Recep Çetin

Recep Çetin in the jersey of Beşiktaş Istanbul ( 1995)

Recep Çetin ( born October 1, 1965 in Karasu ) is a former Turkish football player and coach. His nickname was takoz Reception times to players.

Playing career

Association

Çetin began his club football career with the well-known for its youth development club Sakaryaspor province. Here he played alongside future stars such as Oğuz Çetin, Engin İpekoğlu and İlker Yağcıoğlu. He also took the opportunity under the nationally known youth coach Ekrem Karaberberoğlu to train. This formed Çetin over the years into a classic right-back. This position he played almost to end of his career.

For the season 1984/85 he moved to the then first division Boluspor. In this club he won despite his young age, immediately a regular place and completed all league and cup matches of his team. His debut in the top Turkish league and with his new club Boluspor he gave on 25 August 1984 against his later club Beşiktaş Istanbul. After his team failed at the end of the season to avoid relegation, he went to the new season with his team in the TFF 1 Lig Here we reached the end of the season the championship of the TFF 1 Lig and thus the direct promotion back to the Süper Lig Çetin played two more years for Boluspor and became one of the most sought after Shooting Stars.

In addition to his work at Boluspor he came to the attention of talent scouts of the big Istanbul clubs also through his work with the Turkish U -21 and Olympic selection. He was considered one of the most popular players in the next transfer period before season's end. After the end of the season 1987/88 and with the start of the transfer period Çetin flew with the Olympic selection for Turkey to participate in the Korea Cup to South Korea. After completion of the tournament participation he was received at the Istanbul Ataturk Airport by some board members Beşiktaş Istanbul and taken in the presence of a notary immediately under contract. In Beşiktaş Çetin was next to the new players from the same transfer period as Les Ferdinand and Mehmet Özdilek to the players on the British manager Gordon Milne mattered most. He trained with the players Gökhan Keskin, Ulvi Güveneroğlu and Kadir Akbulut Beşiktaş ' legendary defensive line, which was responsible for many years for the major successes of the club's history. In his first season, he completed almost all encounters his team and was instrumental in the profits of the Turkish Football Cup, the TSYD Kupası and Turkish Supercup. His debut for his new club he gave on August 10, 1988 in TSYD - Kupası encounter against Fenerbahce. This season, he also achieved a breakthrough in the Turkish national team.

The next three seasons dominated Beşiktaş Istanbul the Turkish league and was three times consecutively win the championship. Çetin was an integral part of the team designated by the Association and fan as legendary during this time.

The status of the undisputed master player, he lost in the 1997/98 season under John Toshack. This continued Çetin after the winter break on the bench and instead had Ertuğrul Sağlam playing on the position of right-back. At season's end, he declared Toshack not to plan further with Çetin and insisted on its sale.

So Çetin had after ten years Beşiktaş leave and moved to league rivals Trabzonspor. Here he played through consistently, but was unable to repeat his old performances.

After one season at Trabzonspor, he moved to İstanbulspor. The main reason for the transfer was the fact that İstanbulspor was trained by the former Beşiktaşstar Ziya Doğan. In his new club he fell in the first round through injury and played consistently in the second half. In the second season he played throughout. After his contract expired here and also there was no coach, who insisted on an extension, he was out of contract in the summer of 2001.

Despite its long activity for Beşiktaş he finished in the winter of 2001 his active professional footballer career to have completed without a farewell meeting.

National

Çetin first played for the Turkish national teams during his time at Sakaryaspor. In a friendly match of the Turkish U-18 national team against the U- 18 of the Soviet Union, he played over the full length.

After he was active for no more national stage two and a half years, he was nominated by his convincing performance in Boluspor October 28, 1986 Turkish U21 national team and was October 28, 1986 against the Yugoslav U21 national team made ​​its debut in this age group.

In November 1988, Çetin was nominated by then- coach Coşkun Özarı under a qualifying match of Euro 1988 against the Northern Irish national team for the first time for the levy of the Turkish national team, but only sat on the bench for this encounter.

After this encounter, he was nominated for the qualifying matches for the Olympic Summer Games 1988/Fußball for Olympic selection. He played in the next two years for all the latter three teams. This one missed qualifying for the Olympic Summer Games in short supply.

