Fatih Terim: Why do they call him emperor?
Fatih Terim is the emperor of Turkish football, as his supporters often call him. He is, by far, the most successful manager in Turkish football history and no one else stayed as long as him in the top flight of Turkish football. He understands the dynamics of Turkish football more than anyone else since he created most of those dynamics.
Fatih Terim was born on September 4, 1953 in Adana. Terim, who is the son of a poor family, worked in many different jobs with his father. He started his football career as a goalkeeper in Adana Demirspor. In 1974, he was transferred to Galatasaray for 1 million 650 thousand liras. He played for the national team for the first time in the Turkey-Switzerland match on April 20, 1975. Continuing his career as a coach, Fatih Terim became the head of Ankaragücü in 1987. Terim, who brought great success to the team, coached Göztepe between 1980-1990. In 1990, he assisted German coach Sepp Piontek, who coached the Turkish national team. In 1993, he became the head of the Turkish national team and in 1996 he took the team to the European championship. Fatih Terim, who did not show much success in this period, came to Galatasaray again. He made Galatasaray champion 4 times in 1996-2000.
In 2000, it brought the UEFA Cup to Turkey for the first time. In the 2000-2001 season, he continued his career by managing the Italian team Fiorentina. He then managed the Milan team until 2003. In addition, he came to Galatasaray again in the same year.
However, he was banned from his post in 2004 as a result of repeated failures. In 2005, he became the coach of the Turkish national team again. He resigned from his position on 19 October 2009. On May 17, 2011, he became the head of Galatasaray for the third time. In 2012, he became the coach who won the most championships in league history with 5 championships.
While playing football, he played in Adana Demir and Galatasaray clubs, and played for the National Team 68 times in total. He scored 12 goals 83 times for Adana Demirspor and 317 times for Galatasaray 16 goals.
Fatih Terim, who has served as the Technical Director of Ankaragücü, Göztepe, Galatasaray, Fiorentina, Milan and Turkey A National Team from past to present, has been referred to as the Emperor in Turkey and as the Grande in Italy.
On September 24, 2013, Galatasaray Sports Club President Ünal Aysal was dismissed from his duty. He became the coach of the National Football Team for the 2013-2014 season.
Finally, as of 2017, he became the head of Galatasaray again.
On the other hand, Fatih Terim married Fulya Terim in 1982 and had two daughters, Merve and Buse.
Fatih Terim is truly the emperor of Turkish football
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