Hamza Hamzaoğlu

Hamza Hamzaoğlu
	Hamza Hamzaoğlu in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Hamza Hamzaoğlu
Date of birth	15 January 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth	Komotini, Greece
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988–1991	İzmirspor
1991–1995	Galatasaray
1995–1999	İstanbulspor
1999–2001	Siirtspor
2001	Alanyaspor
2001–2002	Yozgatspor
2002–2003	Konyaspor
2003–2004	Beylerbeyi
Total
International career
1991–1993	Turkey U21
1993	Turkey
Managerial career
2004	Konyaspor (caretaker)
2008–2009	Malatyaspor
2009–2010	Eyüpspor
2010–2011	Denizlispor
2011–2014	Akhisarspor
2014–2015	Galatasaray
2015–2017	Bursaspor
2017	Osmanlıspor
2018	Antalyaspor
2019	BB Erzurumspor
2019–2020	Gençlerbirliği
2020–2021	Yeni Malatyaspor
2021	Kayserispor
2021–2022	Çaykur Rizespor
2022	Eyüpspor
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hamza Hamzaoğlu (born 1 July 1970) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player.

Club career

Hamzaoğlu began his career in 1988 with İzmirspor. In 1995, he transferred to Galatasaray as captain and midfielder, where he won the league two times, the cup and Super Cup one time. He left the club after 4 years and later played for Siirtspor, İstanbulspor, Yozgatspor and Konyaspor, before ending his career at Beylerbeyi in 2004.

International career

Hamzaoğlu represented the Turkey U21 national team from 1991 until 1993, making 9 appearances in the process. He also made one appearance for the senior Turkey national team in 1993.

Managerial career

Hamzaoğlu began his managerial career with Konyaspor in 2004 as the club's caretaker manager, but it wasn't until 2008 that he signed a full-time contract with Malatyaspor. He left Malatyaspor the following year for Eyüpspor and managed Denizlispor a year later. In 2011, he was appointed at Akhisarspor, helping them achieve promotion to the Süper Lig by winning the club's first ever major trophy, the 2011–12 TFF First League. Hamzaoğlu also became the assistant of Fatih Terim in the Turkey national team the next year.

On 28 November 2014, he was appointed as the new manager of Galatasaray on the same day Cesare Prandelli was released from his contract. He signed a five-month contract until the end of the season. Hamzaoğlu won the league and the cup in that season, and in the following the Super Cup. His contract got terminated on 18 November 2015. Hamzaoğlu was also awarded the Turkish Manager of the Year Award for the year 2015.^[1]

He then managed Bursaspor, Osmanlıspor, Antalyaspor and BB Erzurumspor. In November 2019, he became the new manager of Süper Lig club Gençlerbirliği.

Managerial statistics

Last updated 18 February 2022

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Malatyaspor		28 November 2008	9 March 2009	15	3	1	11	020.00
Eyüpspor		2 October 2009	23 June 2010	34	19	6	9	055.88
Denizlispor		19 July 2010	3 February 2011	24	9	9	6	037.50
Akhisar Belediyespor		3 March 2011	30 June 2014	126	52	32	42	041.27
Galatasaray		1 December 2014	18 November 2015	52	33	9	10	063.46
Bursaspor		18 December 2015	23 January 2017	49	24	10	15	048.98
Osmanlıspor		27 March 2017	9 June 2017	9	2	1	6	022.22
Antalyaspor		4 January 2018	21 May 2018	18	6	3	9	033.33
BB Erzurumspor		7 March 2019	28 May 2019	10	4	1	5	040.00
Gençlerbirliği		1 November 2019	3 August 2020	25	8	6	11	032.00
Yeni Malatyaspor		19 August 2020	21 February 2021	29	10	9	10	034.48
Kayserispor		20 March 2021	25 April 2021	6	0	4	2	000.00
Çaykur Rizespor^[2]		24 September 2021	19 February 2022	20	6	4	10	030.00
Eyüpspor		24 February 2022	present	1	0	0	1	000.00
Total				418	176	95	147	042.11