Ünal Karaman

Ünal Karaman

Personal information
Full name	Ünal Karaman
Date of birth	(1966-06-29) June 29, 1966
Place of birth	Konya, Turkey
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Trabzonspor (assistant)
Youth career
1979–1981	Konya Et Balık Spor
1981–1984	Konyaspor
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1984–1987	Gaziantepspor	(?)	(?)
1987–1990	Malatyaspor	91	(23)
1990–1999	Trabzonspor	218	(43)
1999–2000	MKE Ankaragücü	20	(4)
National team‡
1984	Turkey U-18	3	(1)
1985-1987	Turkey U-21	5	(1)
1985–1996	Turkey	36	(3)
Teams managed
2000-2004	Turkey (assistant)
2004	Turkey (caretaker)
2004-2006	Turkey B
2006-2007	Turkey U-21
2007-2008	Konyaspor
2008	MKE Ankaragücü
2009	Konyaspor
2010-	Trabzonspor (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 December 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 December 2010

Ünal Karaman (born 29 June 1966 in Konya) is a former Turkish professional footballer and manager.

Club career

He played for Konyaspor (as amateur between 1981–1984), Gaziantepspor (1984–1987), Malatyaspor (1987–1990), Trabzonspor (1990–1999) and Ankaragücü (1999–2000).

International career

Karaman made 36 appearances for the senior Turkey national football team between 1985 and 1996.

Career as manager

He also worked as a caretaker manager for the Turkey national football team in 2004. After serving as the head coach of the Turkey national under-21 football team, he signed up with Konyaspor as a coach in September 2007. Later, Karaman was appointed manager of Ankaragücü after Hakan Kutlu was sacked. He resigned from this position and returned to Konyaspor replacing Giray Bulak, who was recently sacked.

References

• Profile at National Football Teams