Ali Sami Yen

Ali Sami Yen (20 May 1888 – 29 July 1951) was a Turkish football player, coach and manager. He was the founder and first president of Galatasaray S.K.

When he was a student at Galatasaray High School, he and his colleagues decided to start a football club. On October 1905, they started Galatasaray S.K. and he became founding member number 1.http://galatasaray.org/s/galatasaray-nasil-kuruldu/13

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Category:1888 births
Category:1951 deaths
Category:Turkish footballers
Category:Turkish football managers
Category:Sportspeople from Istanbul
Category:Galatasaray S.K. (football) managers