Bülent Korkmaz

Template:Short description Template:About Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Bülent Korkmaz (born 24 November 1968), colloquially known by his given nicknames "Büyük Kaptan"<ref name="Buyuk Kaptan (1)">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Buyuk Kaptan (2)">Template:Cite news</ref> (Template:Literal translation) and "Cengaver"<ref name="Cengaver (1)">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Cengaver (2)">Template:Cite news</ref> (Template:Literal translation), is a Turkish football coach and former professional player.

Korkmaz was a one club man during his club career,<ref name=UEFAGalaSnapShot2015/> playing as a centre-back for Galatasaray for his whole career for 18 consecutive seasons between 1987 and 2005, winning 8 Süper Lig, 6 Turkish Cup, 5 Turkish Super Cup,1 UEFA Cup and 1 UEFA Super Cup titles.<ref name=UEFAGalaSnapShot2015>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=FIFAcomHappyBDay>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

He is the 13th player in history to make over 100 appearances across European club competitions.

Korkmaz has got 102 senior caps for Turkey national football team.

Club career

Korkmaz started his career at Galatasaray Futbol Akademisi as a goalkeeper in 1979.Template:Citation needed He changed his field role to become a defender following the advice from his youth coach.Template:Citation needed He was offered a professional contract by German club Bayer Leverkusen at the age of 16 but he chose to stay at Galatasaray and he was eventually promoted to senior squad in 1987.

Korkmaz was a part of squad reaching semi-finals of 1988–89 edition of UEFA European Cup. During the 2000 UEFA Cup Final between Galatasaray and Arsenal, he dislocated his shoulder but he declined to quit the game, continued the game until the end following in-field physio treatment where Galatasaray won the cup after extra time. However, the injury caused Korkmaz eventually to miss UEFA Euro 2000 competition.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Korkmaz was invited to play at "FIFA XI" squad against the 2002 FIFA World Cup hosts "Japan & Korea XI" at World Dream soccer exhibition, held at Yokohama International Stadium on 3 January 2001.<ref name="2001 FIFA XI">Template:Cite news</ref>

International career

Korkmaz was part of the Turkey national team that finished third at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and, in 2003, had the same finishing position at the FIFA Confederations Cup. Korkmaz also represented Turkey in EURO 96.

Coaching career

On 30 August 2005, Korkmaz was appointed as the assistant manager at Gençlerbirliği S.K.,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and resigned during the same season. In January 2007, he signed in Kayseri Erciyesspor as head coach while the team were sitting at the bottom of the ladder. Under Korkmaz's management, Kayseri Erciyesspor reached the final of 2006–07 Turkish Cup, losing 0–1 to Beşiktaş J.K., however; spotting 17th position, they relegated at the end of the season. On 23 February 2009, after the departure of Michael Skibbe, Korkmaz was appointed as the head coach of Galatasaray.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Putting a performance of 7 wins out of 15 official games, his was sacked by the club in June 2009.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On 8 November 2011, after the resignation of Yücel İldiz, Korkmaz joined Karabükspor as the head coach.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Taking the team over from 16th position of standings, he managed the team to finish the season at 12th place, for a safe avoiding the relegation. In same season, Karabükspor reached semi-finals at 2011–12 Turkish Cup, for the first time at club's history. On 13 November 2012, Korkmaz replaced Carlos Carvalhal at İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> His contract was mutually terminated after his team got relegated as of 30 May 2013.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Style of play and reception

Korkmaz was described as "an aggressive and powerful defender" by Bleacher Report, in 2014.<ref name="Style Bleacher">Template:Cite news</ref> Ozan Kabak, another home-grown Galatasaray player, expressed that he idolised Korkmaz, in 2020.<ref name="Style Kabak">Template:Cite news</ref>

Personal life

Korkmaz was born in Malatya in 1968. His younger brother, Mert Korkmaz (born 1971) is also a former professional footballer, played also for Galatasaray and holds 5 caps for Turkey. Korkmaz is married with 2 daughters.

