Nedim Günar

Emin Nedim Günar ( born January 1, 1932 in Bandırma, † September 7, 2011 in Istanbul) was a Turkish football player, coach and functionary. Because of its long-serving activity for Fenerbahce he is very strongly associated with this club. On fan and club sides, he is seen as a major player in club history. Due to his physical strength and his strength in the tackle, after which he almost always stayed on his feet, he received nicknames like Hacıyatmaz (English stand-up guy ), Topaç Nedim (Eng. centrifugal Nedim ) or biyonik Adam (German Bionic Man). With the Turkish national team, he participated in the 1954 World Cup. From the 1990s until his death, he was a board member of the Council at Fenerbahçe.

• 4.1 Players

Career

Association

Günar arrived in the Turkish port city Bandırma on the world. Here he began with his older brother Kazim Günar, who later became a professional soccer player and has also been active for Vefa Istanbul, playing football on the street. Later, he also starred in various school teams and amateur clubs football club on base. Later in 1946 he moved with his family to Istanbul and settled in the district of Kadıköy. In that district known as the home of Istanbul's traditional club Fenerbahçe. Here they lived in the sub-district Yeldeğirmeni Mah. In this new environment, he began to play immediately in the road crew. For their games they use, if possible, the legendary football field Kuşdili Çayırı ( better known under the name Papazın Çayırı ( Eng.: The lawn of the priest ) ), later became today's game site Fenerbahçe, the Sukru Saracoglu stadium built on the, . After they had beaten all the teams of the same age here, they asked the youth team Fenerbahçe to a test match. The former coach of the youth team Sabri Kiraz, a legendary player of Fenerbahçe agreed to. In this test game on the football field Kuşdili Çayırı you won clearly with 5:1 against Fenerbahce. Kiraz was immediately convinced of Günars talent and immediately ordered that Günar was taken with some other players of his team in the youth department of Fenerbahçe. In the youth team Fenerbahçe, he made ​​it fast to the team captain. Towards the end of the season 1948/49, he was accepted by the then head coach Peter Molloy in the cadre of professional team and announced on April 17, 1949 during a game against the Istanbul Football League Beykozspor his professional debut.

At this time played Fenerbahçe in Istanbul Futbol Ligi, since no nation -wide league was present in Turkey. Instead existed in the metropolitan areas such as Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir regional leagues, of which the İstanbul Futbol Ligi (German: Istanbul Football League ) was considered the most prestigious. Fenerbahçe Istanbul played as a team in this league and counted with Galatasaray and Beşiktaş Istanbul at the three strongest teams in this league. Günar came later in the season to no further use. Also the next whole season Günar was not considered in the planning team. Only in the season 1950/51 came Günar to other scheduled missions and completed so until the end of season five games in which he scored a goal.

In the summer of 1952, the İstanbul Futbol Ligi was dissolved and transferred into a professional league system. From now exist İstanbul Profesyonel Ligi (German: Istanbul Professional League ) and the second highest league, which İstanbul İkinci Küme (German: Second Istanbul league). Fenerbahçe played from now in the Istanbul Professional League. Günar captured in this league right away a regular place, played in all 14 possible league games with and was henceforth an integral part of the starting eleven. While we finished the first season of this league on the third place in the table, they reached the championship in the second season. This was the first title for Günar at club level. Through his consistently good performances for his club Günar was nominated by coach Sandro Puppo in the squad Turkey for the football World Cup in 1954, but was not used during the tournament. With his team, he reached for the seasons 1956/57 and 1958/59 two more times the championship of Istanbul's professional league.

As of spring 1959 Günar took with Fenerbahçe at the newly founded and nationally designed Millî Lig, in part with its present name Süper Lig. This new league was as a parent league of previous regional leagues, such as the İstanbul Profesyonel Ligi introduced. All the major teams in the regional leagues left this and played from then on in the Millî Lig on. The first season was played from February 1959 to June 1959. With the championship won this league Günar was with his team first Turkish masters. Günar fell most of this first season through injury and completed only four league games. In the second season of this league failed to defend the title. So you were behind Beşiktaş Istanbul runner-up. In the 1960/61 season Günar played no longer unchallenged in the starting eleven and completed ten league games. His team delivered with Galatasaray over the entire season, a head - to-head races and was one point ahead of the second time Turkish champions.

