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
Playing position	Right midfielder
Club information
Current club	Galatasaray
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991–2001 2001–2004 2004–2006 2006–present	Galatasaray Internazionale Beşiktaş Galatasaray	189 (32) 25 (2) 40 (1) 6 (1)
National team²
1992–present	Turkey	55 (8)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 June 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 10 June 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

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

He played for Turkish Giants Galatasaray and helped them win a UEFA Cup, Super Cup and many Turkish Titles during his 10 year stay (between 1991 - 2001). In 1992, his leg was broken in a game against Trabzonspor, and he had a year long hiatus.

In 2001, he was signed by Italian Giants Internazionale and stayed on for 3 years. He was then signed by Beşiktaş and returned to Turkey. At the start of the 2006/2007 season Okan signed for Galatasaray again, 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 S.K. - Current Squad
1 Mondragón \| 2 Tomas \| 4 Song \| 5 Ak \| 7 Buruk \| 9 Şükür \| 10 Ateş \| 11 Şaş \| 12 Erçetin \| 14 Topal \| 16 Carrusca \| 17 Elmas \| 18 Akman \| 19 Haspolatlı \| 21 Aşık \| 22 Ilić \| 23 Inamoto \| 24 Güven \| 25 Öztorun \| 26 Yılmaz \| 27 Özcan \| 28 Seyhan \| 30 Yarkın \| 35 Sabankay \| 38 Karaer \| 55 Sarıoğlu \| 58 Kabze \| 66 Turan \| 67 Penbe \| 99 Karan \| Manager: Gerets