Tolga DoÄŸantez
Tolga Doğantez ( born February 22, 1975 in Izmir ) is a former Turkish football player. He is associated with the clubs Gençlerbirliği Ankara and Istanbul Beşiktaş. For Gençlerbirliği he played five seasons and was during this time Turkish Cup winner. In Beşiktaş Although he played only one season, but this season was part of the team 's 100 year association was founded, which is seen mainly in fan circles as legendary.
- 2.1 As a player
Playing career
Association
Tolga Doğantez began with the club soccer in the youth teams of various amateur clubs of his hometown of Izmir. For the 1993/94 season he became seventeen equipped with an amateur contract to the then third division Akhisarspor. Here he made it quickly into the starting line- up and completed at end of season 21 league matches for the club. His club missed the end of the season in the league and had to let a part of his squad. So also Doğantez left the club and moved to second division Turgutluspor. Here he played only the first round and did it only four league games. For the second round, he was loaned out to third division Yeni Bornovaspor from Izmir. Here he established himself right away, so he moved to the end of the season, including transfer fee to Bornovaspor. For the summer of 1996, he moved within the league to Aliağa SK, another third division of the province of Izmir.
After a year at Aliağa he left the club and moved to the second to eastern Turkey Lig club Adiyamanspor. Here he fell to the talent hunters of the first division Gençlerbirliği Ankara and moved to the winter break to Brussels residents. Gençlerbirliği had specialized at the beginning of the presidency of İlhan Cavcav out nationwide to bind even worldwide young talent at the club or even produce from the offspring, then train them as complete players and then resell profitably to the big clubs of Turkish football.
In his new club Doğantez worked under coach Yılmaz Vural. This coach took the team until mid- November 1997 and was well known that he liked working with young players. So Doğantez received with back round beginning at the first division quickly a place in the starting lineup and scored 15 Erstligaeinsätzen the most striking young players of the season. For the coming season, the Slovakian coach Karol Pecze was appointed head coach of Gençlerbirliği. Under this coach is Doğantez developed further and played in his second season at Gençlerbirliği in 31 of 34 possible league games. For the second half of the season 1999 /00 Pecze was replaced by Turkish coach Samet Aybaba. Also from this coach Doğantez received his place and became the end of the season one of the most sought-after players in the league. The season was finished on the 5th place in the table and reached the best placement of the Association to the season 1965/66. The next season increased Doğantez his services again and was nominated as a reward in 2001, three times for the squads of the Turkish national team. In the league, he finished with Gençlerbirliği a rather disappointing 10th place in the table, but reached the Turkish Football Cup the same season in the final. The final they won on penalties 4-1 against Fenerbahce and won by 1986/87 the second time in club history this trophy. Doğantez scoring the winning penalty in the 4-1 draw.
After these performances, the three big clubs Istanbul Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray for Doğantez interested. Beşiktaş showed the most interest and started early with the negotiations. Since Doğantez with Gençlerbirliği had a contract until 2002 and thus could leave the club free transfer after one year, even Gençlerbirliği was interested Doğantez profitably deliver in the summer of 2001. Short period of change Doğantez ' Beşiktaş was announced. With his new club, he competed on the defensive position with the two Brazilian central defenders Carlos Zago and Ronaldo Guiaro. Nevertheless, he made it straight into the team and played the first game day of the season throughout. However, in the course of the season he lost his place and came rather as a reserve player for use and completed 17 Erstligabegegnungen. For Beşiktaş the 2002/03 season was of great importance, as it celebrated the 100th anniversary club. From club and fan page you placed major demands on the team and expected in all competitions Honours. So we ended the season as champions and Turkish was the expectations here justice. In the UEFA Cup of the season 2002 /03 they reached the quarter- finals with the best performance to date, the club's history in European club competitions.
For the upcoming season, it was intended to build on the team to defend the championship and internationally to perform better. So some players were from the Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu added to the list of players who should leave the club. Among these players also Doğantez was. So Doğantez left after one season Beşiktaş and changed within the league to city rivals Istanbulspor. With his new club, he remained only until the second round and then went to the Brussels residents of MKE Ankaragucu. The subsequent time he moved in almost any season two and sometimes even three times the club and played so in a variety of first division.
For the second half of the season 2008/ 09 he agreed with the second division Manisaspor. Here he reached with his team's end of the season the championship of the TFF 1 Lig and thus the direct promotion to the Süper Lig Manisaspor Despite this success, he left and joined the Mitaufsteiger Diyarbakirspor. For the second round, he left this club and went to the second division Boluspor. At season's end, he moved once more, this time to league rivals Karşıyaka SK. For this club, he played a whole season until the summer of 2011, but then received no contract extension. Since he could not find a club for the upcoming season, he spent the first round without a club. For the second round, he then agreed with the third division Turgutluspor.
National
Tolga Doğantez was nominated by then- coach Senol Güneş as part of a test match against the Dutch national team for the first time for the levy of the Turkish national team in February 2001 and was during this encounter his international debut later he was nominated two more times for the national team and graduated yet another encounter.
In 2002 and 2003 he played twice for the second selection of Turkey.
Achievements
As a player
- With Gençlerbirliği Ankara Turkish Cup Final winner: 2000/ 01
- TSYD Kupası: 1998
- With Beşiktaş Istanbul Turkish champions: 2002 /03
- Quarter-finalist of the UEFA Cup: 2002 /03
- With Manisaspor Cup of TFF 1 Lig: 2008/ 09
- Promotion to the Süper Lig: 2008/ 09