İsmail Demiriz
İsmail Demiriz (born 1 April 1962) is a Turkish former football manager and footballer who played as a rightback.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | İsmail Demiriz | ||
| Date of birth | 1 April 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Turgutlu, Turkey | ||
| Playing position(s) | Rightback | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1979–1981 | İzmirspor | ||
| 1980 | →Kocaelispor (loan) | ||
| 1981–1982 | Denizlispor | ||
| 1982–1983 | Göztepe | ||
| 1983 | →İzmirspor (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1984 | Gençlerbirliği | 34 | (0) |
| 1984–1993 | Galatasaray | 251 | (7) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1980 | Turkey U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 1982–1983 | Turkey U21 | 5 | (0) |
| 1983–1988 | Turkey | 27 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1995–1996 | Kasımpaşa | ||
| 1996–1997 | Nişantaşıspor | ||
| 1998 | Karabükspor | ||
| 1999–2000 | Siirtspor | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 April 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 April 2018 | |||
In 2019, Demiriz was convicted in Turkey and sentenced to prison for over a half-dozen years for his affiliations with Hizmet, a self-described transnational association based on moral principles and outlawed in Turkey as allegedly an "armed terrorist group."[1]
Professional career
Demiriz spent his whole career in Turkey, and is best known for his stint with Galatasaray with whom he played 251 times and scored 7 times.[2] He helped Galatasaray win 3 Süper Lig titles, and 10 other domestic titles. He was briefly a manager after retiring from football.
Other Interests
In September 2016, Demiriz was charged with being part of a Gülenist terrorist organization and detained in Istanbul.[3]
Honours
- Galatasaray
- Turkish Federation Cup (2): 1984-85, 1990-91
- Prime Minister's Cup (2): 1985-86, 1989-90
- Süper Lig (3): 1986-87, 1987-88, 1992-93
- Turkish Super Cup (2): 1986-87, 1987-88
- TSYD Cup (3): 1987-88, 1991-92, 1992-93
- Turkish Cup (1): 1992-93
References
External links
- İsmail Demiriz at the Turkish Football Federation
- İsmail Demiriz at Mackolik.com (in Turkish)
- TFF Manager Profile