he played for beşiktaş for 17 years mostly in the second striker position, contributing to its numerous victories. declared as permanent captain, he led beşiktaş to 8 i̇stanbul league champions, 3 i̇stanbul cups, one i̇zmir international fair cup, 3 national league champions, one turkish champion, 2 prime minister cups and 4 private cups. yeten was capped only three times for the turkey national football team due to world war ii. his fame became international, and eventually the english team arsenal showed and interest in him. however, yeten preferred to stay in turkey. yeten scored 382 goals in 439 games. he quit football as a player in 1948 after fans hooted him during a match.