Hasan Gültang

Hasan Okan Gültang ( born October 29, 1972 in Adana ) is a former Turkish football goalkeeper and coach.

Playing career

The first few years and Adana Demirspor

Gültang began with the 1991 club football in the youth of Adana Demirspor. For the season 1992/93 he was accepted as an amateur player in the senior squad this association. On October 11, 1992, he made ​​his professional debut during a second division match against Muşspor. After this encounter, he played until the winter break with a cup encounter before he ascended to the second round for the first-choice goalkeeper. Through these achievements, he was the former U-21 national team coach of Turkey, Fatih Terim on. This also oversaw the Turkish Olympic team with which you took part in the Mediterranean Games in 1993. Terim nominated surprising Gültang in the squad of the tournament. Gültang played in all parts of his team during this tournament and played a part in winning the gold medal. Here they sat down against the national teams of France and Italy and was winner of the tournament. Thanks to this success, which was seen as the one to Dato largest of the Turkish football history, the unknown players were observed closer to the talent scouts of the Turkish clubs. The Turkish first division side Gençlerbirliği Ankara reacted quickest and committed Gültang three days after the tournament concludes.

Gençlerbirliği Ankara

Switched to Gençlerbirliği, he took in the first game goalkeeper Ivo days from the Yugoslav Simunic the regular place and kept this for the next two seasons. Through his performances in the 1994/95 season he was promoted to national team and made it to the transfer list so many larger clubs.

Istanbulspor

For the 1995/96 season Istanbulspor rose in the Süper Lig. Previously, the club was bought by the billionaire Cem Uzan. This would create with Istanbulspor an alternative to the big three Istanbul clubs Galatasaray, Fenerbahce and Besiktas Istanbul. Thus, national and international stars such as Oleg Salenko, Peter van Vossen, John van den Brom, Saffet Akyuz, Emre Aşık, Sergen Yalçın, Oğuz Çetin, Tanju Çolak, Hamza Hamzaoğlu etc. were purchased without fear of costs. Among the players there was also undertook Gültang. As a coach, you put a Leo Beenhakker. The first season was not as expected and the team finished a disappointing despite large investments 13th Place. Gültang had here with Fahrudin Omerović and Haluk Güngör two good goalkeepers to the competition and completed a total of nine league games.

Adanaspor

After just one season left Gültang Istanbulspor and moved to the second club of his hometown to second division Adanaspor. Cem Uzan was also here with his family clan that come from this region, active as a patron and also tried this once permanent member of the highest Turkish league expanding again to become a successful club. In his new place of Gültang immediately rose to the unangefochteten goalkeeper. While the ascent just missed out in the 1996/97 season, was achieved by the Vice -won championship of TFF 1 Lig direct promotion to the 1st ligament ascended in the first Lig Gültang lost his place to the second goalkeeper Yavuz Eraydin.

Gaziantepspor

After he had lost his place in Adanaspor, Gültang moved within the league to Gaziantepspor. In this club Ömer Çatkıç was already set as goalkeeper. Gültang remained for three seasons his replacement and completed some sporadic operations. During his time at Gaziantep he was with the club twice in third place and was involved in the largest-ever successes of the club's history.

Career finale

In the summer of 2003 Gültang moved to second division side Kayserispor. Here he was immediately set as a goalkeeper. But after failed end of the season the rise, he left this club. For the new season, he moved to league rivals Mersin İdman Yurdu. After a year with this club he joined the TFF Lig 3 to Kardemir Karabükspor DÇ. The season 2005/ 06 he spent in the third division Kahramanmarasspor and Yıldırım Bosnaspor. After he had been active in each case for one season for the clubs Afyonkarahisarspor and Bugsas Spor, he ended his active career in the summer of 2008.

National

Gültang was nominated by former U-21 national team coach of Turkey, Fatih Terim, forthe in the squad of the Turkish Olympic selection Mediterranean Games in 1993. Here he came in all parts of his team to use and has been with his team gold medalist. After this tournament he played two more times for the Turkish U-21 national team.

In 1995 he was appointed five times by Fatih Terim, who had become coach of the Turkish national team, in the national team. He was sitting with four of those games on the bench and played his first and last international match during a friendly game of 8 March 1995 against the Israeli national team.

Coaching career

After the end of his football playing career Gültang took over the post of goalkeeper coach at Giresunspor. Two months later he left this club and was goalkeeping coach at the Turkish youth national team and was thus one of the coaching staff of Guus Hiddink.

For the 2011/12 season, he took over the first division side Gaziantepspor the post of goalkeeper coach. In March 2013 he succeeded his former head coach at the Turkish U -21, Raşit Çetiner, and was goalkeeping coach at second division Şanlıurfaspor.

Achievements

• Vice - champion of TFF 1 Lig and promotion to the Süper Lig: 1998/99

• Ranking third in the Süper Lig: 1999/2000, 2000/ 01

• Gold medal winners at the Mediterranean Games: 1993