Hikmet Karaman
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hikmet Karaman | ||
Date of birth | March 9, 1960 | ||
Place of birth | Tirebolu, Turkey | ||
Playing position | Manager | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | None | ||
Teams managed | |||
Years | Team | ||
1994 | Kocaelispor (Assistant) | ||
1994–1995 | Galatasaray | (Assistant)||
1995–1998 | Kocaelispor (Assistant) | ||
1998 | Zeytinburnuspor | ||
1999 | Erzurumspor | ||
1999 | Çaykur Rizespor | ||
1999–2001 | Adanaspor | ||
2001–2003 | Kocaelispor | ||
2003–2004 | Çaykur Rizespor | ||
2004–2006 | Adanaspor | ||
2006 | Kayserispor | ||
2006–2007 | Ankaragücü | ||
2006–2007 | Ankaraspor | ||
2007–2008 | Antalyaspor | ||
2008–2009 | Ankaragücü | ||
2010–2011 | Manisaspor | ||
2012–2013 | Gaziantepspor | ||
2013 | Bursaspor | ||
2013– | Erciyesspor |
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Hikmet Karaman (born March 9, 1960 in Tirebolu[1]) is a Turkish football coach who most recently managed Bursaspor between January and August 2013. In the beginning of his coaching career, Karaman worked as an assistant coach for managers like Reinhard Saftig and Mustafa Denizli in Galatasaray and Kocaelispor, as well as Holger Osieck in both Kocaeli and Fenerbahçe. As a head coach he previously worked for clubs, such as, Kocaelispor, Zeytinburnuspor, Erzurumspor, Caykur Rizespor, Adanaspor, Kayserispor, Ankaragücü, Ankaraspor, Antalyaspor, Manisaspor, and Gaziantepspor, respectively. During his career he has won the Turkish Cup with Kocaelispor and the Second division league with Caykur Rizespor and Antalyaspor.
Biography
Professional career and education
He was born in Tirebolu, Turkey on 9 March 1960. He holds a UEFA Pro-License and can speak German at advanced level and English at an elementary level. Karaman started his Football career in the junior category of Kocaelispor; as a striker first, then as a midfielder, and finally as a left-back. While studying in Berlin, Germany, he played at Rot-Weiß football club. After Rot-Weiß, he played for Normania 08 club in Germany. Then he served as a trainer-player for Berlin Turkspor 1965, where they won the championships of A Liga, Landes Liga, and raised the team to the German third division. Karaman received his C, B and A licenses at the Köln Hennef Sportschule. His course lecturers were Bernt Stöber, Holger Osieck, Rute Muller and Berti Vogts. Currently, Karaman holds a UEFA pro-license.
1994–2001
In 1994, Karaman returned to Turkey and worked for Kocaelispor as assistant coach, together with Reinhard Saftig. In 1995–1996, he was passed to Galatasaray together with Saftig, as an assistant manager. That year, Galatasaray played against IFK Göteborg, Manchester United and Barcelona F.C. in the UEFA Champions League. In the 1997–1998 season, he came back to Kocaelispor and worked as the assistant for Mustafa Denizli, the former coach of Turkish National Team, Galatasaray, Fenerbahce and Beşiktaş. Later in 1998, Karaman worked with Holger Osieck and won the Turkish Cup. In 1999, he left Kocaeli and started his career as head coach with Zeytinburnuspor. He stayed there half a season and then moved to Erzurumspor in Turkish Super League. Again only spending half a season there, in 1999, Karaman took over Adanaspor. He took the team that was last and finished them within the first eight. He stayed in Adana for two years, until 2001.
2001-2006
In 2001, Karaman came back to Kocaelispor, who had only gotten 4 points in 14 games, and completed the season with 41 points. To add to his success, he defeated Galatasaray, coached by Mircea Lucescu, with a score of 3-2 in Istanbul and won the Turkish Cup by defeating another Istanbul giant, Beşiktaş, coached by Christoph Daum with even a more jaw-dropping score of 4-0 in the final. This victory had entitled his team to join the UEFA Cup. Furthermore, during the preparatory camp for this season, his team defeated Arsenal coached by Arsène Wenger with a remarkable score of 4-1. After spending two years in Kocaeli, Karaman switched over to Çaykur Rizespor in the lower division and managed to raise them to the Super League. Also, he succeeded to bring the team to the semi-final of the Turkey Cup. He later managed Adanaspor for two years till 2006.
2006-2010
In beginning of 2006, Karaman started coaching Kayserispor. He came to the job facing a challenging problem. Kayseri had only been able to accumulate 11 points in the entire first half of the season. Upon his arrival, he successfully laid the foundations of today’s Kayserispor by getting only 4 losses in 17 games in the second half. Thus, he was able to save Kayseri from relegation. In the summer of 2006, he signed with Ankaragücü again in the Turkish Super League. The following season, he left Ankaragücü for Ankaraspor. Karaman helped Ankaraspor, which had only received 3 points in 9 games with no wins, stay in the Super League at the end of the season. In 2008, Karaman started managing Antalyaspor in the second division and led the team to a promotion. In the 2009-2010 season, Karaman came back to Ankaragücü towards the end of the season and helped the team stay in the Super League, with 5 wins, in spite of the negative expectations. In 2010, he took over Manisaspor with 0 points after 4 games, and finished the season with 41 points with, even, some victories against the Turkish giants.
2012-
In the 2012-2013 season, Karaman came to Gaziantepspor in the week 23, replacing Abdullah Ercan. On February 4, 2013, Karaman terminated his contract with Gaziantep and signed with Bursaspor two days later. After defeat of 0-3 in home against FK Vojvodina in UEFA Europa League second qualifying round, he is dismissed from Bursaspor, just before beginning of Turkish Super League 2013-2014 season. [2]
References
http://www.hikmetkaraman.com.tr/IcerikGetir/1096.aspx