Hami Mandıralı

Hami Mandıralı (2013 )

Hami Mandıralı ( born July 20, 1968 in arsine, Trabzon Province ) is a former Turkish football player and current coach.

• 3.1 As a player

Playing career

Association

He began his career at the age of 10 years with Trabzonspor, where he had his first appearance in 1985 as a professional player. He became a regular player and acted in central attacking position. His breakthrough celebrated in the season 1987/1988 with 17 goals in 37 games.

In 1998 Mandıralı for a sum of seven million DM for FC Schalke 04, but returned after a season back to Trabzonspor. This transfer fee he was then the most expensive transfer the club's history of Gelsenkirchen. Schalke was aware of him during the clash between Schalke and Trabzonspor in the UEFA Cup of the season 1996/97. In the return match, which ended 3-3, Mandıralı scored two goals and was the best player in the game. After the Gelsenkirchen could not commit to the summer of 1997, it succeeded in exchange 1998. Though the sensitive family man Mandıralı was seen within the team as a very pleasant fellow, he had to deal with adaptation and communication difficulties. He also found it hard to meet the requirements of Huub Stevens, who demanded defense work by the offensive players. So Mandıralı summed up in the second half of the decision, end of the season to return to his old club. He even commented on this wreckage at Schalke with the words: "I can not be the Hami from Turkey to be " because of Hami from Turkey in the offensive has all liberties "counter season, he managed to get significantly better performance So. . he scored at the 33rd game against Eintracht Frankfurt his first Bundesliga goal. This gate he transformed as a direct free kick and thus showed his qualities as a free kick taker. the next league game, which should also be his last game for Schalke, he scored against 1860 München two goals, one again a free kick and the second from the penalty spot, and he was the best player of his team. spite of this rising form curve he moved to the end of the season to his previous club Trabzonspor. Schalke received for Mandıralı a transfer fee of 2.255 million DM, thereby strengthening the economic damage this transfer remained limited.

He played a total of 558 to 2002 times for Trabzonspor, more than any other player in the club's history. During this period he scored 219 goals, which he is the third of the top scorers in the Turkish league. In addition Mandıralı scored in his 40 missions in the Turkish national team eight goals. According to the 2001 /02 season he was sold to the club MKE Ankaragucu. There, however, he could not assert itself and was terminated. He then made ​​his career end known and began a coaching career.

National

Mandıralıs National team career began in 1984 with a friendly match for Turkish U-16 national team. In the same year, he completed three more players for this youth selection. He then played in the years 1985 to 1986 for the U-18 selection in his country.

In 1987 he started for the Turkish U -21 national team aground. In parallel to these activities, he also played for the Olympic team of its lanes. After his first appearances for these teams, Mandıralı was nominated in the squad of the Turkish national team in November 1987 by the then national coach Mustafa Denizli as part of a EM1988 - qualifier against Northern Ireland national team. In this encounter he played from start of the game. From then on he belonged for many years to the regularly nominated for national team.

He was an important player that Turkish national team which first reached it with the qualifiers for the European Football Championship in 1996, to qualify for a European Football Championship. During this tournament Mandıralı came to two inserts and already retired from the group stage. Mandıralı played a total of twelve years for the senior team, completed this Mandıralı 48 caps and scored eight goals.

His last international game, he completed on 27 March 1999 in the EM2000 qualifier against the Moldovan national team.

Coaching career

From 2008 to May 2010 he was coach of the Turkish U -21 national team. In this capacity he remained far behind expectations. Under his leadership suffered the Turkish U -21 selection more clear defeats, even against supposedly weaker opponents such as Armenia or Georgia.

Since the summer of 2013, he works as an assistant coach at Trabzonspor and assisted in this function the head coach Mustafa Resit Akçay. After Akçay had resigned in February 2014 from his post, Mandıralı took over the team on an interim basis only. About a week later, it was announced by the Board of Directors, that Mandıralı will supervise the team until at least the end of the season.

Achievements

As a player

• With Trabzonspor Vice- champion of the Süper Lig (2): 1994/95, 1995/96
• Turkish Cup Winner ( 1): 1995
• Turkish Super Cup ( 4): 1995
• Başbakanlık Kupası (2): 1994, 1996

• Turkish national team: Participation in the European Football Championship ( 1): 1996

• Individually 200 club member Süper Lig
• 100 club member Süper Lig