Engin Özdemir (born 1 October 1968) is a Turkish former professional

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who played as a

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and winger. He is best known for playing for Gençlerbirliği. He is also the father of

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Career

Club

Özdemir started playing for SV 07 Raunheim at the age of 10, before joining

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, who at the time were playing in the Oberliga Südwest, 9 years later. During his two year stay, he played 23 matches in all competitions, scoring 11 and getting 1 assist and helped Mainz gain promotion to the

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for the 1988–89 season. He then joined Türkgücü München, who were playing in the Landesliga Bayern-Süd. Before leaving in November 1992, Özdemir playing 12 games, scoring 11 times in the 1992–93 season. Özdemir made 4 appearances at the

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, scoring 5 goals. However, Gençlerbirliği finished third in their group and so failed to progress. With İstanbulspor, he played 6 times and scored 1 goal at the 1997 Intertoto Cup.

International career

Özdemir made his international debut for

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on 9 April 1996 in a friendly against

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, in which Turkey won 1–0. He played again in a subsequent friendly on 1 May against

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, where Turkey won 3–2.

Coaching

Özdemir was

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of SV Dersim Ruesselsheim from July 2009 until December 2009. From 2010 until December 2012, he was a player-coach for

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. From 2013 until 2014, he was the youth team coach for TSG 1846 Mainz-Kastel. Özdemir was the head coach of the

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youth team from October 2015 until August 2016, where he was made assistant manager of the senior team until May 2017. He was the assistant coach of

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from August 2018 until May 2019. In January 2021, he became the manager of

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, who are in the TFF 3. Lig.

Career statistics

Club

International

Footnotes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Özdemir, Engin 1968 births Living people People from Sivas Turkish footballers Turkey international footballers Adanaspor footballers İstanbulspor footballers Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers Diyarbakırspor footballers Antalyaspor footballers Association football wingers