Zeki Önder Özen (born 17 October 1969 in

Eskişehir Eskişehir ( , ; from "old" and "city") is a city in northwestern Turkey and the capital of the Eskişehir Province. The urban population of the city is 898,369 with a metropolitan population of 797,708. The city is located on the banks of the ...

) is a Turkish

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coach and former player. He managed

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and had been an assistant coach and match analyst of Fenerbahçe. He qualified for a coaching license in 1997. He has been working forFenerbahçe and Fenerbahçe Youth Academy from January 2002 to 2008. He also managed

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in 2009–10 season. In 2012, he started to appear on Ntvspor as a commentator. President of

Beşiktaş JK Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, and ...

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made a press conference on 22 May 2013, to announce that Özen was the new

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of the club.

Management mentality

On 22 March 2013, Özen declared his football mentality during his presentation for

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. For him a perfect football team should comprise 24 players, divided to three groups of eight players. According to him, first group of players must be well-experienced, international and winner. Second group of players must be local heroes, fighters and good team-workers. The last group should be formed as young, determined and disciplined players.

Managerial statistics

References

External links

Fenerbahçe SK official website

Profil on TFF.org
1969 births Living people Turkish football managers Turkish men's footballers Fenerbahçe S.K. (football) managers Sportspeople from Eskişehir Men's association football players not categorized by position {{Turkey-footy-bio-stub