Okan Buruk

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Okan Buruk
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-10-19) 19 October 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth Istanbul, Turkey
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Galatasaray (manager)
Youth career
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 Başakşehir 28 (0)
Total 304 (38)
International career
1989–1990 Turkey U16 5 (0)
1990–1992 Turkey U18 28 (4)
1992–1995 Turkey U21 13 (1)
1992–2010 Turkey 56 (8)
Managerial career
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
Medal record
Representing  Turkey
Men's football
FIFA World Cup
Third place 2002 Korea/Japan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Okan Buruk (born 19 October 1973) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Süper Lig club Galatasaray.

As a former midfielder, Buruk played for Galatasaray, Inter Milan, Beşiktaş, and İstanbul Başakşehir. He was capped 56 times for the Turkey national team. Buruk represented the nation at UEFA Euro 2000, and was part of the Turkey squad which earned a bronze medal at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

As a manager, he won the Turkish Süper Lig title with Istanbul Başakşehir in 2019–20 and with Galatasaray in 2022–2023.

Club career[edit]

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[edit]

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 Clarence Seedorf. He made his first UEFA 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 Fatih Terim's Milan, Okan made the assist to Mohamed 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 Hector Cuper yelled at him from the bench that he should stay at his position.

Besiktas[edit]

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

Return to Galatasaray[edit]

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[edit]

After his contract expired with Galatasaray, Okan joined İstanbul B.B. in July 2008 for a two year deal.

Retirement[edit]

On May 22, 2010, he retired as a player after a friendly game against Czech Republic in Leipzig.[2]

International career[edit]

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[edit]

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.[3]

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.[4]

Galatasaray[edit]

On 21 June 2022, Okan Buruk arrived in Istanbul from France for negotiations, and the next day, on 22 June 2022, it was officially announced to the public through KAP (Public Disclosure Platform) that he would be joining Galatasaray.[5] On 23 June 2022, Galatasaray signed a two-year deal with Okan Buruk, with an option for an additional year.[6]

Under Buruk's coaching, Galatasaray achieved an impressive 14-game winning streak, setting a new record for the most consecutive wins in the league and also the longest winning streak in the club's history.[7]

With just two weeks remaining in the 2022–23 season, Okan Buruk led the team to secure the championship, marking his second Süper Lig title in his coaching career.[8]

During the 2023-24 season, Galatasaray successfully secured a spot in the Champions League group stage by overcoming three challenging qualifying rounds under Okan Buruk. Following a 0-0 draw with Kayserispor in the opening week of the league, the team impressively clinched victory in ten consecutive league matches.[9]

Personal life[edit]

He is originally from Akçaabat, Trabzon. He married model and former Miss Turkey and Top Model of the World 2003 winner Nihan Akkuş on 3 July 2007. His brother, Fuat, was also a professional footballer and currently a coach.[10]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

Source:[11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Galatasaray 1991–92 1. Lig 1 2 0 0 — — 1 2
1992–93 15 0 1 0 5[b] 0 — 21 0
1993–94 2 0 0 0 2[c] 0 0 0 4 0
1994–95 20 0 5 1 2[c] 0 — 27 1
1995–96 28 1 3 0 2[b] 0 — 33 1
1996–97 16 3 1 0 3[d] 0 1[e] 0 21 3
1997–98 24 5 8 1 2[c] 0 1[e] 0 35 6
1998–99 28 11 6 0 8[c] 1 – 42 12
1999–2000 28 8 5 1 15[f] 3 – 48 12
2000–01 26 2 3 0 13[c] 0 1[g] 0 43 2
Total 188 32 31 3 52 4 3 0 274 39
Internazionale 2001–02 Serie A 7 0 1 0 3[b] 0 – 11 0
2002–03 15 2 0 0 7[c] 0 – 22 2
2003–04 3 0 2 0 4[b] 0 – 9 0
Total 24 2 3 0 14 0 – 41 2
Beşiktaş 2004–05 Süper Lig 22 0 0 0 4[b] 2 – 26 2
2005–06 21 1 3 0 5[b] 1 – 29 2
Total 43 1 3 0 9 3 – 55 4
Galatasaray 2006–07 Süper Lig 15 1 4 0 3[c] 1 – 22 2
2007–08 4 1 2 0 2[b] 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 37 44 3 80 8 3 0 431 48
  1. ^ Includes Turkish Cup, Coppa Italia
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Appearances in UEFA Cup
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  5. ^ a b Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
  6. ^ Eight appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances and one goal in UEFA Cup
  7. ^ Appearance in UEFA Super Cup

International[edit]

Source:[12]

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[edit]

As of match played 21 April 2024
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Elazığspor Turkey 30 October 2013 2 June 2014 33 11 6 16 033.33
Gaziantepspor Turkey 1 August 2014 10 June 2015 42 15 9 18 035.71
Sivasspor Turkey 27 October 2015 8 February 2016 11 2 2 7 018.18
Göztepe Turkey 1 August 2016 22 March 2017 32 14 7 11 043.75
Akhisarspor Turkey 28 March 2017 30 June 2018 54 24 11 19 044.44
Çaykur Rizespor Turkey 24 September 2018 29 May 2019 32 11 12 9 034.38
İstanbul Başakşehir Turkey 11 June 2019 29 January 2021 79 36 18 25 045.57
Galatasaray Turkey 23 June 2022 present 92 71 10 11 077.17
Total 375 184 75 116 049.07

Honours[edit]

Player[edit]

Galatasaray

Beşiktaş

Turkey

Individual

Manager[edit]

Akhisarspor

İstanbul Başakşehir

Galatasaray

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "37 yaşında bıraktılar" (in Turkish). Yeni Safak. 22 May 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
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  4. ^ "Başakşehir parts way with coach Okan Buruk after Trabzon defeat". Daily Sabah. 29 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Teknik Direktör Okan Buruk ile görüşmelere başlandı". Galatasaray S.K. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Yuvana hoş geldin Okan Buruk!". Galatasaray S.K. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  7. ^ GLHN (7 August 2022). "Okan Buruk - Genel". Gülhan Sözlük (in Turkish). Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Galatasaray şampiyon: Hezimet sezonundan zafere giden yolun öyküsü". BBC Turkce. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  9. ^ ARTN (9 December 2023). "Who is Galatasaray manager Okan Buruk and why he is so successful? | Ansiklopedika". Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Alican Buruk Orhangazispor'da". 19 November 2013. Archived from the original on 19 November 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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  12. ^ "Okan Buruk National Football Teams" (in Turkish). national-football-teams.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  13. ^ Crouch, Terry (2002). The World Cup - The Complete History. Great Britain: Aurum Press Ltd. p. 548. ISBN 1845131495.
  14. ^ "2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan™". FIFA. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  15. ^ "Korea Republic 2 – 3 Turkey". FIFA. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  16. ^ "Match Press Kit (2009)" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
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  18. ^ "CUMHURİYETİN YÜZÜ, TÜRKİYE'NİN EN BÜYÜĞÜ, ŞAMPİYON GALATASARAY!". Galatasaray S.K. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.

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