Okan Buruk

Okan Buruk

Buruk in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth	(1973-10-19) 19 October 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth	Istanbul, Turkey
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Galatasaray (manager)
Youth career
1984–1991	Galatasaray
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–2001	Galatasaray	189	(33)
2001–2004	Inter Milan	24	(2)
2004–2006	Beşiktaş	43	(1)
2006–2008	Galatasaray	19	(2)
2008–2010	İstanbul Başakşehir	28	(0)
Total		304	(38)
International career
1989–1990	Turkey U16	5	(0)
1990–1992	Turkey U18	28	(4)
1992–1995	Turkey U21	13	(1)
1992–2010	Turkey	56	(8)
Managerial career
2013–2014	Elazığspor
2014–2015	Gaziantepspor
2015–2016	Sivasspor
2016–2017	Göztepe
2017–2018	Akhisarspor
2018–2019	Çaykur Rizespor
2019–2021	İstanbul Başakşehir
2022–	Galatasaray
Medal record Representing  Turkey Men's football FIFA World Cup 2002 Korea/Japan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Okan Buruk (born 19 October 1973) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Süper Lig club Galatasaray.

As a former midfielder, Buruk played for Galatasaray, Inter Milan, Beşiktaş, and İstanbul Başakşehir. He was capped 56 times for the Turkey national team. Buruk represented the nation at UEFA Euro 2000, and was part of the Turkey squad which earned a bronze medal at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

As a manager, he won the Turkish Süper Lig title with Istanbul Başakşehir in 2019–20, with Galatasaray in 2022–2023 and 2023–2024 .