Bülent Korkmaz

This article is about the footballer. For the Paralympian archer, see Bülent Korkmaz (archer).

Bülent Korkmaz

Korkmaz in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Bülent Korkmaz[1]
Date of birth	(1968-11-24) 24 November 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth	Malatya, Turkey
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1979–1985	Galatasaray
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–2005	Galatasaray	430	(15)
Total		430	(15)
International career
1988	Turkey U21	3	(0)
1990–2005	Turkey	102	(3)
Managerial career
2006	Kayseri Erciyesspor
2007	Bursaspor
2007–2008	Gençlerbirliği
2009	Galatasaray
2009–2010	Baku
2011–2012	Karabükspor
2012–2013	İstanbul BB
2014–2015	Kayseri Erciyesspor
2015–2016	Mersin İdman Yurdu
2018–2019	Antalyaspor
2020	Konyaspor
2021	Alanyaspor
2022–2023	Çaykur Rizespor
Medal record Representing  Turkey Men's football FIFA World Cup 2002 Korea/Japan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bülent Korkmaz (born 24 November 1968), colloquially known by his given nicknames "Büyük Kaptan"^[2][3] (lit. 'Great Captain') and "Cengaver"^[4][5] (lit. 'Warrior'), is a Turkish former professional footballer and current manager.

Korkmaz was a one club man during his club career,^[6] playing as a centre-back for Galatasaray for his whole career for 18 consecutive seasons between 1987 and 2005, winning 8 Süper Lig, 6 Turkish Cup, 5 Turkish Super Cup,1 UEFA Cup and 1 UEFA Super Cup titles.^[6][7][8]

He is the 13th player in history to make over 100 appearances across European club competitions.

Korkmaz has got 102 senior caps for Turkey national football team.

Club career

Korkmaz started his career at Galatasaray Futbol Akademisi as a goalkeeper in 1979.^{[citation needed]} He changed his field role to become a defender following the advice from his youth coach.^{[citation needed]} He was offered a professional contract by German club Bayer Leverkusen at the age of 16 but he chose to stay at Galatasaray and he was eventually promoted to senior squad in 1987.

Korkmaz was a part of squad reaching semi-finals of 1988–89 edition of UEFA European Cup. During the 2000 UEFA Cup Final between Galatasaray and Arsenal, he dislocated his shoulder but he declined to quit the game, continued the game until the end following in-field physio treatment where Galatasaray won the cup after extra time. However, the injury caused Korkmaz eventually to miss UEFA Euro 2000 competition.^[9]

Korkmaz was invited to play at "FIFA XI" squad against the 2002 FIFA World Cup hosts "Japan & Korea XI" at World Dream soccer exhibition, held at Yokohama International Stadium on 3 January 2001.^[10]

International career

Korkmaz was part of the Turkey national team that finished third at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and, in 2003, had the same finishing position at the FIFA Confederations Cup. Korkmaz also represented Turkey in EURO 96.

Coaching career

On 30 August 2005, Korkmaz was appointed as the assistant manager at Gençlerbirliği S.K.,^[11] and resigned during the same season. In January 2007, he signed in Kayseri Erciyesspor as head coach while the team were sitting at the bottom of the ladder. Under Korkmaz's management, Kayseri Erciyesspor reached the final of 2006–07 Turkish Cup, losing 0–1 to Beşiktaş J.K., however; spotting 17th position, they relegated at the end of the season.

On 23 February 2009, after the departure of Michael Skibbe, Korkmaz was appointed as the head coach of Galatasaray.^[12] Putting a performance of 7 wins out of 15 official games, his was sacked by the club in June 2009.^[13]

On 8 November 2011, after the resignation of Yücel İldiz, Korkmaz joined Karabükspor as the head coach.^[14] Taking the team over from 16th position of standings, he managed the team to finish the season at 12th place, for a safe avoiding the relegation. In same season, Karabükspor reached semi-finals at 2011–12 Turkish Cup, for the first time at club's history.

On 13 November 2012, Korkmaz replaced Carlos Carvalhal at İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor.^[15] His contract was mutually terminated after his team got relegated as of 30 May 2013.^[16]

Style of play and reception

Korkmaz was described as "an aggressive and powerful defender" by Bleacher Report, in 2014.^[17] Ozan Kabak, another home-grown Galatasaray player, expressed that he idolised Korkmaz, in 2020.^[18]

Personal life

Korkmaz was born in Malatya in 1968. His younger brother, Mert Korkmaz (born 1971) is also a former professional footballer, played also for Galatasaray and holds 5 caps for Turkey. Korkmaz is married with 2 daughters.

