Bülent Giz

Bülent Giz was a Turkish football player and later manager who played for Galatasaray; and managed PTT Gençlik and Mersin İdmanyurdu in 1960s and 1970s. After finishing his football career, he became a sport journalist. He watched the 1958 World Cup as a journalist and saw the Brazilian national football team's football. After turning to Turkey he decided to be a football manager and became the first practitioner of Brazilian football style in Turkey. His first manager experience was started in Yeşildirek S.K. (an İstanbul amateur team which was supported by taxi drivers in European side of the city) as assistant manager. He took the team from fourth division in İstanbul. The team became champions every year and promoted to 1961-62...