İrfan Buz
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | İrfan Buz | ||
| Date of birth | April 15, 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Istanbul, Turkey | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bursaspor (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1991 | Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid | ||
| 1989–1992 | Sarıyer | 1 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | →Vanspor (loan) | 18 | (2) |
| 1992–1995 | Sakaryaspor | 22 | (1) |
| 1993–1994 | →Istanbul Maltepespor (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 1995–1998 | Barışspor Hackenberg | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1995–1998 | Barışspor Hackenberg | ||
| 1998–2008 | Germany U11-U19 | ||
| 2009–2013 | SpVg Olpe | ||
| 2013–2014 | Bursaspor (assistant coach) | ||
| 2014 | Bursaspor | ||
| 2014–2015 | Gençlerbirliği | ||
| 2015–2017 | Yeni Malatyaspor | ||
| 2017–2018 | Osmanlıspor | ||
| 2019 | Samsunspor | ||
| 2020– | Bursaspor | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 May 2018 | |||
İrfan Buz (born 11 January 1980) is a Turkish football manager and retired footballer who is the current manager of Bursaspor.
Professional career
Buz moved to Germany in 1971 with his family, and graduated as a construction technician from the Technical University of Dortmund. He began playing amateur football with Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid, before playing professional in Turkey.[1] Buz joined Sarıyer S.K. in the Süper Lig in 1989, but only made 1 appearance over 2 years.[2]
Managerial career
After his footballing career, Buz began working as a football manager. He transitioned as player manager for the amateur German club Barışspor Hackenberg. From 1999-2008, he served a youth coach in for the German Football Association. He managed the German club SpVg Olpe from 2009 to 2013 and got attention from the Turkish Süper Lig.[3]In 2013 he briefly joined FC Iserlohn 46/49 before moving to Bursaspor.[4]
Buz was appointed assistant coach of Bursaspor in 2013 and became the head coach on 26 March 2014.[5] He then went to manage Gençlerbirliği on 23 September 2014.[6] He then spent a couple years at Yeni Malatyaspor, who he helped promoted to the Süper Lig in his final season with them.[7] In 2017, he became the manager of Osmanlıspor, who were relegated at the end of the season.[8]
References
- ^ "İrfan Buz". Sabah (newspaper).
- ^ Bursaspor. "Bursaspor Kulübü Resmi Televizyonu". www.bursasportv.com.
- ^ Germany, RevierSport, Essen. "WL 2: Olpes Buz lehnte Angebot aus der Süper Lig ab".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Irfan Buz wird Co-Trainer von Christoph Daum". 14 August 2013.
- ^ "Bursaspor'da İrfan Buz dönemi - Akşam".
- ^ "Gençler'de Buz devri!".
- ^ fanatik. "Yeni Malatyaspor İrfan Buz'la yolları ayırdı". Fanatik.
- ^ "Yeni hoca kim olacak?".
External links
- İrfan Buz at the Turkish Football Federation
- TFF Manager Profile
- İrfan Buz at www.mackolik.com (in Turkish)
- Manager Profile
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Istanbul
- Turkish footballers
- Turkish football managers
- Turkish emigrants to Germany
- Sarıyer S.K. footballers
- Sakaryaspor footballers
- Maltepespor footballers
- Süper Lig players
- TFF First League players
- TFF Second League players
- Bursaspor managers
- Gençlerbirliği S.K. managers
- Yeni Malatyaspor managers
- Süper Lig managers
- Association football midfielders