Taşkın Aksoy (born 13 June 1967) is a German

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manager and former player.

Playing career

Aksoy began his career at

Hertha BSC Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC () or Hertha Berlin, is a German professional football club based in Berlin. Hertha BSC plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football league system, German footbal ...

. Making his debut in 1986, he went on to make 36 appearances for the

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-based side. Having moved to Boluspor, he came back to his native Berlin to sign for Türkiyemspor. Aksoy played for

Tennis Borussia Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin is a German football club based in the locality of Westend in Berlin. History The team was founded in 1902 as ''Berliner Tennis- und Ping-Pong-Gesellschaft Borussia'' taking its name from its origins as a tennis and ...

between 1993 and 1997, scoring 11 goals in 115 games. After a disagreement with coach

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, Aksoy decided to leave Tennis Borussia and after receiving an offer from

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team Kocaelispor, moved to Turkey where he played 15 games for the

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outfit. Aksoy played a season at

Kayserispor Kayseri Spor Kulübü, commonly known as Kayserispor, and also called Bellona Kayserispor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club based in Kayseri. They play their home matches at the RHG Enertürk Enerji Stadium ...

before being called up for

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. In an effort to defer it, Aksoy moved back to Berlin again and signed for TeBe. Unfit for first team football, Aksoy trained with the reserve team for a while before later going on to make 43 further appearances as Tennis Borussia were relegated twice in successive seasons. Aksoy saw out the remainder of his playing career at fellow Berliners SV Yeşilyurt before retiring in 2004.

Managerial career

In 2007, Aksoy earned his

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and began coaching

Berliner AK 07 Berliner AK 07 is a German football club based in the locality of Moabit of the borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany. The team competes in the fifth tier NOFV-Oberliga Nord. History The association was established on 15 December 1907 in the ...

in the

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. From the summer of 2009 until 11 October 2010, he had been the manager of Türkiyemspor Berlin. since the beginning of the 2012–13 season, he has been coaching the reserve team of

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in the

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. He was named the interim coach of the first team on 13 April 2015.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aksoy, Taskin 1967 births Living people Footballers from Berlin German sportspeople of Turkish descent German men's footballers Men's association football defenders Hertha BSC players Boluspor footballers Türkiyemspor Berlin players Tennis Borussia Berlin players Kocaelispor footballers Kayserispor footballers SV Yeşilyurt players Regionalliga players Oberliga (football) players 2. Bundesliga players Süper Lig players German expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey German expatriate sportspeople in Turkey German football managers Fortuna Düsseldorf managers Gençlerbirliği S.K. managers Regionalliga managers 2. Bundesliga managers Süper Lig managers German expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Turkey 20th-century German sportsmen