Fatih Terim

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Fatih Terim
Personal information
Full name	Fatih Terim
Date of birth	September 4, 1953 (1953-09-04) (age 55)
Place of birth	Adana, Turkey
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Manager (Former Defender)
Club information
Current club	Turkey
Youth career
1953–1969	Adana Demirspor
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1969–1974 1974–1985	Adana Demirspor Galatasaray	00?00(?) 327 (129)
National team
1971 1973–1975 1975–1985	Turkey U-19 Turkey U-21 Turkey	007 00(0) 010 00(0) 051 00(2)
Teams managed
1987–1989 1989–1990 1990–1993 1993–1996 1996–2000 2000–2001 2001 2002–2004 2005–	MKE Ankaragücü Göztepe Turkey U-21 Turkey Galatasaray Fiorentina AC Milan Galatasaray Turkey
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Fatih Terim, Commendatore OSSI, (born 4 September 1953 in Adana) is one of the most successful football players and managers of Turkey. Terim is regarded as a hard-line motivator whose no-nonsense approach was honed during 11 years as a rugged defender with Galatasaray. His nickname is İmparator, which is the Turkish word for "Emperor". This nickname is also widely used in Italy in his reference.

In a survey conducted by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) in 80 countries, Fatih Terim was placed among the best eight managers in the world. He received his award at a ceremony held in Rothenburg, Germany on January 8, 2001.

Terim was nominated to be named UEFA manager of the year 2008. Eurosport named Terim as the best coach at Euro 2008 ^[1] In December 2008, Terim was ranked the 7th best football manager in the world by World Soccer Magazine. ^[2]

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Managerial career 2.1 Italian Serie A 2.2 Back to Turkey 2.3 Euro 2008 2.4 World Cup 2010 3 Achievements 4 Decoration 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Playing career

In 1969, Terim's professional football career began as a junior player with Adana Demirspor. Because of his financial difficulties, he was the only player in the team who was being paid secretly by the club at the time. Three years later, he became the captain of the team. He recalls his first game with the captain badge.

“

Just before the game, I cheered up my teammates, as a captain has to do, and ran out to the field. As I looked back on the field, no one was behind me. I was so fast that nobody could follow me. I was so excited.

”

Terim played 6 more years with Adana Demirspor. As a successful striker, he joined Galatasaray SK in 1974. As the team captain, he had to fill in for injured defenders and eventually he ended up playing regularly as a sweeper/defender. Terim played for 11 years for the Istanbul club. However, during his time with Galatasaray, the club was not able to win the championship trophy in the Turkish league. Terim was capped to the Turkish national team 51 times, from 1974 to 1985, and was the national team captain for 35 international games, establishing the national record for both categories at his time. He ended his playing career in Galatasaray in 1985.

Abdullah Gegic, a legendary football coach with Partizan Belgrade (of former Yugoslavia) and Eskisehirspor (of Turkey), knew Terim from his days as a central defender and described Terim as an intelligent defender with Beckenbauer like qualities. Gegic attributed Terim's successes as a coach to his unique understanding of the game that was developed during his time playing as a central defender.

[edit] Managerial career

After retiring from professional football his initial training came from Jupp Derwall while they were at Galatasaray. Terim's coaching career began when he was appointed the coach of MKE Ankaragücü. He coached the club for 18 months and moved on to coach Göztepe in İzmir which lasted one year. He did not have any significant success with these teams.

In 1990 he was appointed as assistant to Turkey's national coach Sepp Piontek, where he also coached the U21 team. After serving as assistant coach for three years, he was appointed Turkish national team coach in 1993. Three years later, the Turkish national team succeeded in qualifying for the final tournament of the Euro '96 for the first time in its history under his management. Although the national team did not perform well in the tournament (losing all the games, and not being able to score a single goal), the qualification to the tournament was still considered a great achievement for Turkish football.

After Euro 1996, Fatih Terim signed a contract with Galatasaray S.K.. Under his management Galatasaray won the championship in the Turkish league for four consecutive years, crowning his achievements by winning the UEFA Cup in 2000, making Fatih Terim the most successful Galatasaray manager in its history. Unfortunately his departure allowed Mircea Lucescu to clinch the UEFA Super Cup in 2000 for Galatasaray.

[edit] Italian Serie A

His success with Galatasaray lead Terim to Serie A, signing a one year contract with ACF Fiorentina, Italy.

