Serdar Topraktepe (born 25 August 1976) is a Turkish retired footballer and coach who currently is the assistant manager of Süper Lig club Beşiktaş. He played as a striker or as a left sided winger.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Serdar Topraktepe | ||
| Date of birth | 25 August 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Istanbul, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking Midfielder, Winger, Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Beşiktaş J.K. (interim head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1994 | Karagümrükspor | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1999 | Beşiktaş | 94 | (7) |
| 1999–2002 | Kocaelispor | 92 | (32) |
| 2002–2004 | Beşiktaş | 25 | (5) |
| 2004 | Kocaelispor | 16 | (4) |
| 2005–2006 | Bursaspor | 43 | (12) |
| 2006–2007 | Sivasspor | 23 | (0) |
| 2007–2011 | Kocaelispor | 113 | (25) |
| 2011–2013 | Kocaeli Birlik Spor | 52 | (8) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1991–1992 | Turkey U15 | 11 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | Turkey U16 | 23 | (3) |
| 1993 | Turkey U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Turkey U18 | 19 | (4) |
| 1996–1997 | Turkey U21 | 10 | (3) |
| 1996–1997 | Turkey | 2 | (0) |
| 1997 | Turkey U23 | 5 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016–2017 | Dikilitaş SK (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Beşiktaş U19 (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | Adanaspor (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | Beşiktaş U19 (assistant) | ||
| 2021–2022 | Beşiktaş J.K. (assistant) | ||
| 2022 | Beşiktaş U19 (assistant) | ||
| 2022 | Beşiktaş Reserves | ||
| 2022– | Beşiktaş U19 | ||
| 2023 | Beşiktaş J.K. (assistant) | ||
| 2023 | Beşiktaş J.K. (caretaker) | ||
| 2024 | Beşiktaş J.K. (assistant) | ||
| 2024– | Beşiktaş J.K. (interim) | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 October 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 October 2017 | |||
Topraktepe has previously played for Beşiktaş, Kocaelispor, Bursaspor, Sivasspor and Kocaeli Birlik Spor. During his playing time in Kocaelispor, he wore the jersey number 41, which is also the license plate for Kocaeli.
Playing career edit
His displays in 2007–08 season for Kocaelispor helped his team to win promotion from TFF First League. Topraktepe was a skillful forward with flair and fierce shots. He was capped only twice for Turkey at senior level, despite having represented Turkey several times at youth levels. In his long career he had four league and two Turkish Cup titles.
Managerial career edit
On 22 December 2023, after the resignation of Beşiktaş manager Rıza Çalımbay, Topraktepe became the interim coach of Beşiktaş.[1] His first match as Beşiktaş manager was an away match on 25 December 2023 held at Mersin Stadium, in which Beşiktaş defeated Hatayspor 2-1. He returned to his assistant duties following Fernando Santos' assignment as manager on 7 January 2024[2] but was reappointed as interim on 13 April 2024 until the end of the 2023-24 season due to Santos' sacking.[3]
Personal life edit
Topraktepe was born on 25 August 1976 in Istanbul. He is the brother of the footballer Ömer Topraktepe.[4]
Honours edit
- Turkish Super League: 1994–95, 2002–03
- Turkish Cup: 1997–98
- Turkish Super Cup: 1998[5]
- Turkish Cup: 2001–02
- TFF First League: 2007–08
- TFF First League: 2005–06
References edit
- ^ "Kulübümüzden Bilgilendirme". Beşiktaş J.K. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ "Kulübümüzden Bilgilendirme". Beşiktaş J.K. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ "Kulübümüzden Açıklama". Beşiktaş J.K. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ "Eski Milli Futbolcu Serdar Topraktepe'nin Acı Günü".
- ^ "CumhurBaşkanlığı Kupası (Profesyonel Takım) (Final)". tff.org. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
External links edit
- Serdar Topraktepe at the Turkish Football Federation
- Profile at Futbolig.com.tr at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-05-02)
- Serdar Topraktepe at www.mackolik.com (in Turkish)
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