Engin İpekoğlu (born 7 June 1961 in

İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

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) is a Turkish

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manager and former

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who most recently served as manager of

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. He began his football career with Prater SV, an Austrian team, in 1978. He transferred to

Sakaryaspor Sakaryaspor Kulübü Derneği is a Turkish professional football club playing in the TFF First League, which is the second level of Turkish football. History The club was formed in 1965 after the merger of ''Adapazarı Gençlerbirliği'', ''Adap ...

in 1982, became professional in Sakaryaspor in 1985, and won the

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with the team in 1988. He transferred to

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in 1989. With Beşiktaş, he won two Turkish First League titles (1990 and 1991) and one

(1990). He transferred to Fenerbahçe in 1991, and was first goalkeeper until he got injured at the

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match in the 1994-95 season. İpekoğlu won the Turkish First League title again with Fenerbahçe in 1996. He transferred to Çanakkale Dardanelspor, which got promoted to Turkish First League in the 1995-96 season, and he became first goalkeeper there until Çanakkale Dardanelspor's relegation to Turkish Second League in the 1998-99 season. He returned to Fenerbahçe and kept Fenerbahçe's goal for seven more games. He was also capped for the

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32 times, beginning with a friendly against

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on 29 March 1989. İpekoğlu retired from football at the end of the 1999-2000 season. He became assistant manager of

Raşit Çetiner Raşit Çetiner (born 10 September 1956) is a Turkish football coach and a former player of Galatasaray (1981–1988) and Fenerbahçe (1978–1981). He also played for Kocaelispor between 1974 and 1978. In 1978, when playing for Kocaelispor he ...

, who was manager for the Turkish U-21 team. He stayed as the assistant manager of

, who became the manager of

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in the 2004-2005 season. Bursaspor returned to the Süper Lig two years after relegation. He took over

after Çetiner resigned eleven weeks into the 2006-2007 season.

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Engin İpekoğlu coach profile
at www.mackolik.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Ipekoglu, Engin 1961 births Living people Turkish men's footballers Turkish football managers Sakaryaspor footballers Beşiktaş J.K. footballers Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers Çanakkale Dardanelspor footballers Turkey men's international footballers Süper Lig managers Bursaspor managers Denizlispor managers Karşıyaka S.K. managers Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from İzmir 20th-century Turkish sportsmen