Mustafa Kocabey

Mustafa Kocabey ( born October 6, 1974 in Istanbul) is a Turkish football player. He was a three-time top scorer of the TFF 1 Lig he. In the seasons 1995/96, 1998/99 and 1999/2000 Although he is associated as -grown with this club active only two years for Galatasaray. Due position and because of its playful and physical resemblance to the then very popular French striker Jean -Pierre Papin, he was called from the beginning of his career here as Papin Mustafa. With his second league goals he is one of the most successful second league goalscorers in general and the most successful of the second division times of the 1990s and 2000s in particular.

Career

Association

Kocabey arrived in the Turkish city of Istanbul, the son of one originating from the town of Sivas zentralanolischen family to the world. Here he began his club career was ten years old at the Istanbul giants Galatasaray SK and has already acted early as young talent. In the youth national teams and the junior section of Galatasaray he made with his future teammates Okan Buruk and Cengizhan Hıncal, both of which should also bring it to a professional career, a successful team. In 1990 he was discovered for the Turkish youth national teams and had henceforth to their regular players. With the Turkish U-16 national team, he participated in the French St. Briench tournament and was followed by the French football magazine EUR foot called a great talent and named the most promising player of the tournament. After Kocabey with the Turkish U-18 national team U -18 Football Championship win in 1992 and he was involved as a service provider in this success, he advanced the more targeted the Turkish sports press. This means that the general expectation rose to him.

In the summer of 1992, Galatasaray had just set with Karl -Heinz Feldkamp a new coach and wanted to perform with this revision in the squad. Feldkamp rolled up his team to, assorted many seasoned professionals and replaced them with new players. Kocabey was one of the new players, which Feldkamp created his new team. After Kocabey had participated in the vorsaisonlichen training camp, he spent the first three games without use. Feldkamp tried out other strikers like Tayfun hat and Şevket Candar. When encountering 4th Round against Aydinspor Kocabey was established by Feldkamp in the starting lineup and gave this encounter with his professional debut. In this encounter Kocabey succeeded also the gateway to the 1-0 victory of his team. After Kocaybey was only a substitute in the next game he played in the encounter 6th Round against Bursaspor from the beginning. In this encounter, twice fell into the Galatasaray residue Kocabey hat-trick. He twice reached the equalizing for his team and with his third goal of the 4-2 final score. After this game Kocabey was described by Feldkamp as his new striker. From the trade press his performance was hailed as the breakthrough he had hoped. He was elected to the eleven day of the game through this performance. He was with his strike partner Hakan Şükür, who was also newly arrived to start the season in the team, referred to as the best Turkish strike partnership. After this game, Mustafa remained for several days play an integral part of the team, but could not repeat his performance against Bursaspor. He played none of the four consecutive games over the full length. Only in the UEFA Cup encounter of the third round of 9 December 1992 against AS Roma played Kocabey back the full distance. In this encounter, he scored two of the three goals of his team and thus had large share in the 3-2 victory of his team. He was part of the Turkish trade press named as man of the match and called Metin Oktay new when the new legendary Galatasaray striker. After he regularly came to the end of February 1993 on the application and also scored several goals, he lost his place and remained a long time without Spieleinsätz. During the winter break, Galatasaray had intensified with the German striker Torsten Gütschow, in addition to Arif Erdem won, had already written off the Feldkamp, more stakes, so both games Kocabey from the team repressed. Only on the final day of the season came Kocabey back to a stake. End of the season the team was Feldkamp at once master of the Süper Lig, winner of the Turkish Football Cup and winner of the Turkish Super Cup Football. Kocabey was with 10 league goals behind Hakan Şükür second top scorer of his team, which Şükür scored 19 goals along with Gütschow. In June 1993, he was fitted with his two friends Okan Buruk and Cengizhan Hıncal with a professional contract.

In the 1993/94 season with his team he managed to defend the title of the championship. In the UEFA Champions League 1993/94 season they threw the hot favorite Manchester United in the second round of the competition and qualified as the first Turkish team in the revamped UEFA Champions League. For the summer of 1993 strengthened Galatasaray with the Swiss international striker Kubilay Türkyılmaz, which quickly conquered a permanent place. Moreover replaced Reiner Hollmann, the assistant coach Galatasaray from the previous season, Karl -Heinz Feldkamp as head coach. Kocabey enjoyed the benevolence of the new coach, and received, partly favored by the verletztungsbedingten failure Türkyılmaz ', over the entire season regular stakes. In these operations succeeded Kocabey but not get its last year's performance and remained scoreless in his 13 league operations. Only in his four Cup inserts he succeeded against the second or third division Denizlispor and Büyükşehir Belediye Erciyesspor him each a goal.

