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

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who played as a right midfielder 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 2. Bundesliga for the 1988–89 season. He then joined Türkgücü München, who were playing in the

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. 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 FV Biebrich. 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

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Özdemir, Engin 1968 births Living people Footballers from Sivas Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's international footballers Adanaspor footballers İstanbulspor footballers Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers Diyarbakırspor footballers Antalyaspor footballers Men's association football wingers 20th-century Turkish sportsmen