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Kenan Koçak (born 5 January 1981) is a Turkish football coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach with the Turkey national football team.[2]

Kenan Koçak

Koçak managing Waldhof Mannheim in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Kenan Koçak[1]
Date of birth	(1981-01-05) 5 January 1981 (age 41)
Place of birth	Kayseri, Turkey
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1999–2001	Waldhof Mannheim
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2002	DSV Leoben	0	(0)
2002–2003	Waldhof Mannheim	8	(0)
2003–2004	Austria Salzburg	2	(0)
2004	Waldhof Mannheim	0	(0)
2004–2006	Reutlingen 05	0	(0)
2006	1. FC Pforzheim	9	(2)
2006–2009	Waldhof Mannheim	6	(0)
2009–2010	Türkspor Mannheim
Teams managed
2009–2010	Türkspor Mannheim
2013–2016	Waldhof Mannheim
2016–2018	SV Sandhausen
2019–2021	Hannover 96
2021–	Turkey (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Koçak was a youth product of Waldhof Mannheim.[3] Kocak played sparsely for Waldhof Mannheim, Austria Salzburg, SSV Reutlingen, 1. FC Pforzheim, and finally as a player-manager for Türkspor Mannheim.[4]

Managerial career

VfR Mannheim

In the winter break of the 2010–11 season Kenan Koçak became manager of VfR Mannheim.[5] In his first competitive match as coach, his team was able to knock out the local rival of Waldhof Mannheim in the quarter-final of the Baden Cup.[6] In the regular season, Koçak reached second place with VfR Mannheim in the Verbandsliga Baden.[7] In the promotion play-off, his team faced FV Ravensburg. The first leg ended in a 1–1 draw. The second match was won by Mannheim with 2–0. As a result, Mannheim reached the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg.[8] In his first Oberliga season, Koçak's team finished in second place.[9] After the first half of the 2011–12 season, VfR Mannheim was even at the top of the Oberliga.[10] In the 2012–13 season, Mannheim finished in third place.[11] After this season, Koçak left the club and became manager of Waldhof Mannheim, which played in the Regionalliga Südwest at the time.[12]

Waldhof Mannheim

Waldhof Mannheim hired Koçak on 7 June 2013[13] and had his first match on 29 July 2013 against SSV Ulm.[14] The final score was 4–2 for Waldhof Mannheim.[14] The club finished the 2013–14 season in fifth place.[15] In the following season, Waldhof Mannheim dropped down to 13th place.[16] Waldhof Mannheim won the Regionalliga Südwest during the 2015–16 season.[17] In the promotion play-off, they faced off against Sportfreunde Lotte.[18] The first leg ended in a 0–0 draw and the second leg ended in a 2–0 win for Lotte.[18] Koçak left Waldhof Mannheim on 3 July 2016 to become manager of SV Sandhausen.[19]

SV Sandhausen

Koçak became manager of Sandhausen on 3 July 2016.[19] Kocak's debut match was a 2–2 draw against Fortuna Düsseldorf.[20] His first win with Sandhausen came on 22 August 2016 in a 2–1 win against SC Paderborn.[21] He was sacked on 8 October 2018.[22]

Hannover 96

On 14 November 2019, Koçak was appointed as manager of Hannover 96.[2] He left at the end of the 2020–21 season.[23]

Turkey

On 27 September 2021, Turkish Football Federation announced that Koçak joined in technical staff of Turkey as Assistant Coach to Stefan Kuntz.[1]

Managerial statistics

As of 23 May 2021

Team	From	To	Record
			M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Ref.
Waldhof Mannheim	7 June 2013[13]	3 July 2016[19]	104	48	26	30	148	94	+54	046.15	[15][16][17][18]
SV Sandhausen	3 July 2016[19]	8 October 2018[22]	82	24	25	33	94	93	+1	029.27	[24]
Hannover 96	14 November 2019[2]	30 June 2021	57	23	10	24	96	83	+13	040.35	[25]
Total			243	95	61	87	338	270	+68	039.09	—

References

External links

• Kenan Koçak at FootballDatabase.eu
• Kenan Koçak at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Kenan Koçak at WorldFootball.net

На других языках

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[de] Kenan Kocak

Kenan Kocak (* 5. Januar 1981 in Kayseri, Türkei) ist ein ehemaliger türkischer Fußballspieler und heutiger -trainer.

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- [en] Kenan Koçak

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[it] Kenan Koçak

Kenan Koçak (Kayseri, 5 gennaio 1981) è un allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore turco, di ruolo centrocampista.

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