Okan Buruk

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Personal information
Okan Buruk
Image:Okan buruk 02.jpg
Full name	Okan Buruk
Date of birth	19 October 1973
Place of birth	İstanbul, Turkey
Height	1.69m
Position	Right midfielder
Club information
Current club	Galatasaray
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1991–2001 2001–2004 2004–2006 2006–present	Galatasaray Internazionale Beşiktaş Galatasaray	189 (32) 25 (2) 40 (1) 6 (0)
National team**
1992–present	Turkey	55 (8)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 June 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 10 June 2006.

Okan Buruk also known as Okan (born 19 October 1973 Istanbul) is a Turkish football player, currently plays for Galatasaray.

He competed with Turkish Giants Galatasaray and helped them win a UEFA Cup, Super Cup and many Turkish Titles during his 10 year stay (between 1991 - 2001). He was then signed by Italian Giants Internazionale and stayed on for 3 years. He was then signed by Beşiktaş. At the start of the 2006/2007 season Okan signed for Galatasaray, rejoining his old club. Okan has been having trouble to play first-team game since he is back to Turkey from Italy. Okan made his first goal after returning to Galatasaray against Liverpool in Champions League first round closing match with a spectecular long range shoot. That goal secured Galatasarays only victory in their Champions Leauge season but were not quite enough to keep them alive in European football for 2007 winter.

[edit] External links

(Italian) Profile and stats. at Inter Archive
(Turkish) Profile and stats. at Beşiktaş site
Short bios. at UEFA.com

	Turkey squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Third Place
1 Rüştü \| 2 Emre Aşık \| 3 Bülent \| 4 Fatih \| 5 Alpay \| 6 Arif \| 7 Okan \| 8 Tugay \| 9 Hakan Şükür \| 10 Baştürk \| 11 Hasan Şaş \| 12 Ömer \| 13 İzzet \| 14 Tayfur \| 15 Nihat \| 16 Ümit Özat \| 17 İlhan Mansız \| 18 Ergün \| 19 Abdullah \| 20 Hakan Ünsal \| 21 Emre Belözoğlu \| 22 Ümit Davala \| 23 Zafer \| Coach: Güneş

Galatasaray - Current Squad
1 Mondragón \| 2 Tomas \| 4 Song \| 5 Orhan \| 7 Okan \| 9 Hakan \| 10 Necati \| 11 Hasan Şaş \| 12 Aykut \| 14 Mehmet Topal \| 16 Carrusca \| 17 Fevzi \| 18 Ayhan \| 19 Cihan \| 21 Emre \| 22 Ilić \| 23 Inamoto \| 24 Mehmet Güven \| 25 Ferhat \| 26 Aydın \| 27 Özgürcan \| 28 Tolga \| 35 Oğuz \| 55 Sabri \| 58 Hasan Kabze \| 66 Arda \| 67 Ergün \| 99 Ümit