- Engin İpekoğlu
Engin İpekoğlu (born
7 June 1961 inİzmir ,Turkey ) is a former footballgoalkeeper and currently is the manager of the teamKocaelispor .He began his football career with Prater SV, an Austrian team, in 1978. He transferred to
Sakaryaspor in 1982, became professional in Sakaryaspor in 1985, and won theTurkish Cup with the team in 1988. He transferred toBeşiktaş in 1989. With Beşiktaş, he won two Turkish First League titles (1990 and 1991) and oneTurkish Cup (1990). He transferred toFenerbahçe in 1991, and was first goalkeeper until he got injured at the Kayserispor match in the 1994-95 season. İpekoğlu won the Turkish First League title again with Fenerbahçe in 1996. He transferred toÇanakkale Dardanelspor , which got promoted to Turkish First League in the 1995-96 season, and he became first goalkeeper there until Çanakkale Dardanelspor's relegation to Turkish Second League in the 1998-99 season. He returned to Fenerbahçe and kept Fenerbahçe's goal for seven more games. He was also capped for theTurkish national football team 32 times, beginning with a friendly against Greece on21 September 1988 .İpekoğlu retired from football at the end of the 1999-2000 season. He became assistant manager of
Raşit Çetiner , who was manager for the Turkish U-21 team. He stayed as the assistant manager ofRaşit Çetiner , who became the manager ofBursaspor in the 2004-2005 season. Bursaspor returned to the Turkcell Super League two years after relegation. He took overBursaspor after Çetiner resigned 11 weeks into the 2006-2007 season.External links
* [http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiID=22010 Profile at TFF.org]
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