Tugay Kerimoğlu

Tugay Kerimoğlu
Tugay Kerimoğlu (2016)
Personnel
birthday	August 24, 1970
place of birth	Trabzon ,  Turkey
size	177 cm
position	midfield player
Juniors
Years	station
until 1984	Trabzonspor
1984-1987	Galatasaray Istanbul
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1987-1999	Galatasaray Istanbul	282 (31)
2000-2001	Glasgow Rangers	36 0(5)
2001-2009	Blackburn Rovers	233 (10)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1990-2007	Turkey	94 0(2)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2010	Galatasaray Istanbul (Assistant Coach)
2013-2014	Galatasaray Istanbul (Assistant Coach)
2015-2016	Şanlıurfaspor
1 Only league games are given.

Tugay Kerimoğlu (born August 24, 1970 in Trabzon ) is a former Turkish football player and current coach . Through his many years of work for Galatasaray Istanbul and as a home grown man, he is strongly associated with this club. On fan and club pages he is seen as one of the most important players in club history.

Family and childhood

Kerimoğlu was born in the north-east Turkish port city of Trabzon as the son of a bank director and a housewife. His father Özkan Kerimoğlu was also active as a professional footballer and played for the clubs Trabzon İdmanocağı , one of the four predecessor clubs of Trabzonspor , Vefa Istanbul and Adalet SK . His father encouraged his two sons to play football from an early age. So Kerimoğlu and before him his older brother Tolgay Kerimoğlu began in the youth department of Trabzonspor with the club football. When Tugay was 12 years old, his older brother, who at that time was already playing in the Trabzonspors youth division, took his younger brother to a selection tournament for the youth division. Here he immediately liked Sadi Tekelioğlu , the then head of the Trabzonspors youth department and, like his older brother, was accepted into the youth department. After the family had to move to Istanbul because of his father's work in 1984 , Kerimoğlu did a trial training at Beşiktaş Istanbul, after which he was not accepted into the youth department. With the help of Ergun Gürsoy , who is also from Trabzon, he switched to the youth department of Galatasaray Istanbul .

Player career

Club soccer

Kerimoğlu was discovered in 1984 by Ergun Gürsoy, the then board member, and brought into the youth of the traditional Turkish club Galatasaray Istanbul . There he played until 1987. From then on he was part of the professional squad under Jupp Derwall . Tugay Kerimoğlu shone with his excellent technique, his "eye for the teammate" and his game intelligence.

In his twelve years with the Red-Yellows he played numerous national and international games. He made a significant contribution to Galatasaray's international successes in the 1990s, as well as winning the UEFA Cup . He played 52 European Cup games for Galatasaray Istanbul.

After moving to the Glasgow Rangers in January 2000, Kerimoğlu was Scottish champions and cup winners with the team the following year. In July 2001, Graeme Souness , his former club coach at Galatasaray, brought him to Blackburn Rovers for just under four million euros . He was active there until 2009. With the Rovers he won the League Cup in 2002 .

In 2009 he ended his career after 22 years of professional football.

National team

Kerimoğlu made 94 international appearances and scored eight goals for Turkey . In 2007 he resigned from the national team. He was a record international at the time he announced his retirement.

Kerimoğlu took part in the 1996 European Football Championship in England and the 2000 European Championship in Belgium and the Netherlands . At the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea , Kerimoğlu was one of the key players on the Turkish teams. His greatest success with the Turkey national team was third place at the 2002 World Cup.

In early 2007 he was nominated again for the national team for the game against Georgia .

On June 5, 2007, Tugay Kerimoğlu played his farewell game in Dortmund against Brazil in the Turkish national team. It was his 94th and last mission.

Coaching career

After his playing career, Kerimoğlu returned to Turkey. In March 2010 he became director of the youth department of Galatasaray Istanbul . From October 2010 he was assistant coach at Galatasaray Istanbul; his contract ended in May 2012.

Kerimoğlu returned to Galatasaray Istanbul in late September 2013. This time he is assisting the Italian coach Roberto Mancini . After he left the club early in the summer of 2014, Kerimoğlu also ended his activity.

In November 2015, he took over the Turkish second division club Şanlıurfaspor and thus worked as head coach for the first time. After a lack of success, he terminated his contract in April 2016 after mutual agreement with the club.

Others

• He became the captain of Galatasaray in the 1992/93 season, making him the youngest captain in the club's history. Kerimoğlu was considered one of the best all-round midfielders in Turkey and earned the nickname Maestro . His personal love was the number 5, which he wore on all the teams he was active for.

• Since the opening of the new Türk Telekom Arena stadium , under the patronage of the main sponsor, Türk Telekom , Galatasaray Istanbul has been organizing thanks for its former legendary players before every home game. For example, on May 1, 2012, as part of the league match against Trabzonspor Kerimoğlu, a plaque of thanks for her long service and success was presented.

Private life

Tugay Kerimoğlu was married to a former Galatasaray basketball player Etkin Kerimoglu (Ünal) and has two children. The marriage ended in divorce after 25 years at the end of 2017.

successes

With Galatasaray Istanbul

• Turkish champion : 1987/88 , 1992/93 , 1993/94 , 1996/97 , 1997/98 , 1998/99
• Turkish Football Cup : 1990/91 , 1992/93 , 1995/96 , 1998/99
• Presidential Cup Winners : 1987/88, 1990/91, 1992/93, 1995/96
• Prime Minister Cup Winner : 1989/1990, 1994/1995
• TSYD Istanbul Cup winners : 1987/88, 1991/92, 1992/93, 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/00
• Quarter-finalist in the European Cup Winners' Cup : 1991/92
• Semi-finalist in the European Cup : 1988/89

With the Glasgow Rangers

• Scottish champion : 1999/2000
• Scottish Cup Winner : 1999/2000

With the Blackburn Rovers

• English league cup winner : 2001/02

With the Turkish national team

• Participants in the European Football Championship : 1996
• Quarter-finalist of the European Football Championship : 2000
• Third in the World Cup : 2002

With the Olympic selection of Turkey

• Silver medalist at the Mediterranean Games : 1991
• Gold medal winner of the Mediterranean Games : 1993

With the Turkish U-16 national team

• Fourth in the U-16 European Championship : 1987

Web links

• Tugay Kerimoğlu in the database of weltfussball.de
• Tugay Kerimoğlu in the database of kicker.de
• Tugay Kerimoğlu (Player Profile) in the database of the Turkish Football Federation (English)
• Tugay Kerimoğlu (coach profile) in the Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu database (English)
• Tugay Kerimoğlu in the mackolik.com database (Turkish)
• Tugay Kerimoğlu in the database of EU-Football.info (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} galatasaray.org: "Tugay Kerimoğlu Türk Telekom Arena ?? daydı" (accessed on January 4, 2016)
2. ↑ ligtv.com.tr: "Florya'da bir efsane doğuyor" ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2016 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 January 4, 2016) 
3. ↑ milliyet.com.tr: "Tugay Kerimoğlu'nun acı günü" (accessed on January 4, 2016)
4. ↑ aksiyon.com.tr: "Babasının hayalini aşan 'Tugs'" ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2016 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 January 4, 2014) 
5. ↑ milliyet.com.tr: "'Terim'in yaptıklarını saysak ...'" (accessed February 14, 2014).
6. ↑ hurriyet.com.tr: "Tugay Kerimoğlu resmen Şanlıurfaspor'da" (accessed on November 27, 2015)