In the summer of 1994, Galatasaray sought an undertaking by the striker Saffet Sancaklı from league rivals Kocaelispor. Finally, Galatasaray agreed with Kocaelispor for a transfer of 35 billion Turkish lira and the delivery of the two Galatasarayspieler Cengizhan Hıncal and Kocabey. Although Kocabey not wanted to change, he was persuaded by its own account by then- Vice President Adnan Polat a change. This secured Kocabey to him at Kocaelispor to have a buy-back option and so want to get him back after a season.

To Kocaelispor impersonated Kocabey not succeed here, to establish himself as a regular player. After he was only used until mid-October 1994, two times and stayed without scoring, he was delivered to the second division Çanakkale Dardanelspor. With his new club, he established himself at once as a regular player and was with 22 goals this season the top scorer of his club. Although he had played only from the 10th round of the second division 1994/95 season, he was third in the scoring charts. He and his team made ​​it to the semifinals of the playoffs and was eliminated here against Aydinspor. In the next season, the 1995/96 season, sat Kocabey continued his services and was charged with 26 goals scorer in the second Türkiye Futbol Ligi. His team finished the season as champions of the 2nd league and entered it the first time in the club's history in the first Lig on.

After climbing to the summer of 1996 he remained loyal Dardanelspor and returned with this club in the highest Turkish league. After he had three games for Dardanelspor active, he joined shortly before the expiration of the transfer period for Istanbul's first division Zeytinburnuspor. In this club get him to the end of the season 10 goals, making it his goal for Erstligabestmarke with a total of eleven Erstligatoren a goal. As his club but as Table missed the league, Kocabey went with Zeytinburnuspor in the second ligament in the second league Kocabey remained the top scorer of his team and scored 20 goals this season.

Since the summer of 1998 Zeytinburnuspor missed the direct promotion back to the 1st Lig, left after expiring club this team and hired the city rivals Kayserispor. This club is Kocabey immediately established as a service provider. By the end of the season he scored 31 goals, so set a new career record and won for the second time in his career, the top scorer of the second ligament His team played down to the wire direct ascent and missed this. Instead, the Association for the playoffs in the last climber was played indirectly qualified. Here is eliminated in the quarter-final against Yimpas Yozgatspor.

At season's end, he left and joined Kayserispor within the league to Yimpas Yozgatspor. Even with his new employer, in which he met his former teammate Yusuf Tepekule, Cihat Arslan and Cengizhan Hıncal from his Galatasarayzeit, Kocabey experienced a very successful debut. So he scored 32 goals to the end of the season, extended his career record further and was the third time top scorer of the second highest Turkish league. His team reached the championship of the league and thus the promotion to the top Turkish league, which was renamed from 1 Lig in Süper Lig in the summer of 2000. In the Süper Lig Kocabey helped his team to the surprise team of Erstligasaison 2000/ 01 was. Under the leadership of coach Hüseyin Kalpar the club finished the league in 7th place in the table and took care of several surprise victories, such as the victory against Galatasaray. Kocabey contributed to this success eleven goals and was the top scorer of his club. In the new season Yozgatspor started with a coaching change. Under the new coach Bahri Kaya Kocabey immediately lost his starting place, but came as a reserve player for regular operations.

In the Wintertranserperiode 2001/ 02 Kocabey left after two and a half years Yozgatspor and changed within the Süper Lig Samsunspor to. In this club he only stayed until the end of season and returned in the summer of 2002, his move to Konyaspor to his usual place of activity to the second highest Turkish league back. In this club he failed to resort to the usual sine second division services, so he already switched to winter break in the league Vestel Manisaspor to. Even with Manisaspor he remained with four goals clearly behind his usual second division performance.

In the summer of 2003 he returned to his old club, the second division Dardanelspor returned. Here he reached his old form again, and shot up to the winter break 13 games twelve gates. After this performance required him Kayseri Erciyesspor. In Erciyesspor he could not continue his shape wedding and scored just three goals. With this club he became the end of the season runner-up of the Turkish 2nd league and rose to the Süper Lig. After this rise of the club swap its competitive rights of the partner club Kayserispor, playing for the upcoming season continues in the second league. Kocabey was made ​​after that rise to the new Kayseri Erciyesspor. For this club Kocabey played only the first round and remained behind his usual power again.

