Taşkın Aksoy

Taşkın Aksoy
Personal information
Date of birth	13 June 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	West Berlin, West Germany
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Hertha BSC
Senior career*
Years	Team
1986–1989	Hertha BSC
1989–1991	Boluspor
1991–1993	Türkiyemspor Berlin
1993–1997	Tennis Borussia Berlin
1997–1998	Kocaelispor
1998–1999	Kayserispor
1999–2001	Tennis Borussia Berlin II
1999–2002	Tennis Borussia Berlin
2002–2004	SV Yeşilyurt
Total
Managerial career
2007–2008	Berliner AK 07
2009–2010	Türkiyemspor Berlin
2012–2015	Fortuna Düsseldorf II
2015	Fortuna Düsseldorf (caretaker)
2015–2018	Fortuna Düsseldorf II
2020	Gençlerbirliği (assistant)
2021	Ankaragücü (assistant)
2021–2022	Kayserispor (assistant)
2022	Gençlerbirliği
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Taşkın Aksoy (born 13 June 1967^[1]) is a German football manager and former player.

Playing career

Aksoy began his career at Hertha BSC. Making his debut in 1986, he went on to make 36 appearances for the Olympic Stadium-based side. Having moved to Boluspor, he came back to his native Berlin to sign for Türkiyemspor. Aksoy played for Tennis Borussia Berlin between 1993 and 1997, scoring 11 goals in 115 games. After a disagreement with coach Hermann Gerland,^[2] Aksoy decided to leave Tennis Borussia and after receiving an offer from Süper Lig team Kocaelispor, moved to Turkey where he played 15 games for the İzmit outfit. Aksoy played a season at Kayserispor before being called up for military service. In an effort to defer it, Aksoy moved back to Berlin again and signed for TeBe.^[2] Unfit for first team football, Aksoy trained with the reserve team for a while before later going on to make 43 further appearances as Tennis Borussia were relegated twice in successive seasons. Aksoy saw out the remainder of his playing career at fellow Berliners SV Yeşilyurt before retiring in 2004.

Managerial career

In 2007, Aksoy earned his UEFA Pro Licence and began coaching Berliner AK 07 in the NOFV-Oberliga. From the summer of 2009 until 11 October 2010, he had been the manager of Türkiyemspor Berlin. since the beginning of the 2012–13 season, he has been coaching the reserve team of Fortuna Düsseldorf in the Regionalliga West.^[3]

He was named the interim coach of the first team on 13 April 2015.^[4]

References

^ "Steckbrief – Taşkın Aksoy". ping-pong-veterans.de (in German). 17 October 2004. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
^ ^a ^b Doneck, Karsten (29 July 2000). "Ein kleiner Beitrag zu Butts Karriere". Der Tagesspiegel (in German).
^ "Taskin Aksoy neuer Trainer der U 23 von Fortuna". Fortuna Düsseldorf (in German). 17 June 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
^ "Kramer wird neuer Trainer in Düsseldorf" (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2015.

External links

Taşkın Aksoy at the Turkish Football Federation
Taşkın Aksoy at fussballdaten.de (in German)

[pingpong-1] "Steckbrief – Taşkın Aksoy". ping-pong-veterans.de (in German). 17 October 2004. Retrieved 5 September 2010.

[Tagesspiegel-2] Doneck, Karsten (29 July 2000). "Ein kleiner Beitrag zu Butts Karriere". Der Tagesspiegel (in German).

[fortuna-3] "Taskin Aksoy neuer Trainer der U 23 von Fortuna". Fortuna Düsseldorf (in German). 17 June 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2012.

[4] "Kramer wird neuer Trainer in Düsseldorf" (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2015.

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