Career statistics

Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Turkish Cup		Other CupTemplate:Efn		ContinentalTemplate:Efn		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Galatasaray	1987–88	1. LigTemplate:Efn	0	0	1	0	1	0	—		2	0
	1988–89		10	0	1	0	1	0	7	0	19	0
	1989–90		19	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	22	0
	1990–91		30	1	4	0	1	0	—		35	1
	1991–92		27	3	2	0	—		5	0	34	3
	1992–93		29	1	6	0	1	0	5	0	41	1
	1993–94		30	1	5	1	1	0	9	0	45	2
	1994–95		31	1	6	0	1	0	8	0	46	1
	1995–96		29	0	6	0	1	0	2	0	38	0
	1996–97		32	2	1	0	1	0	4	0	38	2
	1997–98		29	1	7	0	—		8	0	44	1
	1998–99		21	1	6	0	—		2	0	29	1
	1999–00		22	0	3	1	—		8	0	33	1
	2000–01		27	0	2	0	—		15	1	44	1
	2001–02	Süper Lig	26	3	0	0	—		12	0	38	3
	2002–03		30	1	2	0	—		6	0	38	1
	2003–04		23	0	0	0	—		8	0	31	0
	2004–05		13	0	2	0	—		0	0	15	0
Career total			428	15	54	2	9	0	101	1	592	18

International

Source:<ref>Template:NFT</ref><ref name="RSSSFIntCaps">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=FIFAcomIntCaps>Template:Cite news</ref>

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Turkey	1990	2	0
	1991	8	0
	1992	8	0
	1993	6	1
	1994	7	1
	1995	11	0
	1996	9	0
	1997	4	0
	1998	0	0
	1999	0	0
	2000	5	0
	2001	4	0
	2002	15	1
	2003	14	0
	2004	7	0
	2005	2	0
Total		102	3

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Template:Abbr	From	To	Record					Template:Abbr
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Kayseri Erciyesspor	Template:Flagicon	16 January 2006	29 May 2007
Bursaspor	Template:Flagicon	27 June 2007	22 October 2007
Gençlerbirliği	Template:Flagicon	1 November 2007	30 January 2008
Galatasaray	Template:Flagicon	25 February 2009	30 June 2009
Baku	Template:Flagicon	24 September 2009	22 March 2010
Karabükspor	Template:Flagicon	16 November 2011	30 June 2012
İstanbul BB	Template:Flagicon	14 November 2012	30 June 2013
Kayseri Erciyesspor	Template:Flagicon	30 July 2014	25 November 2014
Mersin İdman Yurdu	Template:Flagicon	22 September 2015	4 January 2016
Antalyaspor	Template:Flagicon	14 June 2018	15 November 2019
Konyaspor	Template:Flagicon	13 February 2020	12 September 2020
Alanyaspor	Template:Flagicon	6 September 2021	30 December 2021
Çaykur Rizespor	Template:Flagicon	20 February 2022	8 June 2023
Total

Honours

Turkey

• FIFA World Cup third-place: 2002<ref name="WC 2002 Bronze (1)">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="WC 2002 Bronze (2)">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="WC 2002 Bronze (3)">Template:Cite news</ref>
• FIFA Confederations Cup third-place: 2003

Galatasaray

• UEFA Cup: 1999–2000<ref name="Honours 2000 UEFA Cup">Template:Cite news</ref>
• UEFA Super Cup: 2000<ref name="Honours 2000 UEFA Super Cup">Template:Cite news</ref>
• Süper Lig (8):<ref name="Honours Super Lig and Cup">Template:Cite news</ref> 1987–88, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02
• Turkish Cup (6):<ref name="Honours Super Lig and Cup"/> 1990–91, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2004–05
• Turkish Super Cup: 1988, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997
• Chancellor Cup: 1990, 1995
• TSYD Cup (6):<ref name="Honours TSYD Cup">Template:Cite news</ref> 1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000

Order

• Turkish State Medal of Distinguished Service<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

See also

• List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
• List of one-club men

External links

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• Profile at galatasaray.org Template:In lang