Tugay Kerimoğlu

Turkish association football player and manager (born 1970)

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Tugay Kerimoğlu is an association football player and coach, born on 24 August 1970 in Istanbul, holding citizenship of Turkey. Playing as a midfielder, he represented Blackburn Rovers F.C., Galatasaray S.K., Rangers F.C. and the Turkey national under-21 football team, competing in the Premier League. He took part in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1996 and UEFA Euro 2000. He stood 176 tall, spoke Turkish, and followed Islam. His career ran from 1987 to 2009.

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2010: Galatasaray A2
Full name: Tugay Kerimoğlu
Date of birth: ( 1970-08-24 ) 24 August 1970 (age 55)
Place of birth: Trabzon , Turkey
Height: 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position: Midfielder
0000 1983: Trabzonspor
1983 1987: Galatasaray A2
Years: Team
1987 1999: Galatasaray
1999 2001: Rangers
2001 2009: Blackburn Rovers
1986 1987: Turkey U16
1987 1988: Turkey U18
1988 1991: Turkey U21
1990 2007: Turkey
2015 2016: Şanlıurfaspor

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Turkey
Place of birth: Istanbul
Occupation: association football coach
Languages spoken: Turkish
Native language: Turkish
Religion: Islam
Participant in: UEFA Euro 2000
Sport: association football
Member of team: Turkey men's national football team
Position played: midfielder
League: Premier League
Country for sport: Turkey
Image: Tugay Kerimoğlu'13.JPG
Height: 176

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date of birth: 1970-08-24
end of work period: 2009-00-00
start of work period: 1987-00-00
name in native language: Tugay Kerimoğlu
Commons category: Tugay Kerimoğlu

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Tugay Kerimoğlu (born 24 August 1970), known in England as just Tugay, is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played most notably for Galatasaray, followed by Rangers and Blackburn Rovers. After retirement, he was the coordinator of the Galatasaray youth academy, after a short spell working with Mark Hughes at Manchester City. He then served as Roberto Mancini's assistant at Galatasaray during the 2013–14 season.

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