Orhan Kaynak

Orhan Kaynak
Personal information
Full name	Orhan Kaynak
Date of birth	March 1, 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth	Adana, Turkey
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1982–1987	Adanaspor
Senior career*
Years	Team
1987–1991	Adanaspor
1991–1993	Samsunspor
1993–1995	Trabzonspor
1995–1997	Beşiktaş
1997–2001	Kocaelispor
2001	Xanthi
2001	İstanbul Başakşehir
2001–2003	Kayseri Erciyesspor
2003–2005	Akçaabat Sebatspor
2005–2006	Kocaelispor
2006–2007	Sarıyer
International career‡
1989–1990	Turkey U21
Managerial career
2008–2010	Eskişehirspor (assistant)
2010–2013	Sivasspor (assistant)
2013–2014	Çaykur Rizespor (assistant)
2014	Trabzonspor (assistant)
2014–2015	Sivasspor (assistant)
2017	Adana Demirspor (assistant)
2018	Sarıyer
2018–2019	Elazığspor
2019	Boluspor
2020	Elazığspor
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2017; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 November 2017

Orhan Kaynak (born 1 March 1970 in Adana), also known as Küçük Orhan, is a retired Turkish footballer best known for his stints in the Turkish Süper Lig with Adanaspor, Trabzonspor, and Kocaelispor.

Professional career edit

Orhan followed his brothers and graduated from the Adanaspor and joined the first team in the Süper Lig. He spent the rest of his career in the highest divisions of Turkey, with notable performances with Trabzonspor and Kocaelispor.

Coaching career edit

On 2 March 2018, Kaynak was appointed as the manager of Sarıyer.^[1] Kaynak won two games out of ten at Sarıyer. On 12 June 2018, Kaynak was linked with a move to Elazığspor. Later on the month, he was officially announced as the club's new manager. After seven months, on 24 January 2019, Kaynak decided to resign from Elazığspor. The club was in a very bad economical condition and had a debt of 46 million turkish lira, also with 12 players leaving the club.^[2]

A few days later, on 28 January 2019, Kaynak was announced as the new manager of Boluspor.^[3]

Personal life edit

Orhan was born in to a large family of 8 children. His brothers Reşit, Kayhan, İrfan, İlhan and Ayhan were all professional footballers.^[4] He earned the nickname "Küçük Orhan" (meaning little Orhan), because Orhan Çıkırıkçı was in the same team at Trabzonspor.