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Koço Kasapoğlu (Greek: Κώστας Κασάπογλου; 15 November 1935 – 5 April 2016), also known as Yorgo or Kostas Kasapoğlu, was a Greek-Turkish football player and manager. He was also nicknamed penaltı kralı (in English Penalty King) because he scored 500 of the 501 penalties he took in his career and is considered the best penalty taker in Turkish football history.[1]

Koço Kasapoğlu

Personal information
Date of birth	(1935-11-15)November 15, 1935
Place of birth	Istanbul, Turkey
Date of death	5 April 2016(2016-04-05) (aged 80)
Place of death	Istanbul, Turkey
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1950–1953	Adalarspor
1953–1954	Beyoğlu S.K.
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1954–1956	Beyoğlu S.K.	36	(10)
1956–1972	İstanbulspor A.Ş.	386	(76)
National team‡
1956	Turkey	1	(0)
1957	Turkey B	1	(0)
Teams managed
1972–1973	Taksim S.K.
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 January 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 January 2018

Professional career

Kasapoğlu played for Beyoğluspor, İstanbul S.A.Ş. and Vefa SK, and was considered one of the most iconic captains of İstanbulspors history,[2]

International career

He capped for Turkey for once on 25 November 1956 in Praha in a 1–1 tie against Czechoslovakia.[3] He also played for Turkey B national football team.[3]

Death

Kasapoğlu died on 5 April 2016, at the age of 80. He remained a lifelong fan of İstanbulspor A.Ş.[4]

References

External links

• Koço Kasapoğlu at Mackolik.com (in Turkish)
• Koço Kasapoğlu at the Turkish Football Federation

На других языках

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[de] Koço Kasapoğlu

Kostas „Koço“ Kasapoğlu (griechisch Κώστας Κασάπογλου .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}Kōstas Kasapoglou; * 15. Oktober 1935 auf der Insel Büyükada; † 5. April 2016[1] in Istanbul) war ein türkischer Fußballnationalspieler und -trainer griechischer Abstammung. Er spielte nahezu seine gesamte Karriere für İstanbulspor und war an einigen wichtigen Erfolgen der Vereinshistorie beteiligt. Mit 329 Erstligaeinsätzen ist er der Spieler mit den meisten Süper-Lig-Einsätzen und mit 59 Erstligatoren erfolgreichster Torschütze der Vereinsgeschichte.[2] Aufgrund seiner sehr sicheren Elfmeterschüsse war er auch unter dem Spitznamen penaltı kralı (deutsch: Elfmeterkönig) bekannt.[3] Um 2010 war er Vertreter der Vereinigung Unabhängiger Bauern in Serres.[4]

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