Metin Tekin was born in İzmit, on 1964. His father, who was a lawyer, had given great efforts to start him to play football, therefore he started football at Kocaelispor Academy. His great pace and outstanding technical attributes made him the star player of the Youth League in a short time. Beşiktaş noticed his talent and transferred him right before he made it to the First Team. On 1982-83 season,at the age of 18, Metin Tekin was wearing the Beşiktaş jersey. He made 320 league appereances and scored 47 goals between 1982 and 1997, where he achieved 5 league titles with Beşiktaş. He never wanted to leave Beşiktaş, he played in Vanspor on loan for a season, this was the last season of his career. Later on he made his testimonial match wearing Beşiktaş jersey for the last time. He managed to score 13 goals to Fenerbahçe and 8 goals to Galatasaray during his career. He made 34 National Team appereances and scored 2 goals. In 1992-93 season, he scored 2 goals to Kosice, which aided Beşiktaş to qualify for the European Cup after many years, in overall he managed to score 6 goals in European Cups. After his retirement, Metin Tekin had a short experience in sports journalism which ended when he started his coaching career. He was the assistant coach on Gençlerbirliği and Samsunspor, under the management of head coach Erdoğan Arıca. Metin Tekin, still remains as a big legend for Beşiktaş fans, one of the most colorful person in the “Metin-Ali-Feyyaz” trio.