Gökhan Keskin
Gökhan Keskin ( born March 31, 1966 in Istanbul ) is a former Turkish football player and current coach of the second selection of the Turkish national team.
- 2.1 As a player
- 2.2 As a coach
Career
As a player
Association
Gökhan Keskin began with the club football in the youth of Dikilitaşspor and moved from here in the youth of Beşiktaş Istanbul. In the summer of 1984, he was awarded a professional contract here and found in the shortest time a place in the root formation. At first he worked in the midfield and moved after the Libero of the team Samet Aybaba his active playing career ended with this position and then played himself up to end of his career.
Through his many years at Beşiktaş Istanbul, he is strongly associated with this club. He is considered by both the fans as well as by the association as one of the greatest players in the club's history. With Beşiktaş he was five times the Turkish Cup, three times winning the Turkish Football Turkish Cup and Supercup. He was an integral part of the team designated by the Association and fan as legendary for three consecutive won the Turkish Cup in seasons 1989/90, 1990/91 and 1991/92.
For the season 1996/97 Beşiktaş decided to make a radical break with the team and to form a new team with young players. As a result of these measures, they parted by many seasoned players, including Keskin. This then agreed with the then first division İstanbulspor. He played five seasons long, and then ended his playing career. Two years after he ended his active career, a farewell match organized at the Beşiktaş was met with Bursaspor for him.
National
Gökhan Keskin played four times for the Turkish U -21 and six times for the Olympic selection in Turkey.
On November 11, 1987, he made his debut for the Turkish national team in a qualifying match of Euro 1988 against the Northern Ireland national team. From this game, it was almost a decade an integral part of the Turkish national team. With the Turkish national team, he missed out on qualifying for the 1990 World Cup in Italy.
As a coach
Association
Following his playing career, he took on his last club İstanbulspor the co- coaching job and assisted Aykut Kocaman. Then Keskin as an assistant coach his two former captains of Beşiktaşer times, Samet Aybaba and Riza Çalımbay worked. Only in the 2006/07 season, he took over as head coach Güngören Belediyespor. Here he was, but after three months, replaced by Mustafa serine. From 2009 to 2010 he was active as a youth coach at Beşiktaş.
National
Since April 2012, Keskin serves as head coach of the second selection of the Turkish national team.
He participated with the second selection of the Turkish national team in the Tournament of Toulon in 2012 and made her place in the final. In the final, they lost the selection of Mexico. The Turkish A2 nominated for this tournament players who were younger than 23 years old, to meet the age requirements for the tournament.
Early 2013 took the second with the selection of the Turkish national team in the International Challenge Trophy 2011/13 part. As for this tournament only players allowed to be used that are younger than 23 years old, Keskin nominated only met the players this age limit. The group stage ended Keskins team with three wins in three games as a table first. In the subsequent semi-final against the English C national team from February 5, 2013, it was decided the game with 1-0 and reached the finals.
As part of the Mediterranean Games in 2013, he supervised the taking part in this tournament Turkish U-19 national team. Here he reached the tournament finals with his team. In the final, they lost the Moroccan U-19 national team and was silver medalist.
Achievements
As a player
Beşiktaş Istanbul
- Turkish champions (5): 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995
- Turkish Cup winners ( 3): 1989, 1990, 1994
- Turkish Supercup ( 3): 1986, 1989, 1994
As a coach
Second selection of the Turkish national
- Runner-up in Toulon Tournament (1 ): 2012
Turkish U-19 National Team
- Silver medal at the Mediterranean Games: 2013