Ümit Davala

Football player infobox
playername = Ümit Davala
fullname = Ümit Davala
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1973|7|30
cityofbirth = Mannheim
countryofbirth = Germany
height = height|m=1.84
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Manager (Former Midfielder)
youthyears = 1989–1990
1990–1992
youthclubs = VfR Mannheim
ASV Feudenheim
years = 1992–1994
1994
1994–1995
1996
1996–2001
2001–2002
2002–2004
2002–2003
2003–2004
2004–2006
clubs = Türkspor Mannheim
Afyonspor
İstanbulspor
Diyarbakırspor
Galatasaray
AC Milan
Inter Milan
→ Galatasaray (loan)
→ Werder Bremen (loan)
Werder Bremen
caps(goals) =
00- 0(-)
00- 0(-)
125 (15)
010 0(0)
007 0(1)
023 0(1)
022 0(0)
011 0(0)
nationalyears = 1996–2004
nationalteam = Turkey
nationalcaps(goals) = 041 0(4)
managerclubs = Turkey U21
Galatasaray (Assistant)
manageryears = 2007–2008
2008
pcupdate = June 21 2008
ntupdate = June 21 2008

Ümit Davala (born 30 July 1973 Mannheim, Germany) is a football coach who is currently free agent. He is also a former Turkish footballer who played as a right midfielder or right wing-back. In 2004, he released a rap album titled "UD 2004".

Club career

Ümit Davala played with VfR Mannheim, ASV Feudenheim, Türkspor Mannheim, Afyonspor, Genclerbirligi, Diyarbakırspor and Istanbulspor AS before joining Galatasaray in 1997. He won three successive Turkish championships. In 2000, he helped the club to win the Turkish Football Cup by scoring two goals in the final against Beşiktaş. In same year, he helped the club win the UEFA Cup final against Arsenal and the European Super Cup against Real Madrid.

In September 2001, Davala transferred to A.C. Milan in a 5 million euro deal. He made the transfer because he wanted to follow his former coach at Galatasaray, Fatih Terim, who had been named head coach of Milan. But in November, Terim was fired and replaced by Carlo Ancelotti, after which Ümit lost his first-team place. In the summer of 2002, he was sold to Internazionale Milano in exchange for Dario Šimić, but was immediately loaned back to Galatasaray. In July 2003, Ümit was loaned to Werder Bremen, helping the club win the German Championship and German Cup. In July 2004, he was signed permanently, but injuries limited his appearances. A hip injury suffered in October 2005 proved too difficult, and over the winter break of the 2005/2006 season he was released by the club, and retired from professional football.

International career

Davala was in the squad of Euro 2000 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup. In the latter tournament, he stood out for his mohawk hair style and scored a goal against China in the group stages, adding the winner against Japan in the secound round. He also provided the cross that resulted on İlhan Mansız's golden goal against Senegal in the quarter-finals. Turkey would finish the tournament in third place.

Futsal

After retiring from professional football, he played futsal and became captain of the Turkey national futsal team in the UEFA Futsal Championship [citeweb|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/futsal/news/kind=1/newsid=490596.html|title=Ümit excited by EURO challenge|publisher=UEFA|date=Januari 15, 2007|accessdate=2008-10-10] .

Coaching career

Ümit Davala had been the head coach of Turkey national under-21 football team until June 2008 .

Ümit Davala joined Galatasaray S.K. as an assistant manager on June 11, 2008.After a loss to Bursaspor, the Galatasaray board stated that “radical changes” were on the way. And, true to their word, the board declared that assistant coaches, Umit Davala and Edwin Boekamp were fired on 10 October 2008 after a brief chat with club president Adnan Polat [citeweb|url=http://www.galatasaray.org/kulup/haber/2118.php|title=Umit Davala and Edwin Boekamp fired|publisher=Galatasaray.org|date=October 10, 2008|accessdate=2008-10-10] .

Honours

* Galatasaray
** Turkish League: 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00
** Turkish Cup: 1996, 1999, 2000
** UEFA Super Cup: 1 (2000)
** UEFA Cup: 1 (2000)
* Werder Bremen
** German Champion: 2003-2004
** German Cup: 2003-2004

* Turkey
** UEFA Euro 2000 Quarter-Finalist
** FIFA World Cup 2002: 3rd place

References

External links

* [http://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=475 TFF U21 site]
* [www.tff.org.tr/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=25555] Ümit Davala TFF statistic page