Engin İpekoğlu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Engin İpekoğlu

football player and manager

Date of Birth: 07-Jun-1961

Place of Birth: İzmir, Turkey

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Engin İpekoğlu

  • Engin Ipekoglu (born 7 June 1961 in Izmir, Turkey) is a Turkish football manager and former goalkeeper who is currently the manager of Adanaspor. He began his football career with Prater SV, an Austrian team, in 1978.
  • He transferred to Sakaryaspor in 1982, became professional in Sakaryaspor in 1985, and won the Turkish Cup with the team in 1988.
  • He transferred to Besiktas in 1989.
  • With Besiktas, he won two Turkish First League titles (1990 and 1991) and one Turkish Cup (1990).
  • He transferred to Fenerbahçe in 1991, and was first goalkeeper until he got injured at the Kayserispor match in the 1994-95 season.
  • Ipekoglu won the Turkish First League title again with Fenerbahçe in 1996.
  • He transferred to Çanakkale Dardanelspor, which got promoted to Turkish First League in the 1995-96 season, and he became first goalkeeper there until Çanakkale Dardanelspor's relegation to Turkish Second League in the 1998-99 season.
  • He returned to Fenerbahçe and kept Fenerbahçe's goal for seven more games.
  • He was also capped for the Turkish national football team 32 times, beginning with a friendly against Greece on 21 September 1988. Ipekoglu retired from football at the end of the 1999-2000 season.
  • He became assistant manager of Rasit Çetiner, who was manager for the Turkish U-21 team.
  • He stayed as the assistant manager of Rasit Çetiner, who became the manager of Bursaspor in the 2004-2005 season.
  • Bursaspor returned to the Turkcell Super League two years after relegation.
  • He took over Bursaspor after Çetiner resigned 11 weeks into the 2006-2007 season.

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