Erkan Sözeri
Erkan Sözeri (born 19 May 1966) is a Turkish football coach and former player who currently serves as the manager of Bandırmaspor.[1][2] He is best known for his playing career with Gençlerbirliği in the Turkish Süper Lig.
| Sözeri in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Erkan Sözeri | ||
| Date of birth | May 19, 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Ankara, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bandırmaspor (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1991 | Gaziantepspor | 79 | (4) |
| 1991–1992 | Trabzonspor | 8 | (0) |
| 1992–1998 | Gençlerbirliği | 186 | (20) |
| 1998–2000 | Fenerbahçe | 13 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Çaykur Rizespor (loan) | 21 | (2) |
| 2000–2001 | Göztepe | 46 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2004 | Kırıkkalespor (assistant) | ||
| 2004–2005 | Kırıkkalespor | ||
| 2006–2007 | Muğlaspor | ||
| 2007 | Uşakspor (assistant) | ||
| 2007–2008 | Şanlıurfaspor | ||
| 2008 | Türk Telekom | ||
| 2008–2009 | İskenderunspor | ||
| 2009–2011 | Fethiyespor | ||
| 2011–2012 | Orduspor (assistant) | ||
| 2012 | Tokatspor | ||
| 2012–2013 | Fethiyespor | ||
| 2013 | Alanyaspor | ||
| 2013–2014 | Orduspor | ||
| 2014 | Orduspor | ||
| 2014–2015 | Giresunspor | ||
| 2015 | Balıkesirspor | ||
| 2015–2016 | Giresunspor | ||
| 2016 | Adana Demirspor | ||
| 2016–2017 | Ümraniyespor | ||
| 2017 | Karabükspor | ||
| 2017 | Gazişehir Gaziantep | ||
| 2018–2019 | Gençlerbirliği | ||
| 2019 | Giresunspor | ||
| 2019–2020 | BB Erzurumspor | ||
| 2020– | Bandırmaspor | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Professional career
Erkan begun his professional career with Gaziantepspor, whom he helped promote to the Süper Lig. He moved to Trabzonspor where he won the Turkish Cup, before transferring to Gençlerbirliği where he spent the majority of his professional career. At the age of 32, he moved to Fenerbahçe, before finishing his career at Göztepe.[3]
Managerial career
Erkan managed a variety of Turkish clubs in the TFF First League and TFF Second League before coaching the professional Kardemir Karabükspor in the Turkish Süper Lig. On 25 September 2017 he resigned from Karabükspor after a series of bad results,[4] and is currently at Gazişehir Gaziantep F.K.
Honours
Club
Trabzonspor
- Turkish Cup: 1991–92[5]
References
- ^ "Erkan Sözeri dikkat çekti".
- ^ @Bandirma_SK (22 October 2020). "Teknik Direktör Erkan Sözeri ve ekibi ile 1 yıllık anlaşma sağlanmıştır.Hocamız ve ekibi bu akşam yapılacak idman…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ sitesi, milliyet.com.tr Türkiye'nin lider haber. "Erkan Sözeri Haberleri ve Erkan Sözeri Gelişmeleri". MİLLİYET HABER - TÜRKİYE'NİN HABER SİTESİ.
- ^ fanatik. "Erkan Sözeri'nin istifası kabul edildi". Fanatik.
- ^ "Fortis Türkiye Kupası (Profesyonel Takım) (Final)". tff.org. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
External links
- Erkan Sözeri at the Turkish Football Federation
- TFF Manager Profile
- Erkan Sözeri at Mackolik.com (in Turkish)
- Mackolik Manager Profile