Ömer Erdoğan (born 3 May 1977) is a Turkish football coach and a former player. He is currently manager of

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

club

Alanyaspor Alanyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Alanya in Antalya Province. Formed in 1948, the club colours are orange and green. Home matches are played at Kırbıyık Holding Stadium. The most recent club m ...

Playing career

Erdoğan began his professional career in Germany. He signed with

KSV Hessen Kassel KSV Hessen Kassel is a semi-professional German football club based in Kassel, Hesse. KSV competes in the German Regionalliga Südwest, the fourth tier of German football. Nicknamed "Die Löwen" (the lions), the club was founded as FC Union 9 ...

when he was 17, and moved to

FC St. Pauli Fußball-Club St Pauli von 1910 e.V., commonly known as simply FC St Pauli (), is a German professional football club based in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga. The football department is part of a larger ...

the following year. Erdoğan played with fellow Turkish-German footballers

Deniz Barış Deniz Barış (born 2 July 1977) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder or centre-back. Career Born in Kemah, Turkey, Barış played for SV Este 06/70 in his youth. He had an important role when FC ...

and

Cem Karaca Muhtar Cem Karaca (5 April 1945 – 8 February 2004) was a prominent Turkish rock musician and one of the most important figures in the Anatolian rock movement. He was a graduate of Robert College. He worked with various Turkish rock bands such ...

at the time. Erdoğan was transferred to

Erzurumspor Erzurumspor was a sports club located in Erzurum, Turkey. The football club played in the Turkish Regional Amateur League. The club also played in Turkish First League between 1998–2001. It fell into money shortage since 2000 and gradually ...

in 1998.

Bursaspor Bursaspor Kulübü Derneği (), commonly known as Bursaspor, is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Bursa. Formed in 1963, the club colours are green and white, with home kits usually featuring both colours in a striped pattern. In th ...

courted Erdoğan in 1998, but he chose to sign with Erzurumspor instead. He would end up signing for Bursaspor in 2006. Erdoğan had a successful stint at

Diyarbakırspor Diyarbakırspor is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Diyarbakır. Formed in 1968, they are nicknamed ''Diyar'' ("land"). Their colours are red and green, and they play their home matches at Diyarbakır Stadium. Diyar ...

from 2001 to 2003. At the end of the 2002–03 season, 15–16 clubs were interested in signing the centre back. He eventually signed for

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other dep ...

, citing

Fatih Terim Fatih Terim (born 4 September 1953) is a Turkish association football manager and former player. He is the former manager of Galatasaray, a position he previously held four times. Terim has managed several clubs in Italy (Milan and Fiorentina) ...

, then manager of the Istanbul-based club, as the main reason behind the move. He was a part of the Bursaspor squad that won the

in 2009–10.

Coaching career

On 29 August 2022, the day after the resignation of Mustafa Dalcı, Erdoğan became the new manager of

club

MKE Ankaragücü MKE Ankaragücü or fully Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi Ankaragücü (), is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Ankara. The football team wears a yellow and navy kit and plays its home matches at Eryaman Stadium following the closure of ...

Honours

Bursaspor *

: 2009–10

References

External links

TFF.org profile
* 1977 births Living people Footballers from Kassel German sportspeople of Turkish descent Turkish men's footballers German men's footballers Turkey men's international footballers Turkey men's B international footballers Men's association football defenders Süper Lig players 2. Bundesliga players KSV Hessen Kassel players FC St. Pauli players Erzurumspor footballers Diyarbakırspor footballers Galatasaray S.K. footballers Malatyaspor footballers Bursaspor footballers Turkish football managers German football managers Süper Lig managers Alanyaspor managers Fatih Karagümrük S.K. managers Hatayspor managers MKE Ankaragücü managers {{Turkey-footy-defender-stub

Playing career

Coaching career

Honours

See also

References

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