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İsmail Demiriz (born 1 April 1962) is a Turkish former football player, who played as a right-back, and manager.

İsmail Demiriz

Personal information
Full name	İsmail Demiriz
Date of birth	(1962-04-01) 1 April 1962 (age 60)
Place of birth	Turgutlu, Turkey
Position(s)	Right-back
Youth career
1979–1981	İzmirspor
1980	→Kocaelispor (loan)
1981–1982	Denizlispor
1982–1983	Göztepe
1983	→İzmirspor (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1984	Gençlerbirliği	34	(0)
1984–1993	Galatasaray	251	(7)
National team‡
1980	Turkey U18	3	(0)
1982–1983	Turkey U21	5	(0)
1983–1988	Turkey	27	(0)
Teams managed
1995–1996	Kasımpaşa
1996–1997	Nişantaşıspor
1998	Karabükspor
1999–2000	Siirtspor
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 April 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 April 2018

In 2019, Demiriz was convicted in Turkey and sentenced to prison for over a half-dozen years for his affiliations with Hizmet, a self-described transnational association based on moral principles and outlawed in Turkey as allegedly an "armed terrorist group."[1]

Professional career

Demiriz spent his whole career in Turkey and is best known for his stint with Galatasaray, for whom he played 251 times and scored seven times.[2] He helped Galatasaray win three Süper Lig titles, and ten other domestic titles. He was briefly a manager after retiring from football.

Other Interests

In September 2016, Demiriz was charged with being part of a Gülenist terrorist organization and detained in Istanbul.[3]

Honours

Galatasaray

• Turkish Federation Cup (2): 1984-85, 1990-91
• Prime Minister's Cup (2): 1985-86, 1989-90
• Süper Lig (3): 1986-87, 1987-88, 1992-93
• Turkish Super Cup (2): 1986-87, 1987-88
• TSYD Cup (3): 1987-88, 1991-92, 1992-93
• Turkish Cup (1): 1992-93

References

External links

• İsmail Demiriz at the Turkish Football Federation
• İsmail Demiriz at Mackolik.com (in Turkish)
• TFF Manager Profile

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