Yasin Öztekin (; born 19 March 1987) is a Turkish professional

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who plays as a winger for

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. He has previously played in

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund () or by its initialism BVB (), or just Dortmund by International fans, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is ...

's academy and youth teams.

Club career

Borussia Dortmund

Oztekin played his youth career in

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from 2006 to 2010. During the 2010–11 season he was offered a role in the A squad but later was sent to the youth team of Dortmund.

Gençlerbirliği

On 5 January 2011, Öztekin signed a deal with Gençlerbirliği for 21 years on a free transfer. On 12 January 2011, he played his first game in the campaign's against

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and on 16 January 2011 he scored an own goal in the campaign's against

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. Öztekin played 50 games in 1.5 years and scored 8 league goals, which later attracted bigger clubs to target him in the transfer market.

Trabzonspor

On 22 May 2012, Öztekin signed a four-year deal with

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on a free transfer. While playing for Trabzonspor he played 23 games and scored only 3 goals during 2012–13 Turkish Super League season.

Kayseri Erciyesspor

On 22 July 2013, Öztekin was sent to

Kayseri Erciyesspor Kayseri Erciyesspor was a Turkish sports club based in Kayseri. History In 1965, Orhan Şefik Apak, then president of the Turkish Football Federation, asked cities in Turkey to combine their amateur football clubs into one singular club that wo ...

for a fee of €417 and signed a contract for three years. During that season Yasin had played 28 league matches and was able to score 6 goals.

Galatasaray

On 9 August 2014, Öztekin was sold to the Turkish club

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for a fee of €2.5 million and signed a contract for four years. On 21 February 2015, he scored a goal in the 9th minute against

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. On 5 April 2015, he scored his second goal of the season against

Kardemir Karabükspor Kardemir Demir Çelik Karabükspor, known simply as Kardemir Karabükspor or Karabükspor, was a Turkish sports club based in Karabük. The team was founded in 1969 after a merger between "Karabük Gençlikspor" and "Demir Çelik Spor". The club ...

. On 12 May 2015, Öztekin scored a goal in the 16th minute winning over

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. On 24 May 2015, he scored a critical goal in the 11th minute against

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, which led to the win over Besiktas and securing the 2014–15 Süper Lig title.

International career

On 8 June 2015, Öztekin made his international debut for

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in a 4–0 home friendly win against

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. He played the first half before being substituted for his club teammate

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Honours

Galatasaray *

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...

: 2014–15, 2017–18 * Türkiye Kupası: 2014–15, 2015–16 * Süper Kupa:

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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