Fatih Tekke

Fatih Tekke

Fatih Tekke playing for Trabzonspor in 2005
Personal information
Full nameFatih Tekke
Date of birth9 September 1977
Place of birthKöprübaşı, Trabzon, Turkey
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
Kayseri Erciyesspor (manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1994–2000Trabzonspor83(12)
1997–1998→ Altay (loan)24(8)
2000–2002Gaziantepspor57(28)
2002–2006Trabzonspor114(77)
2006–2010Zenit Saint Petersburg73(24)
2010Rubin Kazan5(0)
2010–2011Beşiktaş2(0)
2011Ankaragücü5(3)
2011–2012Orduspor15(3)
National team‡
1998–2007Turkey25(9)
Teams managed
2015–Kayseri Erciyesspor
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 August 2012.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 August 2010

Fatih Tekke (born 9 September, 1977 in Köprübaşı) is a Turkish former international footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

Turkey

Tekke was born in the small town of Köprübaşı, in the province of Trabzon. He joined Trabzonspor, the major team in the area. Tekke was still in his teens when he started to appear in the first team. In 45 matches that he played between 1994–1997, he scored 6 goals. At the beginning of the 1997–1998 season he was loaned out to Altay SK of İzmir, where he scored 8 goals in 24 matches. In a 4–5 defeat to Galatasaray, he scored a hat-trick. However a few weeks later he broke his leg and was out of the game for six months. Upon his return to Trabzonspor, Tekke played another 38 matches and scored 6 goals before he transferred to Gaziantepspor in the summer of 2000. In this period he made his first appearance for the Turkish national team.

In 2002, Tekke returned to Trabzonspor and was given the captaincy. This was the time Tekke reached the peak of his career. In the 2004–2005 season he managed to become the league's top goal scorer with 31 goals, 7 goals ahead of the second placed player and was second for the Golden Foot. In the Turkish national team he won two medals for winning cups.

Russia

In July 2006, he signed for Zenit St. Petersburg. On 6 August 2006, Tekke scored on his debut for the club, as he came off the bench against Shinnik Yaroslavl and scored the only goal of the game for his team to win 1–0. Tekke scored the winning goal in the UEFA Cup group stage in a 3–2 victory over AE Larissa. He assisted the second in the 2008 UEFA Cup Final win over Rangers. On 21 October 2008, Tekke scored in the 1–1 draw with BATE Borisov in the Champions League. On 3 February 2010, Tekke signed a 3-year contract with FC Rubin Kazan. He only played five games before he decided to return to Turkey, transferring to Beşiktaş.

Back to Turkey

On 1 September 2010, Tekke signed a 2-year contract with Besiktas JK. However, he was only able to play a total of two games before he was sent to Ankaragücü, in the 2010–2011 transfer window. In the five matches he played for Ankaragücü, he only scored three goals. In the summer transfer season of 2011, the newly promoted team, Orduspor, declared that they had purchased Tekke from Ankaragücü. Tekke was given the number 23 and the captaincy of the team. He then moved to Orduspor and retired soon after. He is now a sporting director.

International career

Tekke was in the Turkish national squad for U15, U16, U17, U18, U21, and for the Turkish national team. For U15, he played 6 matches and scored no goals. For U16, he played 18 matches and scored 5 goals, while also winning the UEFA European Under-16 Championship, held in Ireland. For U17, he played 10 matches and scored no goals. For U18, he played 13 matches and scored 5 goals. For U21, he only played 1 match. Finally between 1998–2007, Tekke played 32 matches and scored 9 goals for the Turkish national team.

Career statistics

As of 10 November 2009[1]

Club

Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Trabzonspor 1994–95 4020----60
1995–96 20321----224
1996–97 19331----224
1997–98 20------20
Total 456720000528
Altay 1997–98 24821----269
Total 248210000269
Trabzonspor 1998–99 164------164
1999–00 22230----252
Total 386300000416
Gaziantepspor 2000–01 311520----3315
2001–02 241232----2714
2002–03 21------21
Total 57285200006230
Trabzonspor 2002–03 281354----3317
2003–04 241141----2812
2004–05 343142----3833
2005–06 282233----3125
Total 114771610000013087
Zenit St. Petersburg 2006 15431----185
2007 16420--41225
2008 22810--61299
2009 208----221511
Total 732461001248430
Rubin Kazan 2010 50------50
Total 5000000050
Beşiktaş 2010–11 2010000030
Total 2010000030
Career total 358149401600124403170

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 4 September 2004 Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon, Turkey  Georgia 1–0 1–1 2006 WC qualification
2. 9 October 2004 Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, İstanbul, Turkey  Kazakhstan 3–0 4–0 2006 WC qualification
3. 9 October 2004 Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, İstanbul, Turkey  Kazakhstan 4–0 4–0 2006 WC qualification
4. 30 March 2005 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia  Georgia 1–2 2–5 2006 WC qualification
5. 30 March 2005 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia  Georgia 1–3 2–5 2006 WC qualification
6. 8 June 2005 Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan  Kazakhstan 0–1 0–6 2006 WC qualification
7. 8 June 2005 Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan  Kazakhstan 0–4 0–6 2006 WC qualification
8. 17 August 2005 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria  Bulgaria 0–1 3–1 Friendly
9. 16 August 2006 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 0–1 0–1 Friendly

Honours

Turkey

Trabzonspor

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg

FC Rubin Kazan

References

  1. ↑ "Tekke, Fatih". National Football Teams. Retrieved 15 September 2010.

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