Bülent Korkmaz

Bülent Korkmaz
Personal information
Full name Bülent Korkmaz
Date of birth 24 November 1968 (1968-11-24) (age 43)
Place of birth Malatya, Turkey
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Karabükspor
Youth career
1979–1986 Galatasaray A2
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1986–2005 Galatasaray 430 (15)
National team
1988 Turkey U21 3 (0)
1990–2005 Turkey 102 (3)
Teams managed
2005 Gençlerbirliği (Assistant)
2007 Kayseri Erciyesspor
2007 Bursaspor
2007–2008 Gençlerbirliği
2009 Galatasaray
2009–2010 Baku
2011- Karabükspor
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Bülent Korkmaz (born 24 November 1968 in Malatya) is a retired Turkish football centre back and manager of Karabükspor. He played for Galatasaray for his whole career (1987–2005), where fans nicknamed him Büyük Kaptan (the Great Captain).

He retired at the end of the 2004–2005 season, having made over 100 appearances for Turkey.

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Youth career

Bülent entered the Galatasaray youth setup at the age of 11 as a goalkeeper. His coach at the time said that he was not suited for that role so he was moved into the defensive midfielder role, and subsequently became a central defender. At age 16 he was offered a contract by German club Bayer Leverkusen. However, he remained at Galatasaray, where he was promoted to the senior squad in 1987.

Club career

Bülent spent a quarter of a century at Galatasaray, where he won 29 trophies, including one UEFA Cup, one UEFA Super Cup, 8 league titles and 5 domestic cups. He reached the semi-finals of the European Cup in the 1988–1989 season. Bülent became the 13th player in history to make 100 European club competition appearances, and made 102 such appearances in all.

International career

Internationally, he was the first Turkish international to reach 100 caps, gaining 102 by the time of his retirement. He was also part of the Turkish squad that finished third at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and, in 2003, had the same finishing position at the FIFA Confederations Cup. Bülent also represented Turkey in EURO 96.

Miscellaneous

He was selected in the World Team in 2001 against a joint team fielded by 2002 World Cup co-hosts Japan and South Korea, and also in 2003 against Juventus F.C.

During the 2000 UEFA Cup Final between Galatasaray and Arsenal F.C., his shoulder was dislocated and Bülent declined to leave the pitch, so the doctors strapped his shoulder to his chest and he played the rest of the match, helping his side toward victory after a penalty shootout.

Coaching career

On 30 August 2005, Bülent became assistant manager at Gençlerbirliği S.K.,[1] but resigned before the season's end. In January 2007, he took on a new job as manager of Kayseri Erciyesspor, who were at the bottom of the Turkish league. Despite better results in the second half of the league, (including reaching the Cup final), the side was relegated from the league, and Bülent again resigned, agreeing to become Bursaspor manager in June 2007.

He was fired from Bursaspor in October 2007, and returned to Gençlerbirliği, this time as the main coach.

Galatasaray

On February 23, 2009, after the sacking of Michael Skibbe, Bülent became the new manager of Galatasaray.[2] He resigned from the role in June 2010.[3]

Karabükspor

On November 8, 2011, after the resignation of Yücel İldiz, Bülent became the new manager of Karabükspor.[4]

Personal life

Bülent's younger brother, Mert Korkmaz, was also a professional footballer, who retired in 2008. Both played at Galatasaray from 1993–97. Bülent is married and has 2 daughters.

Honours

Player

Career statistics

[5]

Club

Club Season League Cup[6] League Cup[7] Europe[8] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Galatasaray
1987–88 0 0 - - 2 0 - - 2 0
1988–89 10 0 - - 3 0 7 0 20 0
1989–90 21 0 - - 2 0 2 0 25 0
1990–91 30 2 4 0 2 0 - - 36 2
1991–92 27 3 2 0 2 0 5 0 36 3
1992–93 29 1 6 0 3 0 5 0 43 1
1993–94 30 1 5 1 3 0 9 0 47 2
1994–95 31 1 6 1 2 0 8 0 47 2
1995–96 29 0 6 0 2 0 2 0 39 0
1996–97 32 2 1 1 2 0 4 0 39 3
1997–98 29 1 7 0 2 0 8 0 46 1
1998–99 21 1 6 0 1 0 2 0 30 1
1999–00 22 0 3 1 0 0 8 0 33 1
2000–01 27 0 2 0 0 0 15 1 44 1
2001–02 26 3 0 0 0 0 12 0 38 3
2002–03 30 1 2 0 0 0 6 0 38 1
2003–04 23 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 29 0
2004–05 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Career total 430 15 52 4 26 0 102 1 610 20

International

National team Year Apps Goals Assists
Turkey 1990 2 0 -
1991 8 0 -
1992 8 0 -
1993 6 1 -
1994 7 1 -
1995 8 0 -
1996 9 0 -
1997 4 0 -
1998 0 0 -
1999 0 0 -
2000 5 0 -
2001 5 0 -
2002 15 1 -
2003 14 0 -
2004 7 0 -
2005 2 0 -
Total 102 3 -

