Coşkun Taş (23 April 1935 – 11 November 2024) was a Turkish international

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who participated at the

1954 FIFA World Cup The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the 5th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June ...

. A striker, he played club football in Turkey and Germany for Aydinspor,

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 18 km2 and its population is 175,190 (2022). It is located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and ...

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., better known as simply 1. FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English language, English, is a German professional association football, football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 ...

and

Bonner SC Bonner SC is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Bonn. The club was formed in 1965 through the merger of ''Bonner FV'' and ''Tura Bonn''. Its women's football department won the List of German women's football champio ...

. He won two

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titles with Beşiktaş in 1957 and 1958. He was the first Turkish footballer at 1. FC Köln. Taş died in

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, Germany on 11 November 2024, at the age of 89.

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* 1935 births 2024 deaths Sportspeople from Aydın Footballers from Aydın Province Turkish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Turkey men's international footballers 1954 FIFA World Cup players Süper Lig players Oberliga (football) players Beşiktaş J.K. footballers 1. FC Köln players Bonner SC players Turkish Federation Cup players Turkish expatriate men's footballers Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Members of the Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia 20th-century Turkish sportsmen {{Turkey-footy-forward-stub