Career statistics

Club

Source:^[19][20]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Turkish Cup		Other Cup[a]		Continental[b]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Galatasaray	1987–88	1. Lig[c]	0	0	0	0	2	0	—		2	0
	1988–89		10	0	0	0	3	0	7	0	20	0
	1989–90		21	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	25	0
	1990–91		30	2	4	0	2	0	—		36	2
	1991–92		27	3	2	0	2	0	5	0	36	3
	1992–93		29	1	6	0	3	0	5	0	43	1
	1993–94		30	1	5	1	3	0	9	0	47	2
	1994–95		31	1	6	1	2	0	8	0	47	2
	1995–96		29	0	6	0	2	0	2	0	39	0
	1996–97		32	2	1	1	2	0	4	0	39	3
	1997–98		29	1	7	0	2	0	8	0	46	1
	1998–99		21	1	6	0	1	0	2	0	30	1
	1999–00		22	0	3	1	0	0	8	0	33	1
	2000–01		27	0	2	0	0	0	15	1	44	1
	2001–02	Süper Lig	26	3	0	0	0	0	12	0	38	3
	2002–03		30	1	2	0	0	0	6	0	38	1
	2003–04		23	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	29	0
	2004–05		13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
Career total			430	15	52	4	26	0	102	1	610	20

1. Appearances in Atatürk Cup, Chancellor Cup, President Cup and TSYD Cup
2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup
3. Named respectively as Milli Lig between 1959–1962, Türkiye 1. Futbol Ligi (1. Lig) between 1962–2000, and Süper Lig from 2001 to present

International

Source:^[21][22][23]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Turkey	1990	2	0
	1991	8	0
	1992	8	0
	1993	6	1
	1994	7	1
	1995	11	0
	1996	9	0
	1997	4	0
	1998	0	0
	1999	0	0
	2000	5	0
	2001	4	0
	2002	15	1
	2003	14	0
	2004	7	0
	2005	2	0
Total		102	3

Managerial statistics

As of 20 May 2022

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat.	From	To	Record					Ref.
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Kayseri Erciyesspor		16 January 2006	29 May 2007	17	7	5	5	041.18
Bursaspor		27 June 2007	22 October 2007	9	1	4	4	011.11
Gençlerbirliği		1 November 2007	30 January 2008	10	2	3	5	020.00
Galatasaray		25 February 2009	30 June 2009	16	8	4	4	050.00
Baku		24 September 2009	22 March 2010	44	16	14	14	036.36
Karabükspor		16 November 2011	30 June 2012	28	14	3	11	050.00
İstanbul BB		14 November 2012	30 June 2013	23	6	7	10	026.09
Kayseri Erciyesspor		30 July 2014	25 November 2014	11	1	6	4	009.09
Mersin İdman Yurdu		22 September 2015	4 January 2016	15	3	4	8	020.00
Antalyaspor		14 June 2018	15 November 2019	52	20	10	22	038.46
Konyaspor		13 February 2020	12 September 2020	13	4	4	5	030.77
Alanyaspor		6 September 2021	30 December 2021	16	7	4	5	043.75
Çaykur Rizespor		20 February 2022	8 June 2023	47	21	15	11	044.68
Total				301	110	83	108	036.54

Honours

Turkey

• FIFA World Cup third-place: 2002^[24][25][26]
• FIFA Confederations Cup third-place: 2003

Galatasaray

• UEFA Cup: 1999–2000^[27]
• UEFA Super Cup: 2000^[28]
• Süper Lig (8):^[29] 1987–88, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02
• Turkish Cup (6):^[29] 1990–91, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2004–05
• Turkish Super Cup: 1988, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997
• Chancellor Cup: 1990, 1995
• TSYD Cup (6):^[30] 1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000

See also

• List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
• List of one-club men

References

1. "FIFA Player Statistics: Bülent Korkmaz -FIFA.com". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
2. ""Büyük Kaptan" 2.galibiyet peşinde". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 1 October 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
3. "Galatasaray Dergisi'nin 206. sayısı GS Store'larda satışta" [The 206th edition of Galatasaray Magazine is out at GS Stores] (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. 15 January 2021. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021. Galatasaray tarihinin önemli simgelerinden biri olmayı hak eden, tekmeye kafa uzatan adam, hırsı, çalışkanlığı ve korkusuzluğu ile hafızalarımıza kazınan 'Büyük Kaptan' Bülent Korkmaz'ın Galatasaray ve milli takım kariyerinde elde ettiği başarılarının hikayesi yeni sayıda…
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13. Çetinçalı, Kadir. "Bülent Korkmaz gönderildi" [Bülent Korkmaz was fired] (in Turkish). Hürriyet. Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
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29. "Kupa Beyi: Bülent Korkmaz" [The cup esquire: Bülent Korkmaz] (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2021. Efsaneler Suat Kaya ve Hakan Şükür gibi ligde 8 kez şampiyonluk yaşayan Bülent Korkmaz, Türkiye Kupası'nde sarı-kırmızılı formayla en çok kupa kazanan isim konumunda. 1988-89 sezonunda sahneye çıkan "Cesuryürek" sırasıyla 1991, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2000 ve 2005 yıllarında 6 kez sarı-kırmızılı formayla kupayı kaldırdı...
30. "TSYD Kupası" [TSYD Cup] (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. Archived from the original on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

External links

• Bülent Korkmaz – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Official website (in Turkish)
• Bülent Korkmaz at National-Football-Teams.com
• Profile at galatasaray.org (in Turkish)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Tugay Kerimoğlu	Galatasaray captain 1995–2005	Succeeded by Hakan Şükür