Azar Karadas

Azar Karadas
Karadas (in sunglasses) with Brann in 2018
Personal information
Full name Azar Karadas
Date of birth (1981-08-09) 9 August 1981 (age 43)[1]
Place of birth Nordfjordeid, Norway
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back / Forward
Team information
Current team
Start (Head coach)
Youth career
0000–1998 Eid IL
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 Brann 50 (12)
2002–2004 Rosenborg 60 (13)
2004–2007 Benfica 27 (4)
2005–2006Portsmouth (loan) 20 (1)
2006–2007Kaiserslautern (loan) 11 (1)
2007–2009 Brann 48 (10)
2009–2012 Kasımpaşa 36 (2)
2012–2014 Sogndal 44 (4)
2014–2019 Brann 107 (10)
International career
1999–2000 Norway U21 33 (12)
2001–2008 Norway 10 (1)
Managerial career
2020 Brann 2 (assistant)
2021–2023 Brann 2
2023–2024 Stabæk (assistant)
2024– Start
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Azar Karadas (Turkish: Azar Karadaş;[1] born 9 August 1981) is a Norwegian former footballer. Although he could also play as a central defender, he operated primarily as a centre forward.

He had three spells with Brann, where he began and ended his career, winning Tippeligaen with that team and with Rosenborg. He also competed professionally in Portugal, England, Germany and Turkey.

  1. ^ a b "Azar Karadaş - TFF Futbolcu Bilgileri" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 27 October 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.