Gökdeniz Karadeniz (born 11 January 1980) is a Turkish professional

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coach and a former player who played as a winger or as an

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, making over 250 appearances each for Turkish club

Trabzonspor Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional sports club located in the city of Trabzon, located in Black Sea region, northeastern Turkey. Established in 1967 through the merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor is one of the most prominent A ...

and Russian club

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. He is currently the manager of Rubin's reserve club, Rubin-2 Kazan.

Club career

Trabzonspor

Karadeniz played his first professional match for

in the 1999–00 season at the senior level and made ten appearances. He was at first used in defensive roles by his manager, but was gradually given a more and more offensive role in the team until the 2003–04 season when he was given an attacking

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role. His lightning step and effective understanding with teammate Fatih Tekke enabled him to lead the club in scoring that season with 13 goals.

Rubin Kazan

On 13 March 2008, he signed a five-year deal with the Russian club

worth €8.7 million. Karadeniz mentioned that it was sad for him to leave Turkey and also said he chose the club because he felt that if he had joined a big team in Europe his club would not have gotten as much money for him. With the team he won the Russian Premier League 2008. On 20 October 2009, Karadeniz scored the winning goal to shock the

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fans at

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, winning the match for Rubin Kazan. On 5 May 2018, Karadeniz announced he will be retiring at the end of the 2017–18 season. His shirt number (61) was permanently retired by Rubin.

International career

He played his

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debut against

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on 30 April 2003. He also played 2 times for Turkey B national football team for Future Cup matches against

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and Germany and 16 times for Turkey U21. He was called up for the

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for Turkey.

Coaching career

On 7 July 2023, Karadeniz returned to Rubin Kazan and was appointed manager of their reserve squad Rubin-2 Kazan.

Career statistics

International goals

Honours

;Trabzonspor *

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: (2): 2002–03, 2003–04 ;Rubin Kazan *

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; , ''Rossiyskaya premyer-liga''; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is a professional association football league in Russia and the highest level of the Russian football league system. It was establis ...

: (2):

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

* Russian Cup: 2011–12 * Russian Super Cup: (2)

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

Commonwealth of Independent States Cup The Commonwealth of Independent States Cup () is a defunct annual regional association football tournament, recognized by FIFA. The tournament was initially established for football clubs of the former Soviet Union republics in 1993 (a year late ...

* Marbella Cup: 2012 ;Turkey *

FIFA Confederations Cup The FIFA Confederations Cup was an international association football tournament for men's national teams, held every four years by FIFA. It was contested by the holders of each of the six continental championships ( AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBO ...

: 3rd place (1):

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

UEFA European Championship The UEFA European Football Championship, less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro or Euros, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The competition ...

: 3rd place (1):

References

External links

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Profile on TFF.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Karadeniz, Gokdeniz 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Giresun Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's international footballers Turkey men's B international footballers Turkey men's youth international footballers Turkey men's under-21 international footballers Turkish expatriate men's footballers Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Russia Süper Lig players Trabzonspor footballers FC Rubin Kazan players 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup players UEFA Euro 2008 players Russian Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Men's association football midfielders Turkish football managers Turkish expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Russia 21st-century Turkish sportsmen