Koço Kasapoğlu

Yorgo " Koço " KASAPOGLU (Greek Κώστας Κασάπογλου Kostas KASAPOGLU; * January 1, 1936 on the island of Buyukada, Istanbul) is a Turkish former international footballer of Greek descent. He is currently a representative of the Association of Independent Farmer in Serres.

Career

Club career

In 1950 KASAPOGLU started on his home island of Buyukada in association Adalarspor to in the amateur league football and professional football player in 1953 at Beyoğluspor. The technical director Cihat Arman stated that he is still more qualified and participated in 1954 in the as team. On October 30, 1954 KASAPOGLU played his first official match against Galatasaray, and after his transfer in 1956 to Istanbulspor he played there for 15 seasons. For the last years of his career KASAPOGLU chose the sports club Vefa SK. Because he scored his life all penalties of up to a precisely into the goal, he received the title Penalti krali ( Turkish for " Penalty King ").

As a national player

On November 25, 1956, he had in an international match against Czechoslovakia, which ended with 1:1, the first time the jersey of the Turkish national football team on. KASAPOGLU additionally played on November 6, 1956, the first and only game in the Turkish national football team against the B- B national football team of Spain.

In 1975 he emigrated to Greece.