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Coşkun Taş

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Coşkun Taş
Personal information
Date of birth (1935-04-23)23 April 1935
Place of birth Aydın, Turkey
Date of death 11 November 2024(2024-11-11) (aged 89)
Place of death Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Aydinspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1959 Beşiktaş 98 (24)
1959–1961 1. FC Köln 18 (4)
1961–1963 Bonner SC
International career
1954 Turkey 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Coşkun Taş (23 April 1935 – 11 November 2024) was a Turkish international footballer who participated at the 1954 FIFA World Cup.[2][3] A striker, he played club football in Turkey and Germany for Aydinspor, Beşiktaş, 1. FC Köln and Bonner SC.[1] He was the first Turkish footballer at 1. FC Köln.[4]

Taş died in Cologne, Germany on 11 November 2024, at the age of 89.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Coşkun Taş". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Eine deutsch-türkische Fußball-Geschichte: Coşkun Taş ist zufrieden". FAZ.NET. 22 June 2024.
  3. ^ Coşkun TaşFIFA competition record (archived)
  4. ^ Sirkeci Garı’ndan Münih Hauptbahnhof’a - Türkiye’den Almanya’ya göçün 60. yılı (in Turkish). DW Türkçe. 30 October 2021. Event occurs at 08:34.
  5. ^ "Coşkun Taş'ı Kaybettik - TFF'den Mesajlar Detay Sayfası TFF". www.tff.org.
  6. ^ "Milli Futbolcu Coşkun Taş Köln'de vefat etti". DHA | Demirören Haber Ajansı. 12 November 2024.
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