During the winter break 2004/ 05 Kocabey Zurm returned the second time to Dardanelspor back. After he found his form again at his last job for Dardanelspor, he failed the time. At the end of the season he then left Dardanelspor and moved to the fourth division Etimesgut Şekerspor.Beim fourth division, a patron had had to choose the President and tried by the recruitment of Stars the club in the second TFF Lig and then taking it up in the Süper Lig. So you undertook, among other stars like Kocabey to the capital club. Kocabey achieved at the club until the end of the season 28 goals and was second behind Taylan Eliaçık the scoresheet. His team went through the championship of the TFF Lig 3 on the TFF Lig B. Kocabey was retained only in the squad after the rise and moved in the first weeks of the new season to his old club Dardanelspor. The club played in the meantime in the third- highest division, the TFF Lig B. For Dardanelspor he played until the end of the season.

In the summer of 2007 Kocabey hired the fourth division Beylerbeyi SK, the then second team of Galatasaray, at. In this club Kocabey with 24 goals scorer in the third TFF Lig and thus had great in the second TFF Lig proportion of the rise of his team. After this success Kocabey played one season still in the TFF Lig 2 for Beylerbeyi and then left the club.

As of the summer he played in sequence for the third division Turgutluspor, Balikesirspor, Tokatspor and Tepecikspor. In February 2012, he signed with the amateur club Zara Belediyespor and played from then on in the regional amateur leagues. In the season 2013/14 he hired at Adapazarıspor.

In summer 2004, Altay Izmir İnal left and moved on to league rivals Elazığspor. Here he played a season in which he not consistently was used. For the next season he moved to third division Bucaspor. For Bucaspor he played only the first round and moved to the second round within the TFF Lig 2 to Yıldırım Bosnaspor. In this club, he finished the season and then his active playing career.

National

Kocabey launched his international career on 20 February 1990 a meeting of the Turkish U-16 national team. With the Turkish U- 16 national team in the spring of 1991 he took part in the French St. Briench tournament and was named after the French football magazine as a great talent and named the most promising player of the tournament.

With the Turkish U-18 national team, he participated in the U-18 Football Championship in 1992 and finished the tournament with his team as U-18 European Championship. With this performance we achieved the best result to date, a Turkish national team in a major tournament. As the reigning U-18 champions, the team had qualified for the Junior World Cup in 1993. The Turkish team traveled to only three days before the tournament after a 32-hour flight with five connecting flights. As the reigning U-18 champions the team played in the first game with high hopes against the U.S. U-18 national team. The game lost the team clearly with 0:6. The other two games were disappointing for the entire team, so the team with only one point in the group stage. Kocabey gave as his entire team from a disappointing performance.

In the summer of 1993 Kocabey then took the U-18 national team at the U -18 Football Championship in 1993 and erreite the final. In the final, the team met the hosts England. Played against the English team in the later stars such as Gary Neville, Sol Campbell, Paul Schole and Robbie Fowler, the Turkish team lost after a hard fought final 0-1 and became vice -U -18- Eurupameister.

In 1992 he completed his first and only match for the Turkish Turkish U-21 national team.

Achievements

• Turkish champions: 1992/93, 1993/94
• Turkish Cup winner: 1992/93
• Turkish Cup finalist: 1993/94
• Turkish Super Cup: 1993, 1994
• TSYD Cup Winners: 1992/93

• Master of TFF 1 Lig and promotion to the Süper Lig: 1995/96

• Master of TFF 1 Lig and promotion to the Süper Lig: 1999/2000

• Vice- champion of TFF 1 Lig and promotion to the Süper Lig: 2003 /04

• Master of TFF Lig 3 and promotion to the TFF Lig 2: 2005/ 06

• Vice- champion of the TFF Lig 3 and promotion to the TFF Lig 2: 2007/ 08

• U-18 European Championship: 1992
• U-18 European runners-up: 1993
• Participants in the Junior World Cup 1993

Awards

• Scorer of the TFF 1 Lig: 1995 /96 1998/99 1999/2000
• Scorer of the TFF Lig 3: 2007/ 08