İrfan Buz
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 15 April 1967 | ||
Place of birth | Istanbul, Turkey | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Velež Mostar (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
–1989 | Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989 | Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid | ||
1989–1992 | Sarıyer | 1 | (0) |
1991–1992 | → Vanspor (loan) | 18 | (2) |
1992–1995 | Sakaryaspor | 22 | (1) |
1993–1994 | → Istanbul Maltepespor (loan) | 15 | (1) |
1995–1998 | Barışspor Hackenberg | ||
Managerial career | |||
1995–1998 | Barışspor Hackenberg | ||
1998–2008 | Germany U11-U19 | ||
2009–2013 | SpVg Olpe | ||
2013 | Iserlohn 46/49 | ||
2014 | Bursaspor | ||
2014–2015 | Gençlerbirliği | ||
2015–2017 | Yeni Malatyaspor | ||
2017–2018 | Osmanlıspor | ||
2019 | Samsunspor | ||
2020 | Bursaspor | ||
2020 | Kasımpaşa | ||
2021 | Yeni Malatyaspor | ||
2023 | Giresunspor | ||
2023–2024 | Şanlıurfaspor | ||
2024– | Velež Mostar | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
İrfan Buz (born 15 April 1967) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Bosnian Premier League club Velež Mostar.
Early life
Buz moved to Germany in 1971 with his family, and graduated as a construction technician from the Technical University of Dortmund.
Playing career
Buz began playing amateur football with Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid, before playing professional in Turkey.[1] Buz joined Sarıyer S.K. in the Süper Lig in 1989, but only made one appearance over two years.[2]
Managerial career
After his footballing career, Buz began working as a football manager. He transitioned as player-manager for the amateur German club Barışspor Hackenberg. From 1999 to 2008, he served a youth coach for the German Football Association. He managed the German club SpVg Olpe from 2009 to 2013 and got attention from the Turkish Süper Lig.[3] In 2013, he briefly joined FC Iserlohn 46/49 before moving to Bursaspor.[4]
Buz was appointed manager of Bursaspor on 26 March 2014.[5] He then went to manage Gençlerbirliği.[6] He then spent a couple years at Yeni Malatyaspor, who he helped promoted to the Süper Lig in the 2016–17 season.[7] In September 2017, he became the manager of Osmanlıspor, who were relegated at the end of the season.[8]
References
- ^ "İrfan Buz". Sabah.
- ^ Bursaspor. "Bursaspor Kulübü Resmi Televizyonu". www.bursasportv.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Germany, RevierSport, Essen. "WL 2: Olpes Buz lehnte Angebot aus der Süper Lig ab".
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Irfan Buz wird Co-Trainer von Christoph Daum". 14 August 2013.
- ^ "Bursaspor'da İrfan Buz dönemi - Akşam". 26 March 2014.
- ^ "Gençler'de Buz devri!".
- ^ fanatik (30 May 2018). "Yeni Malatyaspor İrfan Buz'la yolları ayırdı". Fanatik.
- ^ "Yeni hoca kim olacak?".
External links
- İrfan Buz at the Turkish Football Federation
- TFF Manager Profile
- İrfan Buz at www.mackolik.com (in Turkish)
- Manager Profile