Gündüz Kılıç

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Gündüz Kılıç
Personnel
birthday January 1, 1918
place of birth Istanbul ,  Ottoman Empire
date of death May 17, 1980
Place of death New York City ,  United States
position striker
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1934-1945 Galatasaray Istanbul
1945-1946 Ankara Demirspor
1946-1952 Galatasaray Istanbul
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1936-1951 Turkey 11 (5)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1952-1953 Galatasaray Istanbul
1953-1954 Vefa Istanbul
1954 Turkey
1954-1957 Galatasaray Istanbul
1959-1960 Ferikoy SK
1960-1967 Galatasaray Istanbul
1968-1969 Altay Izmir
1971-1972 Beşiktaş Istanbul
1 Only league games are given.

Gündüz Kılıç (born January 1, 1918 in Istanbul , † May 17, 1980 in New York City ) was a Turkish football player and coach. Through his many years of work for Galatasaray Istanbul , he is strongly associated with this association. On the fan and club side, he is seen as one of the most important players and coaches in club history. His nickname, by which he is still known today, is Baba (father) .

Career

As a player

Kılıç first came into contact with football as a student at Galatasaray High School . In 1934 Kılıç came to the first team and was used there as a center forward. In his first season (1935/36) the striker scored 16 goals in 12 games in the İstanbul Ligi . In the 1938/39 season he did not come to work because he went to Germany to study for a year . On June 30, 1940, Beşiktaş Istanbul and Galatasaray met . The result was after 90 minutes of play 9: 2 for the yellow-red ; five of the nine goals were from Gündüz Kılıç. Kılıç won his first title as a player in the 1941/42 season with the İstanbul Kupası (Istanbul Cup). The team was able to defend the title a year later. Due to his conscription , Kılıç moved to Ankara Demirspor for one season .

He then played for Galatasaray for another seven years. His last game as an active footballer was on May 3, 1952 against İstanbulspor .

For Turkey Kılıç played from 1936 to 1951. He came to 11 games and scored five goals, he also took part with the national team at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London . During the games, the striker made two appearances and scored twice.

As a trainer

Five months after retiring as a player, Gündüz Kılıç became the coach of Galatasaray Istanbul. This was followed by a season at Vefa Istanbul and a deployment as the national coach of Turkey on October 17, 1954 against Yugoslavia . Two weeks after leading the national team, the former striker returned to the Galatasaray coaching bench. At the end of the 1954/55 season he won the İstanbul Profesyonel Ligi with his team . In the summer of 1955, Kılıç Metin signed Oktay from İzmirspor . The İstanbul Profesyonel Ligi could be defended in the following season, so Galatasaray qualified as the first Turkish team for the European Cup (today UEFA Champions League). After the 1956/57 season, Kılıç left Galatasaray.

After a two-year break, he returned as coach of Feriköy SK and took part with his team in the first season of the newly founded Millî Lig . Before the last game of the season, Kılıç resigned and was again coach at Galatasaray the following season. In 1962 he became Turkish champion for the first time. A year later the championship was defended and the newly played Turkish Cup was won. Kılıç was the first coach to win the double . He won the Turkish Cup with his team in 1965 and 1966. In September 1966 the Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası was won.

After seven years, Gündüz Kılıç Galatasaray left for good. Engagements at Altay Izmir and Beşiktaş Istanbul followed . In 1972 Kılıç ended his coaching career. In 1979 he was diagnosed with lung cancer and had cancer therapy in New York City . He died on May 17, 1980 as a result of his illness in Istanbul.

successes

As a player

As a trainer

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cihat Acar: 111 Reasons to Love Galatasaray , 2014, p. 51.
  2. ↑ mackolik.com: Besiktas-Galatasaray (June 30, 1940) ( Memento of the original from December 4, 2017 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. (accessed on February 7, 2017) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mackolik.com
  3. ↑ mackolik.com: Galatasaray-Istanbulspor (May 3, 1952) ( Memento of the original from December 4, 2017 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. (accessed on February 7, 2017) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mackolik.com
  4. ↑ galatasaray.org: Gündüz Kılıç Türk Telekom Arena'da Anıldı (accessed on February 7, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Kılıç, Gündüz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Istanbul
DATE OF DEATH May 17, 1980
Place of death New York City