Fahrudin Durak

Fahrudin Durak
Fahrettin Durak
Personal information
Date of birth	18 July 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth	Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1984–1986	Trepča
1987–1989	Priština
1989–1992	Rad
1992–1993	Galatasaray
1993–1995	SpVgg Unterhaching
1995–1997	Bursaspor
1996	Tennis Borussia Berlin
1997–1999	Priština
2000	VfR Mannheim
International career
	Yugoslavia U21
Managerial career
2014–2015	Trepça'89
2023	Mitrovica (women)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fahrudin Durak (Albanian:Fahredin Duraku,Serbian Cyrillic: Фахрудин Дурак,Turkish: Fahrettin Durak; born 18 July 1966) is an Yugoslav-Albanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Mitrovica, he started playing in Trepča (1984–86) before moving to Yugoslav First League club FK Priština (1987–89) and Belgrade's FK Rad (1989–92).^[1] In 1992, he moved to Turkey where he played in Galatasaray S.K. (1992–93) and Bursaspor (1995–97), while the rest of his career he spend playing in German clubs SpVgg Unterhaching (1994–95), Tennis Borussia Berlin (1996)^[2] and VfR Mannheim (2000). He also played for FK Priština again in the late 1990s.

On the 29th September 2014, Duraku became the head coach of the Kosovo Superleague team Trepça'89 after Rafet Prekazi was sacked.^[3]

Born in Mitrovica, Durak is of Albanian descent.^[4]^[5]

^ Tempo almanah 1991-92 pag. 16
^ German career stats - FuPa
^ "Duraku zëvendëson Prekazin". topsporti.com (in Albanian). 29 September 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ "Albanian players who wore the Galatasaray shirt". Koha Ditore. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ "Lojtarët shqiptarë që veshën fanellën e Galatasarayt". gazetastop.com (in Albanian). Retrieved 2 March 2024.

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