Okan Buruk

Okan Buruk

Buruk in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Okan Buruk
Date of birth	(1973-10-19) 19 October 1973 (age 48)
Place of birth	Istanbul, Turkey
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1987–1991	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
Honours Representing  Turkey Men's football FIFA World Cup 2002 Japan–South Korea
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Okan Buruk (born 19 October 1973) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player. He last managed the Süper Lig club İstanbul Başakşehir. 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.

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.

In 2001, he was signed by Italian Serie A club Inter Milan, where he played for three years. He played two seasons for Beşiktaş before returning to Galatasaray in 2006. 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. At the 2002 World Cup, Okan 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]

Personal life[]

Buruk married model and former Miss Turkey winner Nihan Akkuş on 3 July 2007. His brother, Fuat, was also a professional footballer and is the current assistant manager of Osmanlıspor.^[4]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

Source:^[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental[a]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Galatasaray	1991–92	1. Lig[b]	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:^[6]

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 27 January 2021

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Elazığspor		30 October 2013	2 June 2014	34	13	5	16	038.24
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
Total				284	115	64	105	040.49

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

Beşiktaş

• Turkish Cup: 2006

Turkey

• FIFA World Cup 3rd place: 2002

Manager[]

Akhisarspor

• Turkish Cup: 2017–18

İstanbul Başakşehir

• Süper Lig: 2019–20

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Okan Buruk.

• 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