Cem Karaca (born 8 May 1976) is a Turkish-German

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coach and former player who played as a

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Club career

He started his career in Germany playing for

1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern (), K'lautern or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to Association football, football ...

and

FC St. Pauli Fußball-Club St. Pauli von 1910 e.V., commonly known as simply FC St. Pauli (), is a German professional association football, football club based in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg. The team plays in the Bundesliga from the 2024–25 Bundesli ...

before spending most of his career in Turkey with

Yimpaş Yozgatspor Yozgatspor was a Turkish sports club based in Yozgat, Turkey. The football club played in the TFF Third League. They played in the Süper Lig between 2000 and 2002 and relegated to the Third League in the 2008–09 season. They finally relegated ...

, Fenerbahçe,

Konyaspor Konyaspor Kulübü (, Konya Sports Club), commonly referred to as Konyaspor, is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya, one of the largest cities in central Anatolia. Due to sponsorship agreements, the club is also officially known ...

Kayserispor Kayseri Spor Kulübü, commonly known as Kayserispor, and also called Bellona Kayserispor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club based in Kayseri. They play their home matches at the RHG Enertürk Enerji Stadium ...

Sivasspor Sivasspor Kulübü, known as Net Global Sivasspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish sports club based in Sivas. The primary department of the club is men's football. Formed in 1967, its football department has competed in Süper Lig since t ...

, and

İstanbulspor İstanbulspor Kulübü is a Turkish association football, football and sports club founded by Istanbul High School students in 1926. In 2004–05, they were relegated from the Turkish Süper Lig (Super League) to the TFF First League. For many d ...

. He played once for the Turkish B national team and three times for the U21. In the 2000–01 season, he was suspended from football for six months after doping test.

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* 1976 births Living people German sportspeople of Turkish descent People from Main-Taunus-Kreis Footballers from Darmstadt (region) Turkish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Turkey men's B international footballers Turkey men's youth international footballers Turkey men's under-21 international footballers 1. FC Kaiserslautern II players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players FC St. Pauli players Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers Konyaspor footballers Kayserispor footballers Sivasspor footballers İstanbulspor footballers 2. Bundesliga players Doping cases in association football Turkish sportspeople in doping cases Turkish football managers Eskişehirspor managers Turkish expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Greece Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Greece {{Turkey-footy-midfielder-stub