Okan Buruk

Okan Buruk (born 19 October 1973) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Süper Lig club Galatasaray. As a former midfielder, he played for Galatasaray, Inter Milan, Beşiktaş, and İstanbul B.B. He was capped 56 times for the Turkey national team.

Okan Buruk
Buruk in 2012
Personal information
Full name Okan Buruk
Date of birth (1973-10-19) 19 October 1973
Place of birth Istanbul, Turkey
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Galatasaray (manager)
Youth career
?–1984 Karadeniz İdman Ocağı
1984–1991 Galatasaray
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–2001 Galatasaray 189 (33)
2001–2004 Inter Milan 24 (2)
2004–2006 Beşiktaş 43 (1)
2006–2008 Galatasaray 19 (2)
2008–2010 İstanbul Başakşehir 28 (0)
Total 304 (38)
International career
1989–1990 Turkey U16 5 (0)
1990–1992 Turkey U18 28 (4)
1992–1995 Turkey U21 13 (1)
1992–2010 Turkey 56 (8)
Managerial career
2013–2014 Elazığspor
2014–2015 Gaziantepspor
2015–2016 Sivasspor
2016–2017 Göztepe
2017–2018 Akhisarspor
2018–2019 Çaykur Rizespor
2019–2021 İstanbul Başakşehir
2022– Galatasaray
Honours
Representing  Turkey
Men's football
FIFA World Cup
Third place2002 Japan–South Korea
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Okan Buruk 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.

Inter Milan

In 2001, he was signed by Italian Serie A club Inter Milan along with his teammate Emre, where he played for three years. On August 26, 2001, Okan made his debut against Perugia coming in as a substitute for Seedorf. He made his first Champions League appearance for Inter in a home game win against Ajax on September 25, 2002.

On October 21, 2001, in the derby game against Terim's Milan, Okan made the assist to Kallon where Inter lost their home game 4–2 against their rivals.

Okan scored his first goal on the 89th minute helping his team to earn a 2–2 draw in an away game against Roma on November 16, 2002. Okan was a non-stop running player with energy; he mentioned that his former coach Cuper yelled at him from the bench that he should stay at his position.

Besiktas

He played two seasons for Beşiktaş and he won the Turkish Cup in 2006.

Return to Galatasaray

In July 2006, Okan made his return to his former club Galatasaray by signing a two-year contract. After becoming Süper Lig winners in 2007–08 season his contract was not extended and Okan left the club.

İstanbul Başakşehir

After his contract expired with Galatasaray, Okan joined İstanbul B.B. in July 2008 for a two year deal.

Retirement

On May 22, 2010, he retired as a player after a friendly game against Czech Republic in Leipzig.[2]

International career

Okan made 56 appearances for the Turkey national team, representing the country at UEFA Euro 2000 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He scored Turkey's first ever Euro goal, the equaliser of Euro 2000 in a 2–1 loss to Italy in Arnhem. Okan was also part of the 2002 FIFA World Cup squad, but due to an injury he made his only appearance as a substitute in the 3–2 win against host nation South Korea in the third-place play-off.

Managerial career

After his playing career, Okan became a professional manager. On 10 May 2018, he guided Akhisarspor to their second trophy in their history, the 2017–18 Turkish Cup.[3]

After Akhisarspor, he managed Çaykur Rizespor from 2018 until 2019, before becoming the new manager of İstanbul Başakşehir on 11 June 2019. In his first season in charge, Buruk guided the club to their first ever league title.

In early 2021, he left İstanbul Başakşehir on "mutual agreement" after a string of poor results by the club under his management in the 2020–21 Süper Lig season.[4]

Galatasaray

On 23 June 2022, Okan was appointed as coach of his former club Galatasaray.[5] He won 14 consecutive games in a row and broke the club record.[6]

Personal life

He is originally from Akçaabat, Trabzon. He married model and former Miss Turkey and Top Model of the World 2003 winner Nihan Akkuş on 3 July 2007. His brother, Fuat, was also a professional footballer and currently a coach.[7]

Career statistics

Club

Source:[8]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental[lower-alpha 1] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Galatasaray 1991–92 1. Lig[lower-alpha 2] 12——12
1992–93 1501010170
1993–94 20—2040
1994–95 2005120270
1995–96 2813020331
1996–97 1631020193
1997–98 2438120344
1998–99 281162814213
1999–00 288511534812
2000–01 26230140432
Total 1883032539325938
Internazionale 2001–02 Serie A 701030110
2002–03 152—70222
2003–04 302—4090
Total 24200140382
Beşiktaş 2004–05 Süper Lig 220—42262
2005–06 2113051292
Total 4310072503
Galatasaray 2006–07 Süper Lig 1514031222
2007–08 41202081
Total 1926051303
İstanbul BB 2008–09 Süper Lig 17010—180
2009–10 11020—130
Total 28030—310
Career total 302353065536940
  1. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup
  2. Named respectively as Milli Lig between 1959–1962, Türkiye 1. Futbol Ligi (1. Lig) between 1962–2000, and Süper Lig from 2001 to present

International

Source:[9]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Turkey 199210
199830
199950
200082
200192
200272
200391
200490
200541
201010
Total568

Managerial
As of match played 16 May 2023
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Elazığspor Turkey 30 October 2013 2 June 2014 33 11 6 16 033.33
Gaziantepspor Turkey 1 August 2014 10 June 2015 42 15 9 18 035.71
Sivasspor Turkey 27 October 2015 8 February 2016 11 2 2 7 018.18
Göztepe Turkey 1 August 2016 22 March 2017 32 14 7 11 043.75
Akhisarspor Turkey 28 March 2017 30 June 2018 54 24 11 19 044.44
Çaykur Rizespor Turkey 24 September 2018 29 May 2019 32 11 12 9 034.38
İstanbul Başakşehir Turkey 11 June 2019 29 January 2021 79 36 18 25 045.57
Galatasaray Turkey 23 June 2022 present 37 28 4 5 075.68
Total 320 141 69 110 044.06

Honours

Player

Galatasaray

Beşiktaş

Turkey

Manager

Akhisarspor

İstanbul Başakşehir

Individual

References
  1. Okan Buruk at FootballDatabase.eu
  2. "37 yaşında bıraktılar" (in Turkish). Yeni Safak. 22 May 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  3. "Kupa tarihinin 15. şampiyonu oldu!".
  4. "Başakşehir parts way with coach Okan Buruk after Trabzon defeat". Daily Sabah.
  5. "Yuvana hoş geldin Okan Buruk!". Galatasaray S.K. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  6. GLHN (7 August 2022). "Okan Buruk - Genel". Gülhan Sözlük (in Turkish). Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  7. "Alican Buruk Orhangazispor'da". 19 November 2013. Archived from the original on 19 November 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. "Okan Buruk @ (Başakşehir FK) maçkolik.com" (in Turkish). mackolik.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  9. "Okan Buruk National Football Teams" (in Turkish). national-football-teams.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  10. Crouch, Terry (2002). The World Cup - The Complete History. Great Britain: Aurum Press Ltd. p. 548. ISBN 1845131495.
  11. "2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan™". FIFA. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  12. "Korea Republic 2 – 3 Turkey". FIFA. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
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