Ümit Özat

Ümit Özat
Ümit Özat in his time as an active professional soccer player in 1. FC Köln dress
Personnel
birthday	October 30, 1976
place of birth	Ankara ,  Turkey
size	186 cm
position	Full-back
Juniors
Years	station
1985	MKE Ankaragücü
1993-1994	Gençlerbirliği Ankara
1994-1995	Keçiörengücü
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1995-2001	Gençlerbirliği Ankara	150 (11)
2000-2001	→  Bursaspor  (loan)	24 0(1)
2001-2007	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	182 (12)
2007-2009	1. FC Cologne	35 0(0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1996-1997	Turkey U-21	7 0(0)
2000-2005	Turkey	41 0(1)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2009	1. FC Köln (assistant coach)
2009-2010	MKE Ankaragücü (Assistant Trainer)
2010-2011	MKE Ankaragücü
2012	Manisaspor
2014-2015	Elazığspor
2015	Boluspor
2015-2016	Samsunspor
2016	Mersin İdman Yurdu
2016-2017	Gençlerbirliği Ankara
2017-2018	Gençlerbirliği Ankara
2019	Giresunspor
2019	Adana Demirspor
1 Only league games are given.

Ümit Özat (born October 30, 1976 in Ankara ) is a former Turkish soccer player and today's soccer coach .

Professional career

Born in Ankara, Özat moved to Gençlerbirliği Ankara in 1995 at the age of 19 . After more than 150 games and an argument with officials of the club, he was loaned to Bursaspor . In the 2000/01 season Özat had played 24 games for Bursaspor before moving to Fenerbahçe Istanbul . In the next two seasons he showed appealing performances with his new club. In the 2003/04 season he missed just two games of the season and scored seven goals, while Fenerbahçe won the title in the Turkish Süper Lig . His contract term was then extended for a further 3 years.

In May 2007 he signed a three-year contract with 1. FC Köln . In the 2008/09 season Özat went as the team captain of the Domstadt team.

On the third matchday of the 2008/09 season, Özat collapsed in the 25th minute of the game without outside interference in the away game at Karlsruher SC and was treated unconscious for minutes on the field. After he was admitted to a Karlsruhe hospital for further examinations, his condition became stable again in the late evening. The game continued and his team won 2-0. As it turned out later, myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) was the cause of Özat's breakdown. On March 14, 2009, Özat tearfully announced the end of his career for health reasons and on medical advice.

In the national team

Ümit Özat made his debut with the Turkish national team on August 16, 2000 in a friendly against Bosnia-Herzegovina . He quickly established himself as a key player on the team and made two appearances at the 2002 FIFA World Cup , where Turkey finished third. In qualifying for UEFA EURO 2004 he sat on the bench but did not play a single game and watched his country fail to qualify for the European Championship in Portugal . Özat waited for his first international goal for almost four years. He succeeded on May 25, 2004 in a friendly against Australia with a free kick.

Style of play

The former captain of Fenerbahçe Istanbul is known for his calmness and professionalism. He is considered versatile and was used both as a preferred left or right full-back and as a center-back; he was also a dangerous long-range shooter.

successes

National team

Turkish Mediterranean selection

• Mediterranean Games : 1997 silver medal in Bari , Italy

Turkish national team

• World Championship : third in 2002

society

Fenerbahçe SK (2001-2007)

• 3 × Turkish champions : 2004 , 2005 , 2007

1. FC Cologne (2007-2009)

• Promotion to the 1st Bundesliga : 2008

statistics

Professional career			league		Cup		International		total
season	society	league	Games	Gates	Games	Gates	Games	Gates	Games	Gates
Turkey			Lig		Türkiye Kupası		UEFA		total
1995/96	Gençlerbirliği SK	Süper Lig (formerly 1st Lig)	17th	0	1	0	4th	0	22nd	0
1996/97			33	2	4th	1	-	-	37	3
1997/98			34	5	3	0	-	-	37	5
1998/99			31	1	3	0	-	-	34	1
1999/00			33	3	1	1	-	-	34	4th
2000/01			2	0	-	-	-	-	2	0
total			150	11	12	2	4th	0	166	13
2000/01	→ Bursaspor (loan)	Super Lig	24	1	2	0	-	-	26th	1
2001/02	Fenerbahçe SK	Super Lig	30th	1	2	0	6th	0	38	1
2002/03			30th	1	1	0	5	0	36	1
2003/04			32	7th	4th	0	-	-	36	7th
2004/05			31	2	4th	0	8th	0	43	2
2005/06			34	0	8th	0	6th	0	48	0
2006/07			25th	1	6th	0	8th	0	39	1
total			182	12	25th	0	33	0	240	12
Turkey overall			356	24	39	2	37	0	432	26th
Germany			Bundesliga		DFB Cup		UEFA		total
2007/08	1. FC Cologne	2nd Bundesliga	32	0	1	0	-	-	33	0
2008/09		1st National League	3	0	1	0	-	-	4th	0
total			35	0	2	0	-	-	37	0
Overall career			391	24	41	2	37	0	469	26th

Annotation:

1. ↑ ^{a b} The database of the Turkish Football Federation the gates in are penalties and into his own goal counted as gates, but have not been included in this table.
2. ↑ All games of the UEFA Champions League and Cup as well as the associated qualifying games have been combined.

