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Okan Buruk (born 19 October 1973) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Süper Lig club Galatasaray. As a former midfielder, he played for Galatasaray, Inter Milan, Beşiktaş, and İstanbul B.B. He was capped 56 times for the Turkey national team.

Okan Buruk

Buruk in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Okan Buruk
Date of birth	(1973-10-19) 19 October 1973 (age 49)
Place of birth	Istanbul, Turkey
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Galatasaray (manager)
Youth career
?–1984	Karadeniz İdman Ocağı
1984–1991	Galatasaray
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–2001	Galatasaray	189	(33)
2001–2004	Inter Milan	24	(2)
2004–2006	Beşiktaş	43	(1)
2006–2008	Galatasaray	19	(2)
2008–2010	İstanbul B.B.	28	(0)
Total		304	(38)
National team
1989–1990	Turkey U16	5	(0)
1990–1992	Turkey U18	28	(4)
1992–1995	Turkey U21	13	(1)
1992–2010	Turkey	56	(8)
Teams managed
2013–2014	Elazığspor
2014–2015	Gaziantepspor
2015–2016	Sivasspor
2016–2017	Göztepe
2017–2018	Akhisarspor
2018–2019	Çaykur Rizespor
2019–2021	İstanbul Başakşehir
2022–	Galatasaray
Honours Representing  Turkey Men's football FIFA World Cup 2002 Japan–South Korea
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Okan Buruk played for Turkish giants Galatasaray between 1991 and 2001, winning six Turkish Süper Lig titles and the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup. He was also named man of the match as Galatasary upset Real Madrid 2–1 to win the 2000 UEFA Super Cup.

Inter Milan

In 2001, he was signed by Italian Serie A club Inter Milan along with his teammate Emre, where he played for three years. On August 26, 2001, Okan made his debut against Perugia coming in as a substitute for Seedorf. He made his first Champions League appearance for Inter in a home game win against Ajax on September 25, 2002.

On October 21, 2001, in the derby game against Terim's Milan, Okan made the assist to Kallon where Inter lost their home game 4–2 against their rivals.

Okan scored his first goal on the 89th minute helping his team to earn a 2–2 draw in an away game against Roma on November 16, 2002. Okan was a non-stop running player with energy; he mentioned that his former coach Cuper yelled at him from the bench that he should stay at his position.

Besiktas

He played two seasons for Beşiktaş and he won the Turkish Cup in 2006.

Return to Galatasaray

In July 2006, Okan made his return to his former club Galatasaray by signing a two-year contract. After becoming Süper Lig winners in 2007–08 season his contract was not extended and Okan left the club.

İstanbul Başakşehir

After his contract expired with Galatasaray, Okan joined İstanbul B.B. in July 2008 and retired two years later.

International career

Okan made 56 appearances for the Turkey national team, representing the country at UEFA Euro 2000 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He scored Turkey's first ever Euro goal, the equaliser of Euro 2000 in a 2–1 loss to Italy in Arnhem. Okan was also part of the 2002 FIFA World Cup squad, but due to an injury he made his only appearance as a substitute in the 3–2 win against host nation South Korea in the third-place play-off.

Managerial career

After his playing career, Okan became a professional manager. On 10 May 2018, he guided Akhisarspor to their second trophy in their history, the 2017–18 Turkish Cup.[2]

After Akhisarspor, he managed Çaykur Rizespor from 2018 until 2019, before becoming the new manager of İstanbul Başakşehir on 11 June 2019. In his first season in charge, Buruk guided the club to their first ever league title.

In early 2021, he left İstanbul Başakşehir on "mutual agreement" after a string of poor results by the club under his management in the 2020–21 Süper Lig season.[3]

Galatasaray

On 23 June 2022, Okan was appointed as coach of his former club Galatasaray.[4]

Personal life

He is originally from Trabzon. He married model and former Miss Turkey winner Nihan Akkuş on 3 July 2007. His brother, Fuat, was also a professional footballer and currently a coach.[5]

