Tolunay Kafkas

Hakkı Tolunay Kafkas (born 21 March 1968) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player.

Tolunay Kafkas
Kafkas as Trabzonspor manager in May 2013
Personal information
Full name Hakkı Tolunay Kafkas
Date of birth (1968-03-21) 21 March 1968
Place of birth Ankara, Turkey
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defensive Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1988 Türk Telekom GSK 26 (5)
1988–1989 Keçiörengücü 39 (11)
1989–1991 Diyarbakırspor 88 (26)
1991–1992 Erzurumspor 10 (4)
1992–1993 Konyaspor 75 (22)
1993–1997 Trabzonspor 143 (16)
1997–1999 Galatasaray 15 (1)
1999–2000 Bursaspor 24 (1)
2000–2002 Denizlispor 48 (3)
2002–2004 ASKÖ Pasching 51 (1)
2004 LASK Linz 10 (1)
2004–2005 Admira Wacker 8 (0)
Total 537 (91)
National team
1994–1998 Turkey 33 (3)
Teams managed
2007–2010 Kayserispor
2010–2011 Gaziantepspor
2011–2013 Turkey U-21
2013 Trabzonspor
2013–2015 Karabükspor
2015–2016 Kayserispor
2016–2017[1] Akhisarspor
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Kafkas was born in Ankara. He played for PTT, Keçiörengücü, Diyarbakırspor, Erzurumspor, Konyaspor, Trabzonspor, Galatasaray, Bursaspor and Denizlispor in Turkey and SV Pasching, Linzer ASK and Admira Wacker Mödling in Austria. He finally retired in 2005. A former Turkish international football player, he played as a defensive midfielder. He made his debut for the Turkey national football team on 21 December 1994 against Italy. In total, he played for the Turkey national football team 33 times and scored 3 goals. He also participated in the 1996 UEFA European Championship.[2]

Managerial career

He started his managerial career as the head coach of the Turkish U19 National team in 2007 until his appointment as the head coach of Kayserispor prior to the 2007/08 season. With Kayserispor Kafkas has won the 2007–2008 Turkish Cup and placed Runner-Up in the Turkish Super Cup in 2008.

Managerial statistics
As of 4 June 2018
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Kayserispor 11 June 2007 31 May 2010 121 51 37 33 042.15
Gaziantepspor 10 August 2010 26 September 2011 51 23 13 15 045.10
Turkey U-21 26 September 2011 29 January 2013 13 5 3 5 038.46
Trabzonspor 29 January 2013 31 May 2013 20 9 1 10 045.00
Karabükspor 8 July 2013 23 February 2015 71 25 21 25 035.21
Kayserispor 8 July 2015 3 March 2016 32 11 8 13 034.38
Akhisar Belediyespor 6 September 2016 18 March 2017 32 11 9 12 034.38
Total 340 135 92 113 039.71

Playing honours

Galatasaray

Trabzonspor

Managerial honours

Kayserispor

Career statistics

International goals
Scores and results list. Turkey's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.21 December 1994Stadio Adriatico, Pescara, Italy Italy1–21–3Friendly
2.11 June 1995Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Canada Honduras1–01–0Friendly
3.12 February 1997Atatürk Stadium, Denizli, Turkey Finland1–11–1Friendly


References
  1. Akhisar, Tolunay Kafkas ile yollarını ayırdı‚ ntv.com.tr, 19 March 2017
  2. Turkey – Record International Players
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