Zeki Önatlı (born 30 October 1967) is a former Turkish

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and currently coach.

Career

Player

Önatlı began playing football at

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where he spent 6 seasons at the youth level. He then joined Bergamaspor, a local team located in the western city of

İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

, where he spent 2 years, before joining

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 18 km2 and its population is 175,190 (2022). It is located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and ...

in 1987, in which he played for 6 seasons and won numerous trophies. In Beşiktaş and

Kocaelispor Kocaelispor is a Turkish professional football club based in İzmit, Kocaeli. They were founded in 1966 and played in the top level between 1980 and 1988, 1992–2003, and the 2008–09 seasons. Their best finish was in the 1992–93 season, w ...

years, he played also at European Cups, making 1 appearance in the

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once in 1992-93 season and

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twice in 1997-97 season. Önatlı played in

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in different levels, served the outfit in total of 26 matches, scoring twice at U-18 level.

Coaching

Zeki Önatlı started his coaching career in Black Sea Region team

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along with former team fellow

Rıza Çalımbay Rıza Çalımbay (born 2 February 1963) is a Turkish UEFA Pro Licensed football manager and former player who is currently serving as the head coach of Sivasspor. Under his leadership, Sivasspor won the 2021–22 Turkish Cup, the first major tr ...

in 2004, duo joined Beşiktaş a season later in 2005 with

Gökhan Keskin Gökhan Keskin (born 31 March 1966 in Istanbul) is a retired Turkish professional footballer. He played for Beşiktaş and İstanbulspor. Club career Keskin spent seventeen seasons in the Süper Lig with Beşiktaş and İstanbulspor Internatio ...

, another former team friend, forming the coaching structure. Following the resignation of Çalımbay in week 9 of 2005-06 season, Önatlı remained his job also under management of

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until 2007.

Honours

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: 3 ( 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1994–95) **

Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup () is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası''. Now Ziraat Bankası is ...

: 2 ( 1988–89, 1989–90) ** Presidential Cup: 2 (1988–89, 1991–92) **

Chancellor Cup The Prime Minister's Cup () was a football competition organised by the Turkish Football Federation in Turkey. It began in 1944 and continued until 1950 as a unique kind of super cup competition between the winners of the Turkish Football Champio ...

: 1 (1987–88) **

TSYD Cup The TSYD Cup (, Turkish Sports Writers Association Cup) was a friendly football competition in Turkey. The tournament started in 1963. It was played throughout six regions in Turkey: Adana, Ankara, Istanbul, İzmir, Konya, and Trabzon. The competi ...

: 3 (1988, 1990, 1991) *

: 1 (1996–97)

References

External links

Footballer profile
at TFF
Coach profile
at TFF {{DEFAULTSORT:Onatli, Zeki 1967 births Living people Footballers from Manisa Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's international footballers Turkey men's under-21 international footballers Süper Lig players Beşiktaş J.K. footballers Kocaelispor footballers Bursaspor footballers İstanbulspor footballers Men's association football midfielders 20th-century Turkish sportsmen