Taşkın Aksoy


Taşkın Aksoy is a German football former player and current manager of Fortuna Düsseldorf II.

Playing career

Aksoy began his career at Hertha BSC. Making his debut in 1986, he went on to make 36 appearances for the Olympic Stadium-based side. Having moved to Boluspor, he came back to his native Berlin to sign for Türkiyemspor. Aksoy played for Tennis Borussia Berlin between 1993 and 1997, scoring 11 goals in 115 games. After a disagreement with coach Hermann Gerland, Aksoy decided to leave Tennis Borussia and after receiving an offer from Süper Lig team Kocaelispor, moved to Turkey where he played 15 games for the İzmit outfit. Aksoy played a season at Kayserispor before being called up for military service. 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 UEFA Pro Licence and began coaching Berliner AK 07 in the NOFV-Oberliga. 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 Fortuna Düsseldorf in the Regionalliga West.
He was named the interim coach of the first team on 13 April 2015.