Ramazan Yıldırım (born 7 September 1975) is a former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

and manager. Born in Germany, he is of Turkish descent.

Career

As a player, Yıldırım spent three seasons in the 2. Bundesliga with

Rot-Weiss Essen Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club plays in the 3. Liga, at the Stadion an der Hafenstraße. The team won the DFB-Pokal in 1953, and the German championship in 1955. The latt ...

and

Kickers Offenbach Offenbacher Fussball-Club Kickers, commonly known as Kickers Offenbach, is a German association football club in Offenbach am Main, Hesse. The club was founded on 27 May 1901 in the Rheinischer Hof restaurant by footballers who had left establis ...

, as well as one season in the

3. Liga The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga. The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...

with

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. They compete in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier o ...

Coaching career

After retiring as a player Yıldırım became a youth coach at Eintracht Braunschweig. He was sacked by the club in January 2011 and subsequently took over Rot-Weiss Essen's reserve side in the summer of 2011. During the winter break of the 2011–12 season, Yıldırım was then appointed as manager of

Regionalliga Nord The Regionalliga Nord () is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regionalliga Bayern, Regionalliga N ...

side

VfB Lübeck VfB Lübeck is a German association football club playing in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, in the country's north. It is most known for reaching the semifinals of the German Cup in the 2003/2004 season. They played in the 2. Bundesliga from 199 ...

. He was released by Lübeck in December 2012. On 28 June 2013 he was appointed manager of

Sportfreunde Lotte VfL Sportfreunde Lotte is a German association football club from Lotte, North Rhine-Westphalia. The football team is part of a sports club with approximately 1400 members and departments for handball, walking, gymnastics, and swimming, as well ...

. He left the club on 3 January 2014.

Managerial record

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* 1975 births Living people People from Peine (district) Footballers from Lower Saxony German sportspeople of Turkish descent Turkish men's footballers Turkish football managers 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players TuS Celle FC players VfB Lübeck players SSV Jahn Regensburg players Rot-Weiss Essen players Kickers Offenbach players Eintracht Braunschweig players Eintracht Braunschweig non-playing staff VfB Lübeck managers Sportfreunde Lotte managers Men's association football midfielders {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub