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Fatih Tekke
	Tekke playing for Trabzonspor in 2005
Personal information
Date of birth	9 September 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Köprübaşı, Trabzon, Turkey
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–2000	Trabzonspor
1997–1998	→ Altay (loan)
2000–2002	Gaziantepspor
2002–2006	Trabzonspor
2006–2010	Zenit Saint Petersburg
2010	Rubin Kazan
2010–2011	Beşiktaş
2011	Ankaragücü
2011–2012	Orduspor
Total
International career
1998–2007	Turkey
Managerial career
2015	Kayseri Erciyesspor
2016	Boluspor
2017–2018	Manisaspor
2018	Denizlispor
2018–2019	İstanbulspor
2020–2021	İstanbulspor
2021	Bursaspor
2021–2022	Denizlispor
2022–2023	İstanbulspor
2023–2024	Alanyaspor
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fatih Tekke (born 9 September 1977), known by his given nickname Sultan,^[1]^[2] is a Turkish football coach and former player who last coached Alanyaspor. He started his professional career at Trabzonspor and later played for Altay, Gaziantepspor, Zenit, and Beşiktaş. He achieved recognition as the top scorer in the Süper Lig during the 2004–05 season. Tekke also represented the Turkey national team, and he eventually retired from playing, transitioning into a managerial role.

Club career

Early years

Tekke was born in the small town of Köprübaşı, in the province of Trabzon. He joined Trabzonspor, the major team in the area. Tekke was still in his teens when he started to appear in the first team. In 45 matches that he played between 1994–97, he scored six goals. At the beginning of the 1997–98 season he was loaned out to Altay of İzmir, where he scored eight goals in 24 matches. In a 5–4 defeat to Galatasaray, he scored a hat-trick. However a few weeks later he broke his leg and was out of the game for six months. Upon his return to Trabzonspor, Tekke played another 38 matches and scored six goals before he transferred to Gaziantepspor in the summer of 2000. In this period he made his first appearance for the Turkey national team.

In 2002, Tekke returned to Trabzonspor and was given the captaincy. This was the time Tekke reached the peak of his career. In the 2004–05 season he managed to become the league's top goal scorer with 31 goals, 7 goals ahead of the second placed player and was second for the Golden Foot. During his spell with Trabzonspor, he won two medals for winning the Turkish Cup in consecutive seasons.

Russia

In July 2006, at the beginning of the 2006–07 season, he transferred from Trabzonspor to Russian Premier League club Zenit Saint Petersburg, for a fee of €7.5 million. He won the Russian Premier League in the 2007 season with Zenit Saint Petersburg and lifted the UEFA Cup by defeating Rangers in the 2008 UEFA Cup final. He was voted man of the match by the readers of the UEFA website (uefa.com) for his football in the final. He also won the 2008 UEFA Super Cup with Zenit Saint Petersburg by defeating the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League winners, Manchester United.

As of November 10, 2009, according to the statistics on the club's official website, he has made a total of 84 appearances in the Russian Premier League, Russian Cup, UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League, scoring 30 goals. Although it was reported in the media that he was not considered by the team because he was sometimes substituted, he made a very successful start to the new season in Russia.

On 3 February 2010, Tekke signed a three-year contract with Rubin Kazan. He only played five games before he decided to return to Turkey, transferring to Beşiktaş.

Back to Turkey

On 1 September 2010, Tekke signed a two-year contract with Beşiktaş However, he was only able to play a total of two games before he was sent to Ankaragücü, in the 2010–11 transfer window. In the five matches he played for Ankaragücü, he scored three goals. In the summer transfer season of 2011, the newly promoted team, Orduspor, declared that they had purchased Tekke from Ankaragücü. Tekke was given the number 23 and the captaincy of the team. He then moved to Orduspor and retired soon after. He then became a manager.

International career

Tekke was in the Turkey national squad for U-15, U-16, U-17, U-18, U-21, and for the Turkey national team. For U-15, he played six matches and scored no goals. For U-16, he played 18 matches and scored five goals, while also winning the UEFA European Under-16 Championship, held in Ireland. For U-17, he played ten matches and scored no goals. For U18, he played 13 matches and scored five goals. For U-21, he only played one match. Between 1998 and 2007, Tekke played 25 matches and scored nine goals for the Turkey national team.

Managerial career

On 29 March 2015, he signed a contract with Kayseri Erciyesspor.

In February 2018, Tekke was appointed as the head coach of Denizlispor, which ranked 16th with 17 points from 21 matches. Under Tekke's management, he collected 21 points in 13 matches, reaching 38 points and contributed to Denizlispor to finish the season in 15th place by taking them out of the relegation zone.