Managerial statistics

As of 10 June 2010
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Kayseri Erciyesspor 2006 2007 &1000000000000001700000017 &100000000000000070000007 &100000000000000050000005 &100000000000000050000005 &1000000000000004117999941.18
Bursaspor 2007 2007 &100000000000000090000009 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000040000004 &100000000000000040000004 &1000000000000001110999911.11
Gençlerbirliği 2007 2008 &1000000000000001000000010 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000030000003 &100000000000000050000005 &1000000000000002000000020.00
Galatasaray 2009 2009 &1000000000000001500000015 &100000000000000070000007 &100000000000000040000004 &100000000000000040000004 &1000000000000004667000046.67
Baku 2009 2010 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 !—
Total &1000000000000005100000051 &1000000000000001700000017 &1000000000000001600000016 &1000000000000001800000018 &1000000000000003332999933.33

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Gençlerbirliği go for Bülent
  2. ^ "New Coach Bülent Korkmaz". Galatasaray S.K. Official Website. http://www.galatasaray.org/en/futbol/futbol_as/haber/531.php. Retrieved 2009-02-23. 
  3. ^ Galatasaray entlässt Trainer
  4. ^ "Bülent Korkmaz ıle Prensipte Anlaşmaya Varılmıştır". Karabükspor Official Website. http://www.kardemirkarabukspor.org.tr/haber_detay.asp?id=1443. Retrieved 2011-11-08. 
  5. ^ "Korkmaz, Bülent". National Football Teams. http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=6969. Retrieved 2010-06-10. 
  6. ^ Includes Turkish Cup
  7. ^ Includes Atatürk Cup, Chancellor Cup, President Cup and TSYD Cup
  8. ^ Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Tugay Kerimoğlu		 Galatasaray S.K. Captain
1995–2005		 Succeeded by
Hakan Şükür
Karabükspor – 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

1 Taffarel | 3 Bülent (C) | 4 Popescu | 5 Emre | 6 Arif | 7 Okan | 8 Suat | 9 Hakan Ş. | 10 Hagi | 12 Mehmet B. | 13 Mehmet Y. | 14 Fatih | 16 Ahmet 17 Emrah |
22 Ümit | 23 Hasan | 30 Kerem | 33 Hakan Ü. | 35 Capone | 36 Marcio | 67 Ergün | Alper | Osman | Saffet
President: Faruk Süren | Manager: Fatih Terim

1 Taffarel | 2 Vedat | 3 Bülent (C) | 4 Popescu | 5 Emre B. | 6 Ahmet | 7 Okan | 8 Suat | 9 Jardel | 10 Hagi | 11 Hasan | 12 Mehmet B. | 14 Fatih | 16 Kerem | 20 Serkan |
21 Emre A. | 22 Ümit D. | 35 Capone | 36 Marcio | 57 Hakan Ü. | 67 Ergün | Alper | Bülent | Faruk | Ümit A.
President: Faruk Süren | Manager: Mircea Lucescu
Turkey squad – UEFA Euro 1996
Turkey squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup Third Place
Turkey squad – 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Bronze Medal
Kayseri Erciyesspor – managers
  • Güzelırmak (1991–92)
  • Aybaba (1993–94)
  • Güzelırmak (1994–95)
  • Çetiner (1995–96)
  • Aybaba (1996–97)
  • Mulţescu (1997–98)
  • Kılıç (1998–99)
  • Uğur (2000–01)
  • Kılıç (2000–01)
  • Yaman (2001–02)
  • Hamamcı (2003–04)
  • Çetin (2004)
  • Uğur (2004–07)
  • Korkmaz (2007)
  • Uğur (2008)
  • Altındağ (2008–09)
  • Bulut (2009–10)
  • Devrim (2010–)
Bursaspor – managers
  • Doğanay (1960–70)
  • O. Arıca (1970)
  • Türesin (1971–72)
  • Doğanay (1972–73)
  • Baştüzel (1973–74)
  • Kutluay (1975)
  • Bulduk (1975)
  • Baştüzel (1975–76)
  • Bulduk (1976)
  • O. Arıca (1976–77)
  • Yavuz (1977–78)
  • Baştüzel (1978–80)
  • Tümer (1981)
  • Baştüzel (1981)
  • Ürekli (1981)
  • Yamanlar (1981–82)
  • Aytaç (1982–83)
  • Tırpan (1983–85)
  • Kural (1985–86)
  • Türel (1986–87)
  • Macurni (1987)
  • Tırpan (1987–88)
  • Aytaç (1988)
  • Aydın (1988)
  • Yamanlar (1988)
  • Kural (1988–89)
  • Onay (1989)
  • Türel (1990)
  • Jarabinský (1990–91)
  • Argon (1991–92)
  • Tokyay (1992)
  • Nepomniachi (1992–93)
  • Berdyev (1993)
  • Palacios (1994)
  • Göncüler (1994)
  • Türel (1994–95)
  • Heylens (1995–96)
  • Türel (1996)
  • Tekelioğlu (1996–97)
  • Yamanlar (1997)
  • Peruzović (1997)
  • Vural (1997–98)
  • Pecze (1998–00)
  • Aybaba (2000–01)
  • Gül (2001)
  • Meeuws (2001)
  • E. Arıca (2001–02)
  • Yanal (2002–04)
  • E. Arıca (2004)
  • Çetin (2004)
  • Doğan (2004–05)
  • Bakkal (2005–07)
  • Çapa (2007)
  • Stumpf (2007)
  • Korkmaz (2007–08)
  • Bakkal (2008)
  • Aybaba (2008–09)
  • Doll (2009–10)
  • Zumdick (2010–11)
  • Çapa (2011–)