Abdullah Ercan

Abdullah Ercan
Personal information
Full name Abdullah Ercan
Date of birth 8 December 1971 (1971-12-08) (age 40)
Place of birth Istanbul, Turkey
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Left wingback
Club information
Current club Gaziantepspor (head coach)
Youth career
1984–1990 Beyoğlu Kapalıçarşıspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1990–1999 Trabzonspor 249 (11)
1999–2003 Fenerbahçe 101 (5)
2003–2004 Galatasaray 7 (0)
2004–2006 İstanbulspor 29 (0)
Total 386 (16)
National team
1989–1990 Turkey U-18 10 (1)
1990–1993 Turkey U-21 19 (1)
1993 Turkey Olympic 4 (0)
1993–2003 Turkey 68 (0)
Teams managed
2007– Turkey U-17
2011– Gaziantepspor
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Abdullah Ercan (born 8 December 1971 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a retired Turkish international footballer. He currently manages Gaziantepspor and the Turkey U-17 team.

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Career

Ercan began football at Beyoğlu Kapalıçarşıspor in 1984. He played mostly for Trabzonspor (1990–1999) and Fenerbahçe (1999–2003). Ercan transferred to Galatasaray in 2003 and to İstanbulspor in 2004.

International career

He played for Turkey national football team and was a participant at Euro 1996, Euro 2000 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where Turkey finished third place.

Coaching career

Ercan is currently the head coach of the Gaziantepspor football team.[1]

Honours

Trabzonspor

Fenerbahçe

2002 FIFA World Cup

References

  1. ^ Gaziantepspor
Gaziantepspor – current squad
Süper Lig managers
Arveladze · Carvalhal · Cúper · Çalımbay · Çapa · Ercan · Erdem · Güneş · Kocaman · Korkmaz · Kutlu · Özdeş · Özdilek · Petković · E. Sağlam · N. Sağlam · Terim · Yanal
Gaziantepspor – managers