Erman Kunter (born 8 October 1956) is a Turkish former professional

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player and

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. He most recently served as

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, of the

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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

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game in 1988.

Professional playing career

During his pro club career, Kunter played with İTÜ,

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, Eczacıbaşı, 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

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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.

National team career

Kunter played in 213

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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.

Coaching career

Kunter was the

of Darüşşafaka,

, the senior Turkish national team, and

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; and

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, Asvel Villeurbanne, and

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. In 2010, he led

to win the

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championship. In June 2012, he signed with

, to be their new head coach. After that, he returned to France, to be the head coach of

, in 2014. He became the head coach of

in 2017. He was also hired to be the head coach of the senior Iraqi national basketball team, in 2017. In September 2022, he was hired as a head coach for Tunisia national basketball team.

Personal life

Kunter is married to Sofia Ayten Kunter Hanımefendi, the daughter of Osman Nami Osmanoğlu, and great-granddaughter of Ottoman sultan

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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).

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