İnan: Talented Turkish Players Coming Through the Youth System Are Being Wasted

Kocaelispor head coach Selçuk İnan answered students' questions at the "Selçuk İnan ile Oyunun Kodu" (The Code of the Game with Selçuk İnan) talk held at the Faculty of Sports Sciences of Kocaeli University. İnan spoke about creating a playing school in Turkish football, running football and education together, and evaluating young players coming through the youth system.

İnan said an important period has been passed with the national team's young players, but shortcomings in the youth system continue. Noting that creating a playing school can vary over time, İnan pointed out that Germany and Italy have also recently moved away from their own schools. Stressing that youth players should be given more playing time, İnan said Turkish players need to be developed further.

Touching on young Turkish players wearing shirts in Europe's major leagues, İnan said it was an unfamiliar situation for so many young players to represent Turkey at big leagues and clubs. He added, however, "We are wasting Turkish players we could produce from our youth system."

On administration, İnan argued that institutionalism is the most important thing of all. Saying that administration in our country is not at the expected level, İnan said there has been some progress compared to ten years ago, and that the federation and universities are working in this area.