His debut in the Turkish national team, he was under the new coach Tınaz Tırpan on 16 March 1988 during a friendly game against the Hungarian national team. After the change in the summer of 1988 to Beşiktaş Istanbul, he received a regular place in the national team and was for many years without controversy on the position of right-back.

Cetin's first major challenge with the national team had qualified for the World Cup 1990., Where he came in seven of the eight qualifying matches of the Football World Cup 1990 are used. Although it was the superior side in the games against the Austrian national team with a 3-2 away defeat and a 3-0 home win, they finished with unnecessary point losses such as a home loss against the Icelandic national team with two points distance behind Austria the third place and thus failed to qualify.

After failing to qualify dissolving the coach Tınaz Tırpan off by the German Sepp Piontek. Piontek had previously formed the Danish national team to a strong team and celebrated with her ​​great success. The same was hoped that with Turkey. With the new coach was started in the qualifications of the European Football Championship 1992. During the qualification for the FIFA World Cup 1990 is conceded under new coach in six qualifying matches and six defeats came in last place. In this case, the national team managed over the entire qualification phase, only a single hit. Çetin, during this qualification period to three inserts.

Despite the disappointing qualification was retained Piontek and began with him in the qualifications of the FIFA World Cup 1994. Also in this qualification phase was started disappointing. Of the first eight games they lost six. Only against San Marino reached to a home win and a draw away from home. After the away defeat against the Norwegian national team, it was agreed with Piontek on canceling the contract.

As an interim coach of the U-21 national team coach Fatih Terim was presented. With this trainer the expected turning point came with the national team. The last two qualifiers against the Polish national team and the Norwegian national team won one sovereign. Çetin graduated eight out of ten qualifying matches. After this surprising successes Terim was introduced as a regular new coach.

Terim sorted for the upcoming qualification of the European Football Championship in 1996 from several seasoned internationals like Riza Çalımbay and went with a team of some of the young and partly experienced players in the qualifiers. Çetin was among the players who should continue to play for the national team. Under Terim national team played a convincing skill. Only won one outwardly against Hungary 2-2. In the second match they beat the previous nemesis Iceland, where one playful qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 1990, at home with 5:0. The next encounter, a home game, was unhappy with 1:2 against Switzerland lost. During the meeting, Çetin succeeded from 45 feet away the first goal. That goal was voted goal of the game day of the qualifying groups and could be seen for a long time in the opening credits of several football broadcasts. The next match against Sweden they won at home 2-1. Then succeeded with a 1:2 away win against Switzerland revenge. At the end of the qualification for the first time in history, the association succeeded in participating in a Football Championship. Çetin played in seven of the eight qualifying matches. He also belonged to during the European Championship squad for the tournament in Turkey. Here you already retired in the group phase, Çetin came into use in two games.

After the EM 96, he was nominated on a regular basis under the new national team coach Mustafa Denizli and was in four qualifying matches of the Football World Cup 1998 active. After the bitter defeat at home to the Belgian national team, with which Turkey failed to qualify, he was not nominated for the national team. Another reason for the end of his national team career was the fact that Çetin rarely in his club aground.

Coaching career

After ending his playing career Çetin remained the football a long time away and was in the paint and plastics industry as an investor. Through the awarding of his former teammates, he was several times coach or assistant coach of the reserve team of Beşiktaş. So he took over for the season 2005/ 06 in addition to the head coach and his former team captain Riza Çalımbay the reserve team Beşiktaş '.

From the summer of 2007, he assisted in Çaykur Rizespor his former teammates Samet Aybaba as an assistant coach.

In September 2009, he took over his hometown club Sakaryaspor the post of assistant coach and assisted his former players from the youth of Sakaryaspor, İlker Yağcıoğlu.

He was most recently 2010/11 Bucaspor once more active as an assistant coach Samet Aybabas.

For the 2012/13 season Aybaba was presented at Beşiktaş Istanbul as head coach. After a short time Çetin was adjusted together with Ulvi Güveneroğlu as a new assistant coach.

Achievements

  • Master of TFF 1 Lig and promotion to the Süper Lig: 1985/86
  • Turkish champions (4): 1989/90, 1990/91, 1991/92, 1994/95
  • Turkish Cup winners (4): 1989/90, 1993/94, 1997/98
  • Turkish Super Cup (4): 1988/89, 1991/92, 1993/94, 1996/97
  • Başbakanlık Kupası (1): 1996/97
  • TSYD Kupası (5): 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996
  • Participation in the 1996 European
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