Kemal Aydın Explained

Kemal Aydın
Birth Date:1934 1, df=y
Birth Place:Derekışla, Bala, Ankara, Turkey
Death Place:Ankara, Turkey
Height:1.740NaN0
Position:Defender
Youthyears1:1951–1955
Youthclubs1:Barbaros Spor Kulübü
Years1:1956–1962
Caps1:20

Kemal Aydın (19 January 1934 – 8 January 2019) was a Turkish football player. He was nicknamed Kara Kemal meaning "courageous Kemal".[1]

Early life

He was born in Derekışla village in Bala district of Ankara Province. His father was Hasan Aydın, one of the first butchers of Ankara. He studied in İnönü Primary school, Ankara Gazi Highschool and School Economics of Ankara.

He was married to Özden Aydın and father of two.

Professional life

In 1956, he began serving for Turkish recorder of deeds. But he moved to Ministry of Youth and Sports. He became the dean of the Sports Academy and general coordinator of Turkish Football Federation. He retired in 1985, but continued to serve as a consultant to the minister and as a representative of Turkish Football Federation in European cups. He also served as the chieftain of the Turkey national team during the tournaments in South Korea and Oman.[2]

Sports life

He began his football life in Ankara Barbaros team in 1951. Between 1956 and 1962 he played in Gençlerbirliği S.K.[3] Although he had to quit active sports life after being injured, he became the general captain of PTT Sports in 1967.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maçkolik İstatistik - Statistic of footballplayers . 2014-05-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140417053628/http://www.mackolik.com/Futbolcu/67055/Kemal-Aydin . 2014-04-17 . dead .
  2. http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageID=393 TFF Gözlemci Bilgi Bankası - Official statistics by Turkish football Federation
  3. http://www.gencler.org/basitaramasonucugoster.php?yer=fiksturlig&anahtarkelime=Kemal%20ayd%FDn&id=1960196159 Oynadığı Maçlar - History of his playing
  4. http://www.gencler.org/roportajlar.php?id=28 İşte "Kara Kemal" - Reportage with Kemal Aydin in Official page of Genclerbirligi team