Yılmaz Yücetürk (died 20 May 2005 in
Kadıköy,
Istanbul) was a Turkish football coach who last managed the
Eritrea national football team.
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.
One year succeeding his retirement, Yücetürk took over the family business and never thought about a return to football;
however, after going to Germany to watch the
1974 World Cup
The 1974 FIFA World Cup was the tenth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in West Germany (and West Berlin) between 13 June and 7 July. The tournament marked the first time that the ...
, the former player entered the
Cologne Sport University as a superannuated student and got a PhD in football.
More than a decade later, Yücetürk was technical director of
Fenerbahce. He also served as coach for
Kuşadasıspor
Kuşadası Gençlik Spor Kulübü (), colloquially known as Kuşadasıspor, are a Turkish professional football club located in the Kuşadası district of Aydın.
History
Beating Aliağa Futbol A.Ş. after penalty shoot-outs by 4–2 on 11 Jul ...
,
Zeytinburnuspor, and
Erzurumspor
Erzurumspor was a sports club located in Erzurum, Turkey. The football club played in the Turkish Regional Amateur League. The club also played in Turkish First League between 1998–2001. It fell into money shortage since 2000 and gradually fel ...
in his later career. The former midfielder also assumed the role of president of the
Turkish Football Federation's Research and Planning Department upon returning to Turkey.
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. There, he trained over 100 coaches and organized 5 coaching symposiums.
Besides heading the Eritrean men's team, he helped develop the
Eritrea women's national football team as well
with the
Turkish Football Federation covering half his salary.
On May 20, 2005, Yücetürk died at the Acıbadem Kozyatağı Hospital in
Istanbul.
Personal life
Yücetürk had a wife and two sons.
Bibliography
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References
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Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Eritrea
Turkish football managers
Turkish expatriate football managers
Association football midfielders
1940s births
2005 deaths
Turkish footballers
Expatriate football managers in Eritrea
People from Gönen