Özkan Sümer
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Özkan Sümer | ||
| Date of birth | 20 November 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Trabzon, Turkey | ||
| Date of death | 22 December 2020 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Trabzon, Turkey | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Trabzonspor | |||
|
Karabükspor | |||
| Sebat Gençlik | |||
| 1967–1970 | Trabzonspor | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1978–1981 | Trabzonspor | ||
| 1981 | Turkey | ||
| 1982–1983 |
Galatasaray SK | ||
| 1984–1985 | Trabzonspor | ||
| 1990–1991 | Trabzonspor | ||
| 1998 | Trabzonspor | ||
| 2000–2001 | Mobellaspor | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Özkan Sümer (20 November 1940 – 22 December 2020) was a Turkish footballer and coach. He played as
Galatasaray SK, and the Turkey national football team
. He also served as president of Trabzonspor.
Career
Footballer
Sümer was born in
Karabükspor and Sebat Gençlik
, Sümer re-joined Trabzonspor. He was a successful defender of his team. During this time, he earned the nickname "Deve" (literally: "Camel") due to his tallness and stubborn rough playing temperament.
Manager
After having ended his active sports life, Sümer served as an instructor for a while at the Turkish Football Federation (TFF). He coached later the youth and amateur squads of Trabzonspor before he was appointed manager of the main team in 1978.
Trabzonspor became
Galatasaray SK in the 1982–83 season. Sümer was manager again at Trabzonspor in the seasons 1984–85, 1990–91 and 1996. In the season 2000–01, he coached Mobellaspor, a Second League club in Konya.[1]
Club president
In 2001, Sümer was elected president of Trabzonspor succeeding
Fenerbahçe SK concluded before.[3]
Coordinator
From 22 July 2006 Sümer served as the regional coordinator for education at Trabzonspor.[4]
In 2007, he co-founded the
KTÜ women's club footballer only six weeks before the beginning of the football season. The team was invited to join the Turkish Women's Football Premier League in its first season of 2007–08. Trabzonspor women became league champion already the next season.[5]
Honors
As manager
- Trabzonspor[6]
- Turkish Super League
- champion 1978–79, 1980–81
- President's Cup
- winner 1978–79
- Prime Minister's Cup
- winner 1984–85 with İlyas Akçay
- Galatasaray
- Türkiye Kupası: 1981–82
As club president
- Trabzonspor[7]
- Turkish Cup
- winner 2002–03
- Turkish Cup
References
- ^ "Teknik Direktör" (in Turkish). TFF. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
- ^ "Trabzonspor'un yeni başkanı Sümer" (in Turkish). Ntvmsnbc.com. 2000-12-31. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
- ^ "Özkan Sümer isyanı" (in Turkish). Radikal.com.tr. 2003-09-06. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
- ^ "Trabzon'da Özkan Sümer'e yeni görev" (in Turkish). Tüm Gazeteler. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
- ^ "Zeliha Şimşek'in futbol aşkı!" (in Turkish). Ajans Spor. 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ "Başarı Tablosu" (in Turkish). Trabzonspor.mobi. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
- ^ "Başarı Tablosu" (in Turkish). Trabzonspor.mobi. Retrieved 2009-09-22.