.jpg) Buruk in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 October 1973 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Istanbul, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[citation needed] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Galatasaray (manager) | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1991 | Galatasaray | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–2001 | Galatasaray | 189 | (33) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | Inter Milan | 24 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Beşiktaş | 43 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Galatasaray | 19 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 28 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 304 | (38) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Turkey U16 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–1992 | Turkey U18 | 28 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–1995 | Turkey U21 | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–2010 | Turkey | 56 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Elazığspor | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Gaziantepspor | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Sivasspor | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Göztepe | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Akhisarspor | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Çaykur Rizespor | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | İstanbul Başakşehir | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Galatasaray | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Okan Buruk (born 19 October 1973) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Süper Lig club Galatasaray.
As a former midfielder, Buruk played for Galatasaray, Inter Milan, Beşiktaş, and İstanbul Başakşehir. He was capped 56 times for the Turkey national team. Buruk represented the nation at UEFA Euro 2000, and was part of the Turkey squad which earned a bronze medal at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
As a manager, he won the Turkish Süