Hakkı Tolunay Kafkas (born 21 March 1968) is a UEFA Pro Licensed Turkish professional football manager and former player. He is manager of Turkey U-21.[2]
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Kafkas as Trabzonspor manager in May 2013 | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Hakkı Tolunay Kafkas | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1968-03-21) 21 March 1968 (age 54) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ankara, Turkey | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defensive Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
1987–1988 | Türk Telekom GSK | 26 | (5) | |||||||||||||
1988–1989 | Keçiörengücü | 33 | (11) | |||||||||||||
1989–1991 | Diyarbakırspor | 88 | (26) | |||||||||||||
1991–1992 | Erzurumspor | 10 | (4) | |||||||||||||
1992–1993 | Konyaspor | 75 | (22) | |||||||||||||
1993–1997 | Trabzonspor | 143 | (16) | |||||||||||||
1997–1999 | Galatasaray | 15 | (1) | |||||||||||||
1999–2000 | Bursaspor | 24 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2000–2002 | Denizlispor | 48 | (3) | |||||||||||||
2002–2004 | ASKÖ Pasching | 51 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2004 | LASK Linz | 10 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Admira Wacker | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Total | 537 | (91) | ||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
1994–2002 | Turkey | 39 | (3) | |||||||||||||
Teams managed | ||||||||||||||||
2007–2010 | Kayserispor | |||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Gaziantepspor | |||||||||||||||
2011–2013 | Turkey U-21 | |||||||||||||||
2013 | Trabzonspor | |||||||||||||||
2013–2015 | Karabükspor | |||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Kayserispor | |||||||||||||||
2016–2017[1] | Akhisarspor | |||||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kafkas was born in Ankara, he is of Circassian origin.
He played for PTT, Keçiörengücü, Diyarbakırspor, Erzurumspor, Konyaspor, Trabzonspor, Galatasaray, Bursaspor and Denizlispor in Turkey and SV Pasching, Linzer ASK and Admira Wacker Mödling in Austria. He finally retired in 2005. A former Turkish international football player, he played as a defensive midfielder. He made his debut for the Turkey national football team on 21 December 1994 against Italy. In total, he played for the Turkey national football team 39 times and scored 3 goals. He also participated in the 1996 UEFA European Championship and the 2002 FIFA World Cup.[3] In the latter, He scored the winning goal from a penalty kick in the 90th minute to give the team a 2–1 win over the South Africa and qualify Turkey for the last 16 of the World Cup for the first time in the nation's history. Turkey would finish the tournament in third place.
He started his managerial career as the head coach of the Turkish U19 National team in 2007 until his appointment as the head coach of Kayserispor prior to the 2007/08 season. With Kayserispor Kafkas has won the 2007–2008 Turkish Cup and placed Runner-Up in the Turkish Super Cup in 2008.
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||||
Kayserispor | ![]() |
11 June 2007 | 31 May 2010 | 121 | 51 | 37 | 33 | 042.15 | |||
Gaziantepspor | ![]() |
10 August 2010 | 26 September 2011 | 51 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 045.10 | |||
Turkey U-21 | ![]() |
26 September 2011 | 29 January 2013 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 038.46 | |||
Trabzonspor | ![]() |
29 January 2013 | 31 May 2013 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 045.00 | |||
Karabükspor | ![]() |
8 July 2013 | 23 February 2015 | 71 | 25 | 21 | 25 | 035.21 | |||
Kayserispor | ![]() |
8 July 2015 | 3 March 2016 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 034.38 | |||
Akhisar Belediyespor | ![]() |
6 September 2016 | 18 March 2017 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 034.38 | |||
Total | 340 | 135 | 92 | 113 | 039.71 |
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 21 December 1994 | Stadio Adriatico, Pescara, Italy | ![]() | 1–2 | 1–3 | Friendly |
2. | 11 June 1995 | Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Canada | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
3. | 13 June 2002 | Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea | ![]() | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2002 FIFA World Cup |
Turkey squad – UEFA Euro 1996 | ||
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