Okan Buruk
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Okan Buruk (born 19 October 1973) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Süper Lig club Galatasaray.
Quick Facts Personal information, Date of birth ...
.jpg) Buruk in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1973-10-19) 19 October 1973 (age 50) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Istanbul, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Galatasaray (manager) | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1991 | 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 Başakşehir | 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Galatasaray | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Close
As a former midfielder, Buruk played for Galatasaray, Inter Milan, Beşiktaş, and İstanbul Başakşehir. He was capped 56 times for the Turkey national team. Buruk represented the nation at UEFA Euro 2000, and was part of the Turkey squad which earned a bronze medal at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
As a manager, he won the Turkish Süper Lig title with Istanbul Başakşehir in 2019–20 and with Galatasaray in 2022–2023.