Tugay Kerimoğlu
Kerimoğlu in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tugay Kerimoğlu | ||
| Date of birth | 24 August 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Trabzon, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Central Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1983–1987 | Galatasaray A2 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1999 | Galatasaray | 279 | (34) |
| 1999–2001 | Rangers | 42 | (4) |
| 2001–2009 | Blackburn Rovers | 233 | (11) |
| Total | 554 | (49) | |
| National team | |||
| 1986–1987 | Turkey U16 | 13 | (1) |
| 1987–1988 | Turkey U18 | 8 | (0) |
| 1988–1991 | Turkey U21 | 20 | (3) |
| 1990–2007 | Turkey | 94 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2010 | Galatasaray A2 | ||
| 2010–2011 | Galatasaray (Assistant manager) | ||
| 2013–2014 | Galatasaray (Assistant manager) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Şanlıurfaspor | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Tugay Kerimoğlu (born 24 August 1970) is a Turkish former footballer who is a current manager of Şanlıurfaspor and played the majority of his career for Galatasaray and Blackburn Rovers. He was the coordinator of the Galatasaray youth academy, after a short spell working with Mark Hughes at Manchester City. He was the assistant coach to Roberto Mancini at Galatasaray at 2013–14 season.
Kerimoğlu is selected 47th best footballer ever to play at Premier League by Daily Mail, in 2009.
He played for Galatasaray from 1987 to 2000, where he won the Turkish League six times and the Turkey Cup four times. The midfielder was made captain at Galatasaray in the 1992–93 season, making him the youngest captain in the history of his club. He had signed for Scottish club Rangers in the January 2000 mid season transfer window, and joined Blackburn Rovers for the 2001–02 season.
Former Galatasaray boss Graeme Souness brought Tugay to Ewood Park from Scottish side Rangers F.C. in the summer of 2001 for a £1.3m fee. His debut for Rovers was as a substitute against Sunderland. His first goal came on 14 October 2001 in a 7–1 home thrashing against West Ham United in which he scored with a trademark effort from outside the box, lobbing the keeper. Tugay immediately became a fan favourite at Blackburn, where he has been an integral part of the club's success on the field since his first season. Unfortunately he missed Blackburn's League Cup final win in 2002 through suspension. Tugay was named Blackburn's Player of the Year in the 2003–04 campaign. Tugay retired from football on 24 May 2009. His last game was against West Bromwich Albion at home at Ewood Park in a capacity of about 28,389 adoring fans, for both Blackburn and West Brom whilst applauding Tugay during the match once he went off as a substitute in the 85th minute to be replaced by Swedish left back Martin Olsson. He made a name for himself at Blackburn F.C when he struck several long-range efforts. His final career goal came against Portsmouth in a 3–2 Premier League defeat at Fratton Park on 30 November 2008. 98 days on from his 38th birthday, it made him the fourth oldest player ever to score a goal in the Premier League.
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