean Cup: 1949
  • Participation in the World Cup: 1954
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