Okan Buruk

Okan Buruk

Buruk in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Okan Buruk
Date of birth	19 October 1973
Place of birth	Istanbul, Turkey
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6 ^1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
1987–1991	Galatasaray
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1991–2001	Galatasaray	189	(33)
2001–2004	Internazionale	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
2011–2013	Turkey (Assistant)
2013–2014	Elazığspor
2014–2015	Gaziantepspor
2015–2016	Sivasspor
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Okan Buruk (born 19 October 1973) is a Turkish former international footballer who played in the midfielder position. He played for Galatasaray, Internazionale, Beşiktaş, and İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor. He also won 56 caps with the Turkey national football team.

Club career

Okan 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 Internazionale, we 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 Büyükşehir Belediyespor in July 2008, retiring two years later.

International career

Okan made 56 appearances for the Turkey national football team, representing the country at UEFA Euro 2000 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He scored Turkey's opening goal 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 3–1 defeat of host nation South Korea in the third-place play-off.

Personal life

Okan married the model and former Miss Turkey winner Nihan Akkuş on 3 July 2007.

Career statistics

Club

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Galatasaray	1991–92	1	2	-	-	-	-	1	2
	1992–93	15	0	-	-	1	0	16	0
	1993–94	2	0	-	-	2	0	4	0
	1994–95	20	0	-	-	1	0	21	0
	1995–96	28	1	-	-	-	-	28	1
	1996–97	16	3	-	-	2	0	18	3
	1997–98	24	3	-	-	2	0	26	3
	1998–99	28	11	-	-	6	1	34	12
	1999–00	28	8	-	-	13	2	35	9
	2000–01	26	2	-	-	12	0	38	2
	Total	188	30	0	0	39	3	227	33
Internazionale	2001–02	7	0	-	-	3	0	10	0
	2002–03	14	2	-	-	7	0	21	2
	2003–04	3	0	-	-	4	0	7	0
	Total	24	2	0	0	14	0	38	2
Beşiktaş	2004–05	22	0	-	-	4	2	26	2
	2005–06	21	1	-	-	3	0	24	1
	Total	43	1	0	0	7	2	50	3
Galatasaray	2006–07	15	1	-	-	3	0	18	1
	2007–08	4	1	-	-	2	0	6	1
	Total	19	2	0	0	5	0	24	2
İstanbul BB	2008–09	17	0	1	0	-	-	18	0
	2009–10	11	0	2	0	-	-	13	0
	Total	28	0	3	0	0	0	31	0
Career total		302	35	3	0	65	5	369	40

Manager

Managerial statistics

As of 11 May 2014

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Elazığspor	2013	2014	34	12	6	16	35.29
Gaziantepspor	2014	2015	42	15	9	18	35.71
Sivasspor	2015	2016	11	2	2	7	18.18
Total			76	27	15	34	35.53

International

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

Honours

Galatasaray

• Turkish League (7): (1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999-00, 2007–08)
• UEFA Cup (1): (2000)
• UEFA Super Cup (1): (2000)

Turkey

• UEFA Euro 2000: Quarter-finalist
• FIFA World Cup 2002: 3rd place

Personal

2000 UEFA Super Cup: "Man of the match"

References

1. "Okan Buruk". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 1 June 2012.

External links

• Okan Buruk – FIFA competition record
• Okan Buruk at National-Football-Teams.com
• Profile at TFF.org