Ali Sami Yen
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| Full name | Ali Sami Yen | ||
| Date of birth | 20 May 1886 | ||
| Place of birth | Üsküdar, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | ||
| Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
| Place of death | Istanbul, Turkey | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1905–1910 | Galatasaray SK | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1916-1917 | Galatasaray SK | ||
| 1923 | Turkey | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ali Sami Yen (20 May 1886 – 29 July 1951) was a Turkish sports official best known as the founder of the Galatasaray Sports Club. His birth name was Ali Sami Frashëri, the son of Sami Frashëri, one of the most famous Albanian writers, philosophers and playwrights. After the enactment of law on family names in 1934, he took the surname Yen, which literally means “win” in the Turkish language.
Life
Sami Yen was born in Kandilli, Üsküdar.[1]
On foot: Adnan, Milo Bakić, Ali Sami (founder), Ahmet Robenson, Asım Tevfik, Emin Bülent, Hamit, Fuat.
He was a student at the prestigious Galatasaray High School in Istanbul. In October 1905, he decided with some of his fellow students to create a football club. At the beginning, the stated goal was “To play together like Englishmen, to have a color and a name, and to beat the other non Turkish teams” according to him.
Ali Sami Yen founded the colours of Galatasaray, stating, "We were imagining brightness of yellow-red fire over our team and thinking that it would carry us from one victory to another."
In 1905, during the era of the Ottoman Empire, there were no laws for associations so the club could not be registered officially, but, after the 1912 Law of Association, the club registered legally.
Yen was the club's first president for 13 years, between 1905 and 1918, and again for a brief spell in 1925. Besides founding Galatasaray SK, he made numerous other contributions to Turkish sports. He was president of the Turkish National Olympic Committee between 1926 and 1931. He coached the Turkish national team in its first international match, in 1923 against Romania.
Ali Sami Yen died in 1951. He was laid to rest at the Feriköy Cemetery in Istanbul.
As founder and first president of Galatasaray SK, Ali Sami Yen's name was given to the Galatasaray's long time Ali Sami Yen Stadium which was built in 1964 and situated in the center of Istanbul in Mecidiyeköy. However in January 2011, the club moved to its new home in the Türk Telekom Arena in the Seyrantepe district while the old stadium was demolished to make way for the construction of a new commercial development.
Honours
As player
- Galatasaray SK
- Istanbul Football League: 1908–09, 1909–10, 1910–11
Personal life
He was married to Fahriye Yen (born November 1900 and died 6 October 2002).
See also
References
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- ↑ İbrahim Aksu, The story of Turkish surnames: an onomastic study of Turkish family names, their origins, and related matters, Vol: 1, Olay Gazete Press, 2005, ISBN 978-9944-5163-0-3, p. 128.
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President of Galatasaray SK 1905 – 15 May 1919 |
Succeeded by Refik Cevdet Kalpakçıoğlu |
| Preceded by | President of Galatasaray SK 23 Apr 1925 – 17 Jul 1925 |
Succeeded by Ahmet Robenson |
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- 1886 births
- People from Üsküdar
- Turkish people of Albanian descent
- Ottoman Albanians
- Galatasaray S.K. (football) managers
- Galatasaray S.K. presidents
- Turkish football managers
- Galatasaray High School alumni
- Turkey national football team managers
- Turkish sports officials
- Sportspeople from Istanbul
- 1951 deaths
- Burials at Feriköy Cemetery