Because Günar had not played consistently in the last three seasons at Fenerbahçe and him also a change was suggested by the coaching staff, he negotiated in the summer transfer window in 1961 with several Erstligavereinen. On the final day of the transfer window he moved to the city and league rivals Vefa Istanbul. The main reason for this change was the fact that Günars older brother Kazim worked as a functionary at Vefa. With his new club, he experienced a mixed season. Although he did not always played in the starting lineup, he completed 20 of the possible 38 league games.

After just one season he returned to Fenerbahçe. Here he played another season in which he mostly sat on the bench and finished for the summer of 1963 his active playing career.

National

Günar National team career started with the fact that he was appointed to the cadre of Turkey in the World Cup in 1954. Here they finished at the end of the group stage on points with the German team into second place. Although you had the better goal, it was decided by the then regime of the Second Group by a play between these two teams. This meeting decided Germany 7:2 for themselves. During this tournament Günar was no bet.

About three months after the WM1954 Günar was nominated in the national team again in the context of a test match against the Yugoslav national team. In the game on June 5, 1953, he played for the full length and thus completed his only game. In the summer of 1955 Günar completed his second and final international game against the Italian National Team. After this game Günar suffered appendicitis and fell out a long time.

He also played once in 1958 for the second guard Turkey.

Coaching career

After the end of his playing career Günar graduated in the summer of 1969 a coaching course and got here his coaching license. Following this he began coaching course at the amateur club Istanbul Demirspor to work as a coach. In February 1971 Günar began to attend the Istanbul second division Feriköy SK as an assistant coach. He assisted in this case the head coach Hüseyin Arık.

From the summer of 1973 Günar took over Fenerbahce the post of assistant coach and thus assisted the Brazilian head coach Valdir Pereira. In addition to this, he took along with the new head coach Abdullah Gegic the care of the newly opened school football Fenerbahçe.

In October 1976, Günar trained as interim head coach for about two weeks Fenerbahçe.

From the spring of 1977 took Günar addition to his work as an assistant coach and the coach items in the Istanbul's amateur team.

For the summer of 1981 he was introduced as head coach of the Istanbul amateur club SK Yeldeğirmeni, the club of his home district. This work he carried out until the winter break. He then took over at Istanbul's second division Karagümrük SK the co- coaching job and assisted his former teammates Şükrü Ersoy.

In the season 1982/83 he took over as head coach of the second division Aydinspor and coached that club season long.

From the summer of 1983, he was presented with Fenerbahce as an assistant coach and assisted while Branko Stanković. After one season, he led under the new head coach Todor Veselinović continue this activity.

For the summer of 1986 he gave up his co- coaching job at Fenerbahçe and took over for the new season in the first division Rizespor the head coaching job. After he was left here to meet expectations, he exhibited at the winter break from his office available and was later replaced by Fethi little plumper.

In the season 1987/88 Günar took over the third division Vefa Istanbul. Those club where he and his brother Kazim were active as a player. With this club Günar finished the first round as winter champions. After he failed to illness but the last few weeks, he was replaced by Fikri Beşiroğlu. At season's end Vefa playful the standings. In the summer of 1988, you put Günar then again as a head coach.

Death

According to a press release from Fenerbahce Günar died on 7 September 2011 at the age of 89 years. A day after his death, he was buried after the funeral prayer in the mosque in Kadıköy district Zühtüpaşa on the local governing cemetery. At his funeral many sizes of the Turkish football appeared.

Achievements

Player

• With Fenerbahce: İstanbul Profesyonel Ligi (3): 1952/1953, 1956/1957, 1958/1959,
• Turkish Master ( 2): 1959, 1960/61,

• With the Turkish national Participation in: World Cup: 1954