Yılmaz Yücetürk (died 20 May 2005 in Kadıköy, Istanbul) was a Turkish football coach who last managed the Eritrea national football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 March 1941[1]/1 July 1940[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Gönen, Turkey[1]/Balikesir, Turkey[2] | ||
| Date of death | 20 May 2005 | ||
| Place of death | Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Fenerbahce | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1957–1961 | Fenerbahce | ||
| 1961–1967 | Türk Telekom GSK | ||
| 1967–1969 | MKE Ankaragücü | ||
| International career | |||
| 1959 | Turkey U-18 | 2 | (0) |
| 1964–1965 | Turkey U-21 | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1987[3] | Fenerbahce (technical director) | ||
| 1987–1988[1] | Kuşadasıspor | ||
| 1990–1992[2] | Zeytinburnuspor (coach and technical director) | ||
| 1995 | Erzurumspor | ||
| 2000–2002[5] | Eritrea[4] | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Rising through Fenerbahce's youth ranks, Yücetürk played for MKE Ankaragücü and PTT, the previous incarnation of Türk Telekom GSK, during his senior career.[6] One year succeeding his retirement, Yücetürk took over the family business and never thought about a return to football;[7] however, after going to Germany to watch the 1974 World Cup, the former player entered the Cologne Sport University as a superannuated student and got a PhD in football.[7] More than a decade later, Yücetürk was technical director of Fenerbahce.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14] He also served as coach for Kuşadasıspor, Zeytinburnuspor, and Erzurumspor in his later career.[15] The former midfielder also assumed the role of president of the Turkish Football Federation's Research and Planning Department upon returning to Turkey.[6]
In the summer of 2000, Yücetürk took charge of the Eritrea national team upon request as part of a Meridian project for African football development, an idea incubated by FIFA.[16] There, he trained over 100 coaches and organized 5 coaching symposiums.[7] Besides heading the Eritrean men's team, he helped develop the Eritrea women's national football team as well[7] with the Turkish Football Federation covering half his salary.[7]
On May 20, 2005, Yücetürk died at the Acıbadem Kozyatağı Hospital in Istanbul.[6][17]
Personal life
Yücetürk had a wife and two sons.[7]
Bibliography
- Yücetürk, A. Yilmaz. Antrenman, Kavrami, Prenslıperı, Plani.