His aggressive and offensive style of football, and his tense relations with the mercurial club president and owner Vittorio Cecchi Gori made Terim a favourite amongst Fiorentina fans. In Fiorentina, Terim had a significant start, beating AC Milan (4-0) and holding Juventus to a 3-3 thrilling draw, and eliminating Milan 4-2 on aggregate to reach the final of the Coppa Italia. However, in the middle of the 2000-2001 season, Terim declared that he was not going to extend his contract with the club since Cecchi Gori did not intend to make the investments that he requested. After his declaration, the team's performance declined significantly, and his continuing clashes with the club president urged him to resign before the season ended. Romanian football legend Gheorghe Hagi praised his work in Florcence, "In five months he built up a phenomenal side at Fiorentina. Name me another foreigner capable of that. He's extraordinary - he could coach any side." ^[3]

In the summer of 2001, he was named the coach of AC Milan turning down offers from other clubs like FC Barcelona and Liverpool F.C. Immediately he signed Rui Costa and Ümit Davala to the club. He transformed AC Milan's system, playing with a system very similar to the Total football style of Rinus Michels. It was a simple 4-3-1-2 formation with Rui Costa as the playmaker. While he was coaching AC Milan, the team reached the third round of the UEFA Cup. However, after several disappointing results, his contract was terminated and making his AC Milan career last only 5 months.

[edit] Back to Turkey

In the summer of 2002 he returned to Galatasaray. Due to internal problems within Galatasaray’s management, financial difficulties of the club, and the failure of his transfer policies, he had a disappointing performance. This led him to resign and take a break in his managing career in March 2004. In the meantime clubs like Internazionale and AS Roma tried to lure Terim back to the Serie A, but with no success. In the summer of 2005, Terim was asked to manage the Turkish national team once again, where he still manages.

He was recommended by former Newcastle United manager Bobby Robson to the Newcastle board following Sam Allardyce's departure. However the job went to Kevin Keegan.

[edit] Euro 2008

Terim and his Turkey side were hailed as the "comeback kings". Turkey started Euro 2008 with defeat to Portugal. As Turkey trailed Switzerland at half-time, Terim's tactical changes were the spur. Turkey went on to snatch a win two minutes into stoppage time. In the final winner-take-all group game against the Czech Republic, who were riding a comfortable two goal lead, Turkey shocked the football world by coming back and scoring three goals in the final fifteen minutes. During their quarter final clash with Croatia, Terim had extreme difficulty in finding attacking options, having been handicapped with many suspensions and injuries. As the game looked to be heading into a penalty shootout, Terim and Turkey were stunned when Croatia scored in the 119th minute of extra time to almost certainly win it. Terim did not allow his players to give up. Turkey again somehow managed to equalizing goal, sending the game into a penalty shootout. Turkey subsequently won the shootout and progressed to the semi-finals. Eventually losing to Germany in the semi-finals with 13 available players, Terim finished his campaign at the tournament with an amazing statistical record - out of the estimated 490 minutes of playing time, Turkey only lead for 13 of them. Terim's contract was extended to 2012 at the conclusion of the tournament, despite heavy speculation that he may return to Italy or go to England to manage at club level.

[edit] World Cup 2010

Since going out of the European Championships in the semi-finals Terim has continued to manage the Turkish National Team, after much speculation, and are currently unbeaten. In the World Cup 2010 qualifying stage, they have won 2, draw 2 and lost 2 matches, leaving them 4 points adrift from second placed Bosnia-Herzegovina up to April 2009. This has seen Turkey move up to 10th position in the FIFA World Rankings.

[edit] Achievements

• Turkish national football team
  • Semi-finals at Euro 2008

• Galatasaray
  • UEFA Cup: 1 (2000)
  • Turkish League: 4 (1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00)
  • Turkish Cup: 2 (1999), (2000)
  • President Cup: 1 (1997)
  • TSYD Cup: 3 (1998, 1999, 2000)

• A.C. Milan
  • TIM Cup: 1 (2001)

• ACF Fiorentina
  • Reached final of Coppa Italia: (2001)

• Individual
  • IFFHS's 6th best club coach in the world 2001
  • UEFA Team of Year 2008: Nominee
  • World Soccer Magazine Best Manager 2008: 7th
  • Eurosport: Best Manager at Euro 2008

[edit] Decoration

On May 8, 2008, Fatih Terim was honored with the rank Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella della Solidarietà Italiana (2nd Class / Commander of the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity) by the Italian state at a reception hosted by the Italian Embassy in Ankara .^[4]

[edit] See also

• List of UEFA Cup winning managers

[edit] References

Sporting positions
Preceded by Gökmen Özdenak	Galatasaray S.K. captain 1980-1984	Succeeded by Cüneyt Tanman

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