Okan Buruk

Okan Buruk

Buruk in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Okan Buruk
Date of birth	(1973-10-19) 19 October 1973
Place of birth	Istanbul, Turkey
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1987–1991	Galatasaray
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–2001	Galatasaray	189	(33)
2001–2004	Inter Milan	24	(2)
2004–2006	Beşiktaş	43	(1)
2006–2008	Galatasaray	19	(2)
2008–2010	İstanbul B.B.	28	(0)
Total		304	(38)
International career
1989–1990	Turkey U16	5	(0)
1990–1992	Turkey U18	28	(4)
1992–1995	Turkey U21	13	(1)
1992–2010	Turkey	56	(8)
Managerial career
2013–2014	Elazığspor
2014–2015	Gaziantepspor
2015–2016	Sivasspor
2016–2017	Göztepe
2017–2018	Akhisarspor
2018–2019	Çaykur Rizespor
2019–2021	İstanbul Başakşehir
Medal record Representing Turkey Men's football FIFA World Cup 2002 Japan–South Korea
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Okan Buruk (born 19 October 1973) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player who last managed Süper Lig club İstanbul Başakşehir. He played as a midfielder for Galatasaray, Inter Milan, Beşiktaş, and İstanbul B.B. He also appeared in 56 caps for the Turkey national team.

Club career

Okan played for Turkish giants Galatasaray between 1991 and 2001, winning six Turkish Süper Lig titles and the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup. He was also named man of the match as Galatasary upset Real Madrid 2–1 to win the 2000 UEFA Super Cup.

In 2001, he was signed by Italian Serie A club Inter Milan, where he played for three years. He played two seasons for Beşiktaş before returning to Galatasaray in 2006. After his contract expired with Galatasaray, Okan joined İstanbul B.B. in July 2008 and retired two years later.

International career

Okan made 56 appearances for the Turkey national team, representing the country at UEFA Euro 2000 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He scored Turkey's opening goal of Euro 2000 in a 2–1 loss to Italy in Arnhem. At the 2002 World Cup, Okan made his only appearance as a substitute in the 2-3 win against host nation South Korea in the third-place play-off.

Managerial career

After his playing career, Okan became a professional manager. On 10 May 2018, he guided Akhisarspor to their second trophy in their history, the 2017–18 Turkish Cup.

After Akhisarspor, he managed Çaykur Rizespor from 2018 until 2019, before becoming the new manager of İstanbul Başakşehir on 11 June 2019. In his first season in charge, Buruk guided the club to their first ever league title.

Personal life

Buruk married model and former Miss Turkey winner Nihan Akkuş on 3 July 2007. His brother, Fuat, was also a professional footballer and is the current assistant manager of Osmanlıspor.

Career statistics

Club

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Galatasaray	1991–92	1	2	-	-	-	-	1	2
	1992–93	15	0	-	-	1	0	16	0
	1993–94	2	0	-	-	2	0	4	0
	1994–95	20	0	-	-	1	0	21	0
	1995–96	28	1	-	-	-	-	28	1
	1996–97	16	3	-	-	2	0	18	3
	1997–98	24	3	-	-	2	0	26	3
	1998–99	28	11	-	-	6	1	34	12
	1999–00	28	8	-	-	13	2	35	9
	2000–01	26	2	-	-	12	0	38	2
	Total	188	30	0	0	39	3	227	33
Internazionale	2001–02	7	0	-	-	3	0	10	0
	2002–03	14	2	-	-	7	0	21	2
	2003–04	3	0	-	-	4	0	7	0
	Total	24	2	0	0	14	0	38	2
Beşiktaş	2004–05	22	0	-	-	4	2	26	2
	2005–06	21	1	-	-	3	0	24	1
	Total	43	1	0	0	7	2	50	3
Galatasaray	2006–07	15	1	-	-	3	0	18	1
	2007–08	4	1	-	-	2	0	6	1
	Total	19	2	0	0	5	0	24	2
İstanbul BB	2008–09	17	0	1	0	-	-	18	0
	2009–10	11	0	2	0	-	-	13	0
	Total	28	0	3	0	0	0	31	0
Career total		302	35	3	0	65	5	369	40

International

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Turkey	1992	1	0
	1998	3	0
	1999	5	0
	2000	8	2
	2001	9	2
	2002	7	2
	2003	9	1
	2004	9	0
	2005	4	1
	2010	1	0
Total		56	8

Managerial statistics

As of match played 27 January 2021

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Elazığspor		30 October 2013	2 June 2014	34	13	5	16	038.24
Gaziantepspor		1 August 2014	10 June 2015	42	15	9	18	035.71
Sivasspor		27 October 2015	8 February 2016	11	2	2	7	018.18
Göztepe		1 August 2016	22 March 2017	32	14	7	11	043.75
Akhisarspor		28 March 2017	30 June 2018	54	24	11	19	044.44
Çaykur Rizespor		24 September 2018	29 May 2019	32	11	12	9	034.38
İstanbul Başakşehir		11 June 2019	Present	79	36	18	25	045.57
Total				284	115	64	105	040.49

Honours

Player

Galatasaray

• UEFA Super Cup: 2000
• UEFA Cup: 1999–2000
• Süper Lig: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2007–08

Turkey

• FIFA World Cup 3rd place: 2002

Manager

Akhisarspor

• Turkish Cup: 2017–18

İstanbul Başakşehir

• Süper Lig: 2019–20

External links

• Okan Buruk – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Okan Buruk at National-Football-Teams.com
• Okan Buruk at the Turkish Football Federation
• Okan Buruk coach profile at Soccerway