Erkan Sözeri (born 19 May 1966) is a Turkish football coach and former player who currently serves as the manager of Bandırmaspor.[1][2] He is best known for his playing career with Gençlerbirliği in the Turkish Süper Lig.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Erkan Sözeri | ||
| Date of birth | (1966-05-19) May 19, 1966 (age 56) | ||
| Place of birth | Ankara, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bandırmaspor (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1991 | Gaziantepspor | 79 | (4) |
| 1991–1992 | Trabzonspor | 8 | (0) |
| 1992–1998 | Gençlerbirliği | 186 | (20) |
| 1998–2000 | Fenerbahçe | 13 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Çaykur Rizespor (loan) | 21 | (2) |
| 2000–2001 | Göztepe | 46 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003–2004 | Kırıkkalespor (assistant) | ||
| 2004–2005 | Kırıkkalespor | ||
| 2006–2007 | Muğlaspor | ||
| 2007 | Uşakspor (assistant) | ||
| 2007–2008 | Şanlıurfaspor | ||
| 2008 | Türk Telekom | ||
| 2008–2009 | İskenderunspor | ||
| 2009–2011 | Fethiyespor | ||
| 2011–2012 | Orduspor (assistant) | ||
| 2012 | Tokatspor | ||
| 2012–2013 | Fethiyespor | ||
| 2013 | Alanyaspor | ||
| 2013–2014 | Orduspor | ||
| 2014 | Orduspor | ||
| 2014–2015 | Giresunspor | ||
| 2015 | Balıkesirspor | ||
| 2015–2016 | Giresunspor | ||
| 2016 | Adana Demirspor | ||
| 2016–2017 | Ümraniyespor | ||
| 2017 | Karabükspor | ||
| 2017 | Gazişehir Gaziantep | ||
| 2018–2019 | Gençlerbirliği | ||
| 2019 | Giresunspor | ||
| 2019–2020 | BB Erzurumspor | ||
| 2020– | Bandırmaspor | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Erkan begun his professional career with Gaziantepspor, whom he helped promote to the Süper Lig. He moved to Trabzonspor where he won the Turkish Cup, before transferring to Gençlerbirliği where he spent the majority of his professional career. At the age of 32, he moved to Fenerbahçe, before finishing his career at Göztepe.[3]
Erkan managed a variety of Turkish clubs in the TFF First League and TFF Second League before coaching the professional Kardemir Karabükspor in the Turkish Süper Lig. On 25 September 2017 he resigned from Karabükspor after a series of bad results,[4] and is currently at Gazişehir Gaziantep F.K.
Trabzonspor
Orduspor – managers | |
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Adana Demirspor – managers | |
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Gençlerbirliği S.K. – managers | |
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