Career statistics

Club

Source:[6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental[lower-alpha 1]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Galatasaray	1991–92	1. Lig[lower-alpha 2]	1	2	—		—		1	2
	1992–93		15	0	1	0	1	0	17	0
	1993–94		2	0	—		2	0	4	0
	1994–95		20	0	5	1	2	0	27	0
	1995–96		28	1	3	0	2	0	33	1
	1996–97		16	3	1	0	2	0	19	3
	1997–98		24	3	8	1	2	0	34	4
	1998–99		28	11	6	2	8	1	42	13
	1999–00		28	8	5	1	15	3	48	12
	2000–01		26	2	3	0	14	0	43	2
	Total		188	30	32	5	39	3	259	38
Internazionale	2001–02	Serie A	7	0	1	0	3	0	11	0
	2002–03		15	2	—		7	0	22	2
	2003–04		3	0	2	—	4	0	9	0
	Total		24	2	0	0	14	0	38	2
Beşiktaş	2004–05	Süper Lig	22	0	—		4	2	26	2
	2005–06		21	1	3	0	5	1	29	2
	Total		43	1	0	0	7	2	50	3
Galatasaray	2006–07	Süper Lig	15	1	4	0	3	1	22	2
	2007–08		4	1	2	0	2	0	8	1
	Total		19	2	6	0	5	1	30	3
İstanbul BB	2008–09	Süper Lig	17	0	1	0	—		18	0
	2009–10		11	0	2	0	—		13	0
	Total		28	0	3	0	—		31	0
Career total			302	35	3	0	65	5	369	40

International

Source:[7]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Turkey	1992	1	0
	1998	3	0
	1999	5	0
	2000	8	2
	2001	9	2
	2002	7	2
	2003	9	1
	2004	9	0
	2005	4	1
	2010	1	0
Total		56	8

Managerial

As of match played 12 November 2022

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Elazığspor		30 October 2013	2 June 2014	33	11	6	16	033.33
Gaziantepspor		1 August 2014	10 June 2015	42	15	9	18	035.71
Sivasspor		27 October 2015	8 February 2016	11	2	2	7	018.18
Göztepe		1 August 2016	22 March 2017	32	14	7	11	043.75
Akhisarspor		28 March 2017	30 June 2018	54	24	11	19	044.44
Çaykur Rizespor		24 September 2018	29 May 2019	32	11	12	9	034.38
İstanbul Başakşehir		11 June 2019	29 January 2021	79	36	18	25	045.57
Galatasaray		23 June 2022	present	15	10	3	2	066.67
Total				298	123	68	107	041.28

Honours

Player

Galatasaray

• UEFA Super Cup: 2000
• UEFA Cup: 1999–2000
• Süper Lig: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2007–08
• Turkish Cup: 1992–93, 1995–96, 1998–99, 1999–2000

Beşiktaş

• Turkish Cup: 2006

Turkey

• FIFA World Cup 3rd place: 2002[8][9][10]

Manager

Akhisarspor

• Turkish Cup: 2017–18

İstanbul Başakşehir

• Süper Lig: 2019–20

References

External links

• Okan Buruk – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Okan Buruk at National-Football-Teams.com
• Okan Buruk at the Turkish Football Federation
• Okan Buruk coach profile at Soccerway

На других языках

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[de] Okan Buruk

Okan Buruk (* 19. Oktober 1973 in Istanbul) ist ein ehemaliger türkischer Fußballspieler und derzeitiger -trainer. Er trainiert seit der Saison 2022/23 den türkischen Erstligisten Galatasaray Istanbul. Durch seine langjährige Tätigkeit für Galatasaray Istanbul und als dessen Eigengewächs wird er sehr stark mit diesem Verein assoziiert Sein älterer Bruder Fuat Buruk war ebenfalls als Profifußballspieler tätig.

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- [en] Okan Buruk

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[es] Okan Buruk

Okan Buruk (Estambul, Turquía, 19 de octubre de 1973) es un exfutbolista y entrenador turco. Jugaba de volante y actualmente dirige al Galatasaray SK de la Superliga de Turquía.

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[fr] Okan Buruk

Okan Buruk (né le 17 octobre 1973 à Istanbul) est un footballeur international turc à la retraite. Ce milieu de terrain fait partie de l'équipe de Turquie qui termine à la troisième place du Mondial 2002.

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[it] Okan Buruk

Okan Buruk (Istanbul, 19 ottobre 1973) è un allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore turco, di ruolo centrocampista, tecnico del Galatasaray.

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[ru] Бурук, Окан

Ока́н Буру́к (тур. Okan Buruk; род. 19 октября 1973[1][2], Стамбул) — турецкий футболист, полузащитник; ныне — тренер. Участник чемпионата Европы 2000 года и чемпионата мира 2002 года.

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