Tolunay Kafkas

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Tolunay Kafkas
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Personnel
Surname Hakkı Tolunay Kafkas
birthday March 31, 1968
place of birth Ankara ,  Turkey
size 187 cm
position Midfielder , defense
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1987-1988 Türk Telekomspor 27 (16)
1988-1989 Keçiörengücü 27 0(9)
1989-1991 Diyarbakırspor 58 (26)
1991-1992 Erzurumspor 23 0(7)
1992-1993 Konyaspor 24 0(1)
1993-1998 Trabzonspor 144 (17)
1998-2000 Galatasaray Istanbul 14 0(1)
1999-2000 →  Bursaspor  (loan) 24 0(1)
2000-2002 Denizlispor 48 0(3)
2002-2004 ASKÖ Pasching 74 (35)
2004 LASK Linz 4 0(2)
2004-2005 →  Admira Wacker  (loan) 32 0(4)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1994-1998 Turkey 33 0(3)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2005-2006 ASKÖ Pasching (assistant trainer)
2006 Turkey U-21
2007-2010 Kayserispor
2010-2011 Gaziantepspor
2010-2011 Turkey (youth coordinator)
2012-2013 Turkey U-21
2013 Trabzonspor
2013-2015 Kardemir Karabükspor
2015-2016 Kayserispor
2016-2017 Akhisar Belediyespor
1 Only league games are given.

Hakkı Tolunay Kafkas (born March 31, 1968 in Ankara ) is a former Turkish soccer player and current coach.

Player career

Tolunay Kafkas played for many clubs: PTT , Keçiörengücü , Diyarbakırspor , Erzurumspor , Konyaspor , Trabzonspor , Galatasaray Istanbul , Bursaspor and Denizlispor in Turkey.

In Austria he played for ASKÖ Pasching from 2002 to 2004 , in 2004 for LASK Linz and from 2004 to 2005 for VfB Admira Wacker Mödling .

Tolunay Kafkas played 33 times for Turkey . He took part in the 1996 European Football Championship with the national team.

Coaching career

From the 2007/08 season , Kafkas was the coach of the Turkish first division club Kayserispor for three seasons . In his first season with the Red-Yellows , he won the Turkish Cup in 2008 . At the end of the season, he announced to part ways with the club.

For the 2010/11 season, he then accepted an offer from league rival Gaziantepspor . With this club he immediately reached fourth place in the table in his first season. So he took part in the UEFA Europa League for the next season . Here you failed in the third qualifying round to the Polish representative Legia Warsaw . The start in the Süper Lig failed with four defeats in four games. Kafkas had a tense relationship with the fans from the start of the season. After the series of defeats, the fans demanded his dismissal. Thereupon Kafkas announced his resignation after the third match day, but he could be changed by the club management. After the lost game on matchday four, the same situation arose, so that Kafkas finally left the club.

During the winter break he was the coach of the Turkish U-21s for the second time .

In the spring of 2013, Trabzonspor's long-time coach , Şenol Güneş , resigned from his position. As one of the coaches who were already active as a player at the club, Kafkas was immediately traded as a possible successor. Kafkas had mentioned several times that he would like to coach Trabzonspor one day. So the club management offered him the coaching position. Kafkas agreed and signed a 3.5 year contract on January 29th.

With the end of the professional leagues in summer 2013, Trabzonspor elected a new club president with İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu . As one of his first acts, he introduced Mustafa Reşit Akçay as the new head coach of Trabzonspor and declared the cooperation with Kafkas to be over.

For the 2013/14 season, Kafkas took over the first division club Kardemir Karabükspor . On February 23, 2015, his contract was terminated by mutual agreement with the club's management.

In July 2015 he took over the first division club Kayserispor as head coach for the second time in his career. He signed a one-year contract with the Central Anatolians. After Kayserispor, Kafkas succeeded Cihat Arslan at Akhisar Belediyespor in early September 2016 . He resigned from his position in March 2017.

successes

As a player

With Trabzonspor
With Galatasaray Istanbul
With the Turkish national team

As a trainer

With Kayserispor
With Gaziantepspor

Trivia

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ntvspor.net: "Şenol Güneş istifa etti!" (accessed on January 29, 2013)
  2. ↑ trabzonspor.org.tr: "Tolunay Kafkas sözleşme imzaladı" ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on January 29, 2013) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.trabzonspor.org.tr
  3. ↑ hurriyet.com.tr: "Trabzonspor'un teknik direktörü Mustafa Reşit Akçay" (accessed on June 25, 2013)
  4. ↑ mackolik.com: "Karabükspor'da Kafkas dönemi" (accessed on July 8, 2013)
  5. ↑ trtspor.com.tr: "Süper Lig'de şok ayrılık" (accessed on February 23, 2015)
  6. ↑ ntvspor.net: "Evime geldiğim için mutluyum" (accessed on July 9, 2015)
  7. ↑ ajansspor.com: "2000. gol Adrian'dan!" ( Memento of the original from August 29, 2013 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 August 26, 2013) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ajansspor.com
personal data
SURNAME Kafkas, Tolunay
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Ankara , Turkey