Kadri Aytaç (6 August 1931 – 28 March 2003) was a Turkish former

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player and then manager. He played for the

Beyoğluspor Beyoğlu Spor Kulübü, also known as the Beyoğlu Sports Club, or by its historic Greek name of Athlitikós Sýllogos Péran (), or Pera Sports Club, is an amateur sports club based in Istanbul, Turkey. It fields teams in football, basketball, ...

Karagümrük Karagümrük is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Fatih, Istanbul Province, Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called E ...

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 ...

, Fenerbahçe and

Mersin İdmanyurdu Mersin İdman Yurdu was a Turkish sports club from Mersin, Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean Region. The team played in the Turkish first division for 15 seasons, and after the 1983–84 season the football team played in the Turkish second and ...

teams. He is the manager with the most titles earned in the

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, having in the process promoted four teams to the

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Player career

In the 1958–59 season, Aytaç was the first expensive transfer, when he was transferred from Galatasaray to Karagümrük for TL 57.000. On 25 February 1959, he made the first penalty kick in

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match and became the first player who missed a penalty in Turkish first division started in 1959. During his playing career, he won league title for two times in 1961 with Fenerbahçe and in 1963 with Galatasaray. Aytaç was capped in

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for 26 times. He was among the captains of Mersin idmanyurdu football team. In 1966–67 he was transferred to second-division team

which won promotion to first division at the end of that season. He played for

in the 1967–68 and 1968–69 seasons in the first division,

. After the 1968–69 season, he gave up professional football. In his jubilee match, Mersin İdmanyurdu played against a celebrities' team.

Manager career

After his player career Kadri Aytaç started his manager career. In the 1968–69 season, he was the manager of Mersin İdmanyurdu youth team when he was playing in A team. Before the start of the 1969–70 season, Kadri Aytaç became the technical advisor of Mersin İdmanyurdu and look for foreign transfers. Later he attended a course in Romania. Later in that season Aytaç became the manager of Denizlispor, then second division team. He managed

in the 1975–76, 1976–77 and 1992–93 seasons. In 1975–76, he made Mersin İdmanyurdu champions in second division,

. In 1976–77, Mersin İdmanyurdu became 7th of First League. In 1992–93, Mersin İdmanyurdu was 5th of the promotion group of Second League. Among the teams he managed other than Mersin İdmanyurdu are,

Orduspor Orduspor is a Turkish football club founded in 1967. The club is located in Ordu, Turkey and played their home games at 19 Eylül Stadium. The team managed to qualify for the Turkish Super League again in 2011. But the last spell in top level ...

, Gençlerbirliği,

İstanbulspor İstanbulspor Kulübü is a Turkish association football, football and sports club founded by Istanbul High School students in 1926. In 2004–05, they were relegated from the Turkish Süper Lig (Super League) to the TFF First League. For many d ...

, Tirespor, Rizespor,

Kayserispor Kayseri Spor Kulübü, commonly known as Kayserispor, and also called Bellona Kayserispor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club based in Kayseri. They play their home matches at the RHG Enertürk Enerji Stadium ...

, Ankaragücü, and

Karşıyaka Karşıyaka () is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 51 km2, and its population is 346,264 (2022). The district extends for twelve kilometres along the northern and eastern coastline of the tip of the Gulf of ...

. He helped Mersin İdmanyurdu, Orduspor, Gençlerbirliği and İstanbulspor promote to First League. Under his management Tirespor promoted to second league and then became 3rd in second league next year. He lastly managed Nişantaşıspor in 1997

Personal

He was married to Akgül and had a daughter, Güngör. He died at age 71 due to

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from which he suffered in the last five years of his life. He rests at the

Feriköy Cemetery The Feriköy Cemetery () is a burial ground situated in Feriköy quarter of Şişli district in the European part of Istanbul, Turkey. It is administered by the Metropolitan Municipality. Many prominent figures from the world of politics, sport ...

.Galatasaray S.K. fan sit
Kadri Aytaç
. Retrieved 5 September 2010.

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