Bülent Eken

Bülent Eken
Personal information
Full name	Bülent Eken
Date of birth	26 October 1923
Place of birth	Mersin, Turkey
Date of death	25 July 2016 (aged 92)
Place of death	Istanbul, Turkey
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1942–1950	Galatasaray
1950–1951	Salernitana
1951–1952	Palermo
1952–1955	Galatasaray
Total
International career
1948–1954	Turkey
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bülent Eken (26 October 1923 – 25 July 2016) was a Turkish footballer and coach.^[1] He played most of his career at Galatasaray SK, but also played for Salernitana and Palermo in Italy. After his career he became a manager and he coached in Italy, In 1967, he went to Turkey as an assistant coach for Galatasaray SK. He coached the Turkey national football team during 1962.^[2] He represented his country at the 1948 Summer Olympics^[3] and the 1954 FIFA World Cup.^[4] Eken died on 25 July 2016,^[5] nineteen days after the death of his teammate Turgay Şeren.

Honours[edit]

Galatasaray

^ "Bülent Eken". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
^ "Turkey National Team Coaches". RSSSF. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
^ "Bülent Eken Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
^ Bulent Eken – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ "Bülent Eken'i Kaybettik". www.galatasaray.org. Retrieved 2016-07-25.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Gündüz Kılıç	Galatasaray S.K. Captain 1953-1954	Succeeded by Muzaffer Tokaç

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