Fatih Terim
Fatih Terim (born 4 September 1953) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Greek Super League club Panathinaikos.
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| Full name | Fatih Terim | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 4 September 1953 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Adana, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Panathinaikos (manager) | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1963–1969 | Adana Demirspor | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1969–1974 | Adana Demirspor | 125 | (25) | ||||||||||||||
| 1974–1985 | Galatasaray | 327 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 452 | (41) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1971 | Turkey U19 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1973–1975 | Turkey U21 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1975–1984 | Turkey | 51 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1989 | Ankaragücü | ||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Göztepe | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1993 | Turkey U21 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1996 | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996–2000 | Galatasaray | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Fiorentina | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Milan | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Galatasaray | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2009 | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Galatasaray | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2017 | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2022 | Galatasaray | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Panathinaikos | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
During his football career, he played for Ceyhanspor, Adana Demirspor and Galatasaray. In his eleven years of playing time for Galatasaray, he won the Prime Minister's Cup in 1975 and in 1979, the Turkish Cup in 1975-1976, 1981-1982 and 1984-1985 seasons and the Turkish Super Cup in 1982 with the club.
Terim has managed several clubs in Italy (Milan and Fiorentina) and Turkey, as well as the Turkey national team, most recently from 2013 to 2017. In a survey conducted by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) in 80 countries, he was placed among the best eight managers in the world, receiving his award at a ceremony held in Rothenburg, Germany, on 8 January 2001. Terim received a nomination for UEFA manager of the year 2008, and Eurosport named him the best coach at UEFA Euro 2008. In December 2008, he was ranked the seventh-best football manager in the world by World Soccer magazine in 2008. His Turkish nickname is "İmparator", and his Italian nickname is "Imperatore". Both names mean "emperor".
On 25 April 2007, Terim received the order of "Commendatore" awarded by the Italian state.
Terim, whose father is of Turkish Cypriot origin, is married to Fulya Aksu Terim. He has two daughters, Merve Terim Çetin and Buse Terim Bahçekapılı.