They thought a 62-year-old was a goalkeeper signing, social media went into a frenzy

Gebze Beylikbağı Sports Club, operating in the Gebze district of Kocaeli, announced the goalkeeper coach they had signed a one-year agreement with on their social media account. Gebze Beylikbağı Spor, which signed a contract with 62-year-old Yunus Türlü, who has served as a goalkeeper coach at many clubs before, shared the agreement with the headline, "Welcome to our family, Yunus Türlü." In the statement made on its official social media account, Beylikbağı Spor said, "We welcome our valuable goalkeeper coach Yunus Türlü, who has joined our technical team in line with our club's goals.

We believe that he will add significant value to our club with his knowledge on the field, his experience, and his contributions to football, and we wish him success in his new role. As the Beylikbağı Spor family, we hope to achieve many successes together, welcome to our family," it said. This post received over 2 million views in a short time and was shared by thousands of users.

The reason for the interest and the sharing was that the explanatory text was not read and the goalkeeper coach was mistaken for a player.

The interesting and humorous comments written under the post by those who thought the goalkeeper coach had signed with the club as a goalkeeper became the talk of the day on social media. Counter-comments reacting to the comments made due to the misunderstanding were also written.

Thousands of shares, likes, and comments were made

Following the post, which was shared approximately 70 thousand times in a few hours, received thousands of likes, and hundreds of interesting comments, Gebze Beylikbağı Spor made a second post sharing who goalkeeper coach Yunus Türlü is and his background as an athlete and coach. In that post, the club stated: "Our goalkeeper coach Yunus Türlü, who is an example not only with his experience in goal but also with his character and discipline, continues to pass on his years of knowledge to our young athletes. Our goalkeeper coach, who played for many clubs in his football career and contributed to the development of countless athletes in his coaching career; is one of the important values of the Beylikbağı Spor family with his knowledge, experience, and dedication. We thank our coach, who has left a mark on our community with his leadership on the field, work discipline, and positive impact on our athletes, for his efforts and wish him continued success."

"I don't know what to say. I don't know why they showed so much interest"

Regarding the interest shown in him in a short time, goalkeeper coach Yunus Türlü said, "We never expected such a thing. I have worked at Beylikbağı Spor before. My coach Eşref Doğmenç, whom I worked with, called and explained the situation. I didn't believe it. Very interesting comments were made. I don't know why they showed so much interest. I don't know what to say. They thought it was a goalkeeper transfer. I am in shock over this whole thing. Everyone is calling.

I can't even look at the comments because I'm busy answering the phone. People have evaluated it in every way. I love my job. I have been at other clubs, I have also coached women's teams. We have had successes. To tell you the truth, I am surprised why this happened now. Perhaps some people resorted to such comments to relieve the low morale caused by the scores our national team received. People used it as an excuse to have fun. Still, I thank everyone who showed interest," he said.

"Luck can sometimes smile upon a person after they have grown old"

Stating that he loves his job, experienced goalkeeper coach Yunus Türlü said, "I am someone who loves my job, wants to help people in every way, and dedicates myself to my work. We tried to instill the best character in the young people and the students we coached. We had a well-liked personality during the periods we played in our youth. I played for years. I was a legendary goalkeeper in those days. Then I started coaching. It was my fellow coaches who dragged me into this business. They said, 'We need you.' That's how I started. It continued like this. When I train my goalkeepers, I live this job with them. Normally, I have a UEFA C license. But people who really love this job can give children the right things. Because I believe in this and come from a goalkeeping background, I believed I would be more efficient in goalkeeper training. I was going to go for the Goalkeeper B license, but the fees were high, so I couldn't attend the course. I am 62 years old. If something had happened when I was young, I would have done a lot of things, but luck can smile upon a person even after they have grown old. Our age is what it is, but our spirit is 20. I am very energetic right now. I have no bad habits. I continue to work," he noted.