In the 2019–20 season, Tekke coached İstanbulspor, one of the TFF First League teams, finishing 4th in the league and earning the right to compete in the Play-offs. In the play-offs, İstanbulspor lost to Altay with the scores of 3–2 and 1–0 and lost the chance to be promoted to Süper Lig.

Tekke signed a 1+1 year contract with Bursaspor, one of the TFF First League teams, in the 2nd week of the 2021–22 season. On 19 September 2021, after 2 defeats, 1 win and 1 draw in 4 matches as Bursaspor coach, his duty was terminated.

On 24 October 2022, following the resignation of Osman Zeki Korkmaz, Tekke became the new head coach of Süper Lig team İstanbulspor. Tekke, who was appointed as the head coach of İstanbulspor for the 3rd time in his career, signed a 5-year contract with his new club. On 25 September 2023, Tekke and the club parted ways by mutual agreement.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[3]^[4]^[5]
Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Trabzonspor	1994–95	4	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
	1995–96	20	3	2	1	4	0	26	4
	1996–97	19	3	3	1	3	0	25	4
	1997–98	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	1998–99	16	4	0	0	0	0	16	4
	1999–00	22	2	3	0	0	0	25	2
	Total	83	12	10	2	7	0	59	8
Altay (loan)	1997–98	24	8	2	1	0	0	26	9
Gaziantepspor	2000–01	31	15	2	0	2	0	35	15
	2001–02	24	12	3	2	3	1	30	15
	2002–03	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
	Total	57	28	5	2	5	1	67	31
Trabzonspor	2002–03	28	13	5	4	0	0	33	17
	2003–04	24	11	4	1	2	1	30	13
	2004–05	34	31	4	2	6	1	44	34
	2005–06	28	22	3	3	2	2	33	27
	Total	114	77	16	10	10	4	140	91
Zenit Saint Petersburg	2006	15	4	0	0	0	0	15	4
	2007	16	4	5	1	2	1	23	6
	2008	22	8	1	0	5	1	28	9
	2009	20	8	0	0	5	2	23	10
	Total	73	24	6	1	12	4	91	29
Rubin Kazan	2010	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Beşiktaş	2010–11	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
Ankaragücü	2010–11	9	3	1	0	0	0	10	3
Orduspor	2011–12	15	3	0	0	0	0	15	3
Career total		382	155	41	16	34	9	457	180

International

Turkey national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1998	2	0
2000	1	0
2001	1	0
2003	2	0
2004	5	3
2005	8	5
2006	5	1
2007	1	0
Total	25	9

International goals

Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tekke goal.

List of international goals scored by Fatih Tekke
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	4 September 2004	Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon, Turkey	Georgia	1–0	1–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	9 October 2004	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey	Kazakhstan	3–0	4–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	9 October 2004	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey	Kazakhstan	4–0	4–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	30 March 2005	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia	Georgia	2–1	5–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	30 March 2005	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia	Georgia	3–1	5–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	8 June 2005	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	1–0	6–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
7	8 June 2005	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	4–0	6–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
8	17 August 2005	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Bulgaria	1–0	1–3	Friendly
9	16 August 2006	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	1–0	1–0	Friendly

Managerial statistics

As of 3 November 2024

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Erciyesspor	2 April 2015	31 May 2015	9	1	4	4	011.11
Boluspor	5 February 2016	20 May 2016	13	2	6	5	015.38
Manisaspor	11 October 2017	17 January 2018	13	5	3	5	038.46
Denizlispor	14 February 2018	31 May 2018	13	6	3	4	046.15
İstanbulspor	4 June 2018	12 March 2019	27	6	11	10	022.22
İstanbulspor	1 January 2020	23 March 2021	46	20	11	15	043.48
Bursaspor	24 August 2021	19 September 2021	4	1	1	2	025.00
Denizlispor	17 November 2021	24 January 2022	12	4	2	6	033.33
İstanbulspor	25 October 2022	25 September 2023	30	9	5	16	030.00
Alanyaspor	3 November 2023	present	41	13	16	12	031.71
Total			208	67	62	79	032.21

Honours

Turkey

UEFA European Under-16 Championship: 1994

Trabzonspor

Turkish Cup: 2002–03, 2003–04

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Rubin Kazan

Russian Super Cup: 2010

References

^ "Fatih Sultan Tekke" (in Turkish). Fanatik. 13 May 2011. Archived from the original on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
^ Emir Kolaylı (25 December 2013). "Fatih Sultan Tekke" (in Turkish). FourFourTwo Turkish Edition. Archived from the original on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
^ Fatih Tekke at Soccerway
^ "Fatih Tekke » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
^ "Tekke, Fatih". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 15 September 2010.