Rent-a-goalkeeper service helps Turkey's mini-soccer teams fill the least desirable position
In Turkey’s version of mini-soccer, amateur teams typically made up of friends or co-workers get together for friendly but intense 7-a-side games on artificial turf
By ROBERT BADENDIECK
Published - Mar 14, 2024, 12:10 PM ET
Last Updated - Mar 14, 2024, 12:10 PM EDT
ISTANBUL (AP) — In Turkey’s version of mini-soccer, amateur teams typically made up of friends or co-workers get together after work or on weekends for friendly but intense 7-a-side games on artificial turf.
In a fast-paced attacking game with lots of goals, many teams are facing the same problem: finding a good goalkeeper.
Enter 36-year-old Ercan Aydinlik, a mini-soccer aficionado in Istanbul who launched a rent-a-goalkeeper service to address the shortage of shot stoppers.
“Because people are so eager to score goals, no one wants to man the goal,” said Aydinlik, a goalkeeper himself.
