İrfan Saraloğlu (born 16 September 1962, in

Ardeşen Ardeşen (Laz language, Laz and Georgian language, Georgian: არტაშენი/Art'asheni or არდაშენი/Ardasheni; Armenian language, Armenian: Արտաշեն/Artashen) is a town in Rize Province in the Black Sea Region, Turkey ...

Rize Rize (; ; ; ka, რიზე}; ) is a coastal city in the eastern part of the Black Sea Region of Turkey. It is the seat of Rize Province and Rize District.soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

coach and former professional soccer player. He is currently an assistant manager at

Galatasaray S.K. 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 ...

He played professionally for 14 years.

Club career

He played for

Çaykur Rizespor Çaykur Rizespor Kulübü is a Turkish professional Association football, football club based in Rize, a city on the eastern Black Sea region, Black Sea coast. The team competes in the Süper Lig, the top tier of Football in Turkey, Turkish footba ...

Sivasspor Sivasspor Kulübü, known as Net Global Sivasspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish sports club based in Sivas. The primary department of the club is men's football. Formed in 1967, its football department has competed in Süper Lig since t ...

Maltepespor İstanbul Maltepespor, often known as just Maltepespor, is a Turkish football club from the Istanbul district of Maltepe, Istanbul. They compete in the Turkish Regional Amateur League, the fifth level of the Turkish football league system T ...

, Erdemir Ereğlispor,

Düzcespor Düzcespor is a Turkish football club located in Düzce, Turkey. The club colors are red-navy blue. History The club was founded in 1967 and the first chairman was Atıf Bilginen. Former Fenerbahçe Chairman Aziz Yıldırım is the honorary c ...

Siirtspor Siirt S.K. was a sports club located in Siirt, Turkey. The football club plays in the Iddaa League B. It was founded as Siirt YSE (Road Water Electricity) in 1969. It was renamed as Siirt Köy Hizmetleri in 1989, as Siirt Jetpa S.K. in 1999 and a ...

and Keşanspor.

Coaching career

He qualified his A category coaching licence in 1995. He has worked for Fenerbahçe S.K. and Fenerbahçe Youth Academy from 2004 until 2012. He also worked at

West Ham United West Ham United Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Stratford, London, Stratford, East London, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English f ...

in 2000. Since 2012 he is assisting coach for Okan Buruk, who currently manages

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 ...

Personal life

His son Utku Saraloğlu is a professional basketball player.

Honours

Coach

Akhisarspor *

Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup () is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası''. Now Ziraat Bankası is ...

: 2017–18 İstanbul Başakşehir *

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...

: 2019–20 Galatasaray *

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, 2023–24, 2024–25 *

: 2024–25 *

Turkish Super Cup The Turkish Super Cup, known as Turkcell Super Cup () for sponsorship reasons, is a super cup tournament in Turkish football. Founded in 1966 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2025 by four teams: the winners ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

References

External links

Profil on TFF.org
1962 births Living people People from Ardeşen Turkish football managers Turkish men's footballers Çaykur Rizespor footballers Sivasspor footballers Istanbul Maltepespor footballers Siirtspor footballers Fenerbahçe S.K. (football) non-playing staff Fenerbahçe S.K. (football) managers Galatasaray S.K. (football) non-playing staff İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. non-playing staff Gaziantepspor non-playing staff Akhisarspor non-playing staff Men's association football players not categorized by position 20th-century Turkish sportsmen {{Turkey-footy-bio-stub