Source:

1. ^ ^{A b} Turkish Football Federation database
2. ↑ TurkFutbolu.net ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ UEFA / player profile
4. ↑ ^{a b} Weltfussball.de
5. ↑ ^{a b} kicker.de

Coaching career

After Ümit Özat had ended his playing career, he continued to work as an assistant coach at 1. FC Köln from April 2009. Previously, he had completed the trainer course for the A license in Turkey. In December 2009 Özat's contract with 1. FC Köln was terminated.

He then became Roger Lemerre's assistant at MKE Ankaragücü . In May 2010 Özat Lemerre was succeeded as head coach.

On January 26, 2012 he became head coach at Manisaspor . After a month he was sacked after five losses in six games.

At the beginning of August 2014, Özar took over the second division side Elazığspor . In the spring he resigned, but the management of the club was able to change his mind to continue his work. At the end of April 2015, he finally resigned as a coach.

For the 2015/16 season he was introduced as the new head coach at the second division side Boluspor . After a few weeks he resigned after having had a difference of opinion with the club's management over new signings. In mid-July 2015, Özat took over Samsunspor . After a good start to the season with a temporary lead in the table, he was unable to continue this successful trend with his team during the first half of the season. After his resignation was prevented by the club's officials, he finally resigned as a coach in January 2016.

A few days after his departure from Samsunspor, he took over the bottom of the table in the first division Mersin İdman Yurdu . At this club, the football players had not received their salaries for a long time and threatened to control team training. Özat paid the salaries out of his own pocket and tried to focus the team on staying up. After the situation had not improved, he resigned in May 2016.

From November 2016 to the end of August 2017 he trained Gençlerbirliği Ankara . After he was released in August 2017 and has since been replaced by Mesut Bakkal , he agreed to work again with the club in November 2017. After he had not been able to secure relegation at the end of the season, he left the club again in August 2018. In January 2019 he took over the second division club Giresunspor and looked after it for a month. Three days after leaving Giresunspor, he was hired as the new head coach of league rivals Adana Demirspor .

Web links

Commons : Ümit Özat  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ümit Özat in the database of weltfussball.de
• Ümit Özat in the database of fussballdaten.de
• Ümit Özat in the database of kicker.de
• Ümit Özat (player profile) in the Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu database (English)
• Ümit Özat (coach profile) in the Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu database (English)
• Ümit Özat (trainer profile) in the database of mackolik.com (Turkish)
• Ümit Özat in the database of EU-Football.info (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ümt Özat signs in Cologne on May 26, 2007 on UEFA.com
2. ↑ Ümt Özat new captain at 1. FC Köln from August 5th, 2008 on spox.com
3. ↑ Ümt Özat is Cologne captain from August 5, 2008 on UEFA.com
4. ^ Cologne victory of Özat's collapse overshadowed on August 29, 2008 on Tagesspiegel.de
5. ↑ 1. FC Köln: Stable condition at Ümit (accessed on August 30, 2008)
6. ↑ Ümit Özat announces career end on March 14, 2009 on spox.com
7. ↑ Ümit Özat declares career ended on March 15, 2009 on Tagesspiegel.de
8. ↑ Sad retirement for Ümit Özat on March 16, 2009 on UEFA.com
9. ↑ Game Statistics: Bosnia & Herzegovina. vs. Turkey 16 August 2000
10. ↑ Match Statistics: Australia vs. Turkey 25 May 2004
11. ↑ His first day as a trainer on April 21, 2009 on Bild.de.
12. ↑ Ümit Özat - The new life as a trainer from April 10, 2009 on Bild.de.
13. ↑ Express: Ümit Özat leaves the FC ( Memento from September 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on December 21, 2009)
14. ↑ Contract with Özat terminated on December 21, 2009 on kicker.de
15. ↑ Ümit Özat in Turkey from December 23, 2009 on transfermarkt.de
16. ↑ Support from Ümit Özat; assisted the French from December 23, 2009 on kicker.de
17. ↑ Ümit Özat promoted to chief trainer ( Memento from May 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) from May 24, 2010 on Express.de
18. ↑ manisaspor.org.tr: ( Memento from December 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Ümit Özat ile anlaşma sağlandı
19. ↑ Manisaspor separates from Ümit Özat! ( Memento of the original from February 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from February 27, 2012 on GazeteFutbol.de 
20. ↑ trtspor.com.tr: "Elazığspor'da Ümit Özat dönemi" (accessed on August 31, 2014)