Tayfur Havutçu (born 23 April 1970) is a Turkish

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and former professional player who was most recently the manager of

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club Kasımpaşa. He was part of the Turkey national team squad that reached third place at the

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Career

Havutçu started his career in Germany and played for German club

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during an internship before he left for Turkey to Iran to play for an Iranian local football team in

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. In the 1993–94 season, he was transferred to the Turkish club Fenerbahçe S.K. again spending two years there, he was then transferred to

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. In 1997, Tayfur was transferred to Beşiktaş J.K. and retired there. Serving as an assistant manager at Beşiktaş for several years, at the end of the 2010–11 season he became the

after

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resigned from his post. Later on he signed a three-year contract with Beşiktaş with one year being optional for the manager seat. On 14 July 2011, he was arrested because of match-fixing in

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Final Istanbul BB-Beşiktaş. Havutcu was released, pending trial, on 12 December 2011. He was to resume managerial duties of Beşiktaş at a later date.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Kocaelispor *

: 1997 Beşiktaş *

: 2002–03 *

: 1998, 2006 *

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Turkey *

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: third place

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: third place

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Order * Turkish State Medal of Distinguished Service

References

External links

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Tayfur Havutçu
at Mackolik.com
Coach profile
at TFF 1970 births Living people Footballers from Hanau Men's association football midfielders Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's international footballers Turkish football managers German men's footballers German football managers German sportspeople of Turkish descent UEFA Euro 2000 players 2002 FIFA World Cup players SV Darmstadt 98 players Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers Kocaelispor footballers Beşiktaş J.K. footballers Beşiktaş J.K. non-playing staff Süper Lig players 2. Bundesliga players Süper Lig managers Beşiktaş J.K. managers {{Turkey-footy-midfielder-stub