Fatih Tekke

Fatih Tekke (born 9 September 1977), known by his given nickname Sultan, is a Turkish football coach and former player who is currently the manager of İstanbulspor.

Club career

Turkey

Tekke was born in the small town of Köprübaşı, in the province of Trabzon. He joined Trabzonspor, the major team in the area. Tekke was still in his teens when he started to appear in the first team. In 45 matches that he played between 1994–1997, he scored 6 goals. At the beginning of the 1997–1998 season he was loaned out to Altay SK of İzmir, where he scored 8 goals in 24 matches. In a 4–5 defeat to Galatasaray, he scored a hat-trick. However a few weeks later he broke his leg and was out of the game for six months. Upon his return to Trabzonspor, Tekke played another 38 matches and scored 6 goals before he transferred to Gaziantepspor in the summer of 2000. In this period he made his first appearance for the Turkish national team.

In 2002, Tekke returned to Trabzonspor and was given the captaincy. This was the time Tekke reached the peak of his career. In the 2004–2005 season he managed to become the league's top goal scorer with 31 goals, 7 goals ahead of the second placed player and was second for the Golden Foot. During his spell with Trabzonspor, he won two medals for winning the Turkish Cup in consecutive seasons.

Russia

In July 2006, he signed for Zenit St. Petersburg. On 6 August 2006, Tekke scored on his debut for the club, as he came off the bench against Shinnik Yaroslavl and scored the only goal of the game for his team to win 1–0. Tekke scored the winning goal in the UEFA Cup group stage in a 3–2 victory over AE Larissa. He assisted the second in the 2008 UEFA Cup Final win over Rangers. On 21 October 2008, Tekke scored in the 1–1 draw with BATE Borisov in the Champions League. On 3 February 2010, Tekke signed a 3-year contract with FC Rubin Kazan. He only played five games before he decided to return to Turkey, transferring to Beşiktaş.

Back to Turkey

On 1 September 2010, Tekke signed a 2-year contract with Besiktas JK. However, he was only able to play a total of two games before he was sent to Ankaragücü, in the 2010–2011 transfer window. In the five matches he played for Ankaragücü, he scored three goals. In the summer transfer season of 2011, the newly promoted team, Orduspor, declared that they had purchased Tekke from Ankaragücü. Tekke was given the number 23 and the captaincy of the team. He then moved to Orduspor and retired soon after. He then became a manager.

International career

Tekke was in the Turkish national squad for U15, U16, U17, U18, U21, and for the Turkish national team. For U15, he played 6 matches and scored no goals. For U16, he played 18 matches and scored 5 goals, while also winning the UEFA European Under-16 Championship, held in Ireland. For U17, he played 10 matches and scored no goals. For U18, he played 13 matches and scored 5 goals. For U21, he only played 1 match. Finally between 1998–2007, Tekke played 32 matches and scored 9 goals for the Turkish national team.

Career statistics

As of 10 November 2009

Club

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	4 September 2004	Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon, Turkey	Georgia	1–0	1–1	2006 WC qualification
2.	9 October 2004	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, İstanbul, Turkey	Kazakhstan	3–0	4–0	2006 WC qualification
3.	9 October 2004	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, İstanbul, Turkey	Kazakhstan	4–0	4–0	2006 WC qualification
4.	30 March 2005	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia	Georgia	1–2	2–5	2006 WC qualification
5.	30 March 2005	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia	Georgia	1–3	2–5	2006 WC qualification
6.	8 June 2005	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	0–1	0–6	2006 WC qualification
7.	8 June 2005	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	0–4	0–6	2006 WC qualification
8.	17 August 2005	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Bulgaria	0–1	3–1	Friendly
9.	16 August 2006	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	0–1	0–1	Friendly

Honours

Turkey

• UEFA European Under-16 Championship: 1994

Trabzonspor

• Turkish Cup: 2002–03, 2003–04

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg

• Russian Premier League: 2007
• Russian Super Cup: 2008
• UEFA Cup: 2007–08
• UEFA Super Cup: 2008

FC Rubin Kazan

• Russian Super Cup: 2010

Managerial statistics

As of 4 January 2015