Fuat Buruk (born 23 February 1965 in Istanbul) is a Turkish football assistant manager for Osmanlıspor, and retired footballer who played as a midfielder for Konyaspor, Bakırköyspor, İstanbulspor A.Ş. in the Turkish Süper Lig.
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Full name | Fuat Nihat Buruk | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1965-02-23) February 23, 1965 (age 57) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Istanbul, Turkey | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
1984–1988 | Kütahyaspor | 20 | (6) | |||||||||||||
1988–1990 | Konyaspor | 61 | (4) | |||||||||||||
1990–1994 | Bakırköyspor | 117 | (8) | |||||||||||||
1994–2002 | İstanbulspor A.Ş. | 121 | (1) | |||||||||||||
1998–1999 | → Adanaspor (loan) | 27 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2002–2003 | İstanbul Kartal Belediyespor | 6 | (1) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
1991–2002 | Turkey | 12 | (3) | |||||||||||||
Teams managed | ||||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | İstanbulspor A.Ş. (assistant manager) | |||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Çaykur Rizespor (assistant manager) | |||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Yeni Malatyaspor (assistant manager) | |||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Eyüpspor (assistant manager) | |||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Denizlispor (assistant manager) | |||||||||||||||
2011–2014 | Akhisar Belediyespor (assistant manager) | |||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Galatasaray (assistant manager) | |||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Bursaspor (assistant manager) | |||||||||||||||
2017– | Osmanlıspor (assistant manager) | |||||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 November 2017 |
Fuat spent his career in the top divisions of Turkey. After his long tenure with İstanbulspor A.Ş., Fuat returned to coach the youth team, and since then has been an assistant manager for various Süper Lig clubs. He has consistently been the assistant manager of Hamza Hamzaoğlu since 2008, where they were part of the management team of Yeni Malatyaspor.[1]
Fuat is the brother of the footballer Okan Buruk.[2]