Bülent Eken

Bülent Eken
Personal information
Full name Bülent Eken
Date of birth (1923-10-26)26 October 1923
Place of birth Mersin, Turkey
Date of death 25 July 2016(2016-07-25) (aged 92)
Place of death Istanbul, Turkey
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1942–1950 Galatasaray 140 (56)
1950–1951 Salernitana 21 (1)
1951–1952 Palermo 17 (0)
1952–1955 Galatasaray 12 (0)
Total 190 (57)
International career
1948–1954 Turkey 13 (1)
Managerial career
1958-1959 Beyoğluspor
1959-1960 Karagümrük
1960-1961 İzmirspor
1961-1962 Karagümrük
1963-1964 Göztepe
1964 Karshiyaka
1966-1967 Vefa
1970-1971 Adanaspor
1972-1973 Sivasspor
1976-1976 Orduspor
1976-1977 Göztepe
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bülent Eken (26 October 1923 – 25 July 2016) was a Turkish footballer and coach.[1] After his club career he became a manager and served as a coach for several Turkish clubs.and also for Turkish national football team.

Career

Club career

Bülent Eken began his career in 1942 with Galatasaray's A Team. He played as a right-back, left-back, center-back, winger, midfielder, and even as a goalkeeper in this club. Eken won an Istanbul League Championship with Galatasaray. In 1950, he transferred to Salernitana in Italy and later played one season with Palermo. He returned to Galatasaray in 1953 and retired from football a year later.[2]

International career

Eken played 13 times for the national team.[2] He represented his country at the 1948 Summer Olympics[3] and the 1954 FIFA World Cup.[4] He scored a goal once while being part of the national team, in a match where Syria was defeated 7:0 in the qualifiers of World Cup 1954.

Managerial career

After retiring from football, he received coaching education in Italy. In 1963, he managed the Turkish national football team. In 1967, he went to Turkey as an assistant coach for Galatasaray SK. Eken later served as a coach for clubs such as Karşıyaka, Göztepe SK, Altay, İzmirspor, Vefa SK, Adanaspor, Orduspor, and Rizespor.[5]

Family and death

He was the brother of former Galatasaray footballers Danyal Vuran and Reha Eken.

Eken died on 25 July 2016,[6] nineteen days after the death of his teammate Turgay Şeren.

Honours

Galatasaray

References

  1. ^ "Bülent Eken". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Bülent Eken Kimdir?". galatasaray.org (in Turkish). Galatasaray FC. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Bülent Eken Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2009.
  4. ^ Bulent Eken – FIFA competition record (archived)
  5. ^ "Eski milli futbolcu Bülent Eken vefat etti". ntv.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Bülent Eken'i Kaybettik". www.galatasaray.org. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Galatasaray S.K. Captain
1953-1954 		Succeeded by


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