Özkan Sümer ( b. 20 November

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d. 22 December

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) was a Turkish

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, and

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Trabzonspor Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional sports club located in the city of Trabzon, located in Black Sea region, northeastern Turkey. Established in 1967 through the merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor is one of the most prominent A ...

(2001-2003). He played as a defender for Trabzonspor (and later coached the same club), Galatasaray SK, and the

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Career

Footballer

Sümer was born in

Maçka Maçka (, the "club"; Laz language, Laz: მაჩხა ''Maçxa'') is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Trabzon Province, Turkey. Its area is 925 km2, and its population is 24,709 (2022). The name derives from the medieval ...

and started to play football in his home town's club of Trabzonspor. After some time at

Kardemir Karabükspor Kardemir Demir Çelik Karabükspor, known simply as Kardemir Karabükspor or Karabükspor, was a Turkish sports club based in Karabük. The team was founded in 1969 after a merger between "Karabük Gençlikspor" and "Demir Çelik Spor". The club ...

and

Akçaabat Sebatspor Akçaabat Sebatspor was a Turkish association football, football club located in the Akçaabat district of Trabzon Province. They played their home games in the Akçaabat Fatih Stadyumu. The club was founded in 1923. History Akçaabat Sebatspor ...

, Sümer re-joined Trabzonspor. He was a successful defender of his team. During this time, he earned the nickname Deve Özkan due to his tallness and stubborn rough playing temperament.

Manager

After having ended his active sports life, Sümer served as an instructor for a while at the TFF. He coached later the youth and amateur squads of Trabzonspor before he was appointed manager of the main team in 1978. Trabzonspor became Turkish 1st football league champion with Sümer as manager in the seasons 1978–79 and 1980–81. In 1981, he was appointed manager of the

. The national team played two matches under his managership losing both. He then transferred to coach Galatasaray SK in the 1982–83 season. Sümer was manager again at Trabzonspor in the seasons 1984–85, 1990–91 and 1998. In the season 2000–01, he coached Mobellaspor, a

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club in

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Club president

In 2001, Sümer was elected president of Trabzonspor succeeding Mehmet Ali Yılmaz. He resigned from this post on 5 September 2003 in protest against a resolution made by the Ombudsman Board of the TFF that lifted a ban against Fenerbahçe concluded before the he after of Trabzonspor SK president in Atay Aktuğ.

Coordinator

From 22 July 2006 Sümer served as the regional coordinator for education at Trabzonspor. In 2007, he co-founded the women's football branch of Trabzonspor along with

Zeliha Şimşek Zeliha Şimşek (born April 30, 1981) is a Turkish women's footballer and trainer. Currently, she plays as a midfielder in the Turkish Women's Second League for Orduspor. She was formerly on the Trabzonspor women's team, which she co-founded ...

, a former KTÜ women's club footballer only six weeks before the beginning of the football season. The team was invited to join the Turkish Women's Football Premier League in its first season of 2007–08. Trabzonspor women became league champion already the next season.

Death

Sümer died 22 December 2020, at the age of 80, at KTÜ Farabi Hospital, where he had been receiving cancer treatment. He was funeral prayer of İskenderpaşa Mosque and buried in the family cemetery in Maçka.

Honors

As manager

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***champion 1978–79, 1980–81 **President's Cup ***winner 1978–79 **Prime Minister's Cup *** winner 1984–85 with İlyas Akçay *

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...

** Türkiye Kupası: 1981–82

As club president

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***winner 2002–03

References

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