Erman Kunter (born 8 October 1956) is a Turkish-French former professional
basketball
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player and
coach
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. He most recently served as
head coach
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of
Galatasaray
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, of the
Turkish Basketball Super League
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(BSL).
He is well-known for being the player that scored the most points ever in a single-game of any top-tier level professional basketball league in the world, with 153 points scored in a
Turkish Super League
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game in 1988.
Professional playing career
During his pro
club
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career, Kunter played with
İTÜ,
Beşiktaş
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,
Eczacıbaşı
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, Yenişehir Meysu,
Fenerbahçe, and
Çukurova Sanayi.
As a Fenerbahçe player, he scored 153 points (81 points in the first half), of his team's 175 total points, in a
Turkish League
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game against Hilalspor, on 12 March, 1988. It is still a record in Turkey, and the highest single-game scoring record ever in any top-tier level professional league in the world. During the game, he made 17
three-pointers
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.
National team career
Kunter played in 213
games
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with the senior
Turkish national team, and scored a total of 3,699 points (17.4 points per game). With Turkey, he played at
EuroBasket 1981
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.
Coaching career
Kunter was the
head coach
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of
Darüşşafaka,
Beşiktaş
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 ...
, the senior
Turkish national team, and
Galatasaray Istanbul in
Turkey
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; and
Cholet Basket
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,
Asvel Villeurbanne
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, and
Le Mans
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in
France
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. In 2010, he led
Cholet Basket
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to win the
French League championship. In June 2012, he signed with
Beşiktaş
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, to be their new head coach.
After that, he returned to France, to be the head coach of
Le Mans
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, in 2014. He became the head coach of
Galatasaray
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in 2017. He was also hired to be the head coach of the senior
Iraqi national basketball team
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, in 2017. In September 2022, he was hired as a head coach for
Tunisia national basketball team
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.
Personal life
Kunter is married to Sofia Ayten Kunter Hanımefendi, the daughter of Osman Nami Osmanoğlu, and great-granddaughter of
Ottoman sultan
Abdul Hamid II
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. They have one daughter, named Roksan. She acquired French citizenship in September 2010,
Erman Kunter is the new Galatasaray coach.
/ref> and since then, he retains two dual citizenship (French and Turkish).
See also
*
* Kunter Kunter is a Turkish and German surname/name. In ancient Turkish, " Kunt" means strong and it refers to the strength of the large ropes used to tie the ships to the docks and " Er" means "soldier" or "man". Thus "Kunter" is usually used as a male n ...
References
External links
Euroleague.net Coach Profile
French League Coach Profile
Cholet Basket Profile
TBLStat.net Player Profile
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1956 births
Living people
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