Coach. He was born on September 4th 1953 in Adana. He was given the epithet “Emperor” by his fans. He began
football in Adana Demirspor and was transferred to Galatasaray football team by
being acclaimed. He captained the club until 1985 until he said goodbye to
football. He played in 327 matches with the GS uniform. He also exhibited a
very successful football with the Turkish National Team uniform.
He began his career in coaching after he left being a
football player. He coached the Ankaragücü, Göztepe and Galatasaray sports
clubs as well as the Turkish National Team. He had GS won 4 leagues, 2 Turkey
Cups, one UEFA Cup and he worked in this club, GS until 2001. He took his
nickname, “Emperor” as the first and only Turkish coach, who had Galatasaray
won the UEFA Cup in 2000. Terim, who was transferred to the Fiorentina team in
2001, carried his team to the finals. He left Galatasaray in 2004 that he
returned back in 2002.
Terim became the head of the Turkish National Team and succeeded
to obtain the right to participate in the European Championship for the first
time in 1996. In addition, he broke the records of Coşkun Özarı, who took the
field for the 55th time with his team with the Georgia match. He
proved that he is a successful coach by responsible for the 30 wins, 17 draws and
14 defeats of the National Team. He took the team to EURO 2008 finals and he
was chosen as the best coach of this tournament.
Among the successes of Fatih Terim are the Mediterranean
Games Championship, UEFA Cup Championship and third place, Turkey Cup
Championship, Atatürk Cup Championship, TSYD Cup Championship. He has been the
one and only coach who experienced the championship in the Mediterranean games
with the U-21 football team in the Turkish football history. In addition, he
was given the State Medal of Italy and was awarded an honorary
doctorate due to his success in 2008.
