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İrfan Buz (born 15 April 1967) is a Turkish football manager and former player.

İrfan Buz

Personal information
Full name	İrfan Buz
Date of birth	(1967-04-15) 15 April 1967 (age 55)
Place of birth	Istanbul, Turkey
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1991	Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid
1989–1992	Sarıyer	1	(0)
1991–1992	→Vanspor (loan)	18	(2)
1992–1995	Sakaryaspor	22	(1)
1993–1994	→Istanbul Maltepespor (loan)	15	(1)
1995–1998	Barışspor Hackenberg
Teams managed
1995–1998	Barışspor Hackenberg
1998–2008	Germany U11-U19
2009–2013	SpVg Olpe
2013–2014	Bursaspor (assistant coach)
2014	Bursaspor
2014–2015	Gençlerbirliği
2015–2017	Yeni Malatyaspor
2017–2018	Osmanlıspor
2019	Samsunspor
2020	Bursaspor
2020	Kasımpaşa
2021	Yeni Malatyaspor
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Professional career

Buz moved to Germany in 1971 with his family, and graduated as a construction technician from the Technical University of Dortmund. He began playing amateur football with Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid, before playing professional in Turkey.[1] Buz joined Sarıyer S.K. in the Süper Lig in 1989, but only made 1 appearance over 2 years.[2]

Managerial career

After his footballing career, Buz began working as a football manager. He transitioned as player manager for the amateur German club Barışspor Hackenberg. From 1999-2008, he served a youth coach in for the German Football Association. He managed the German club SpVg Olpe from 2009 to 2013 and got attention from the Turkish Süper Lig.[3] In 2013 he briefly joined FC Iserlohn 46/49 before moving to Bursaspor.[4]

Buz was appointed assistant coach of Bursaspor in 2013 and became the head coach on 26 March 2014.[5] He then went to manage Gençlerbirliği on 23 September 2014.[6] He then spent a couple years at Yeni Malatyaspor, who he helped promoted to the Süper Lig in his final season with them.[7] In 2017, he became the manager of Osmanlıspor, who were relegated at the end of the season.[8]

References

External links

• İrfan Buz at the Turkish Football Federation
• TFF Manager Profile
• İrfan Buz at Mackolik.com (in Turkish)
• Manager Profile

На других языках

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[de] İrfan Buz

İrfan Buz (* 15. April 1967 in Istanbul) ist ein ehemaliger deutsch-türkischer Fußballspieler und derzeitiger -trainer.

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- [en] İrfan Buz

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[it] İrfan Buz

İrfan Buz (Istanbul, 15 aprile 1967) è un allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore turco con cittadinanza tedesca, di ruolo centrocampista.

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