Yasin Avcı

Yasin Avcı — Biography

Yasin Avcı was born on 10 April 1983 in the Tire district of İzmir and is a former Turkish footballer who played as a forward and right winger over the course of his career. He began playing football in the youth system of his hometown club Tirespor, then came up through Altay's youth ranks between 2000 and 2003.

He signed his first professional contract with Göztepe in the 2003-04 season, spending that season there on loan, before playing for Altay from 2004 to 2009. Moving from Altay to Kardemir Karabükspor in 2009-10, he had the finest spell of his career, finishing as the league's top scorer ahead of teammate Emmanuel Emenike (sources differ, giving either 18 or 19 goals) and being named 1. Lig Player of the Year, while also helping Karabükspor win the 1. Lig title that same season.

He returned to Göztepe on a fresh deal for 2011-12, then moved to Bucaspor at the start of 2012-13 and on to Şanlıurfaspor mid-season. Later in his career he went back to his hometown club Tirespor, continuing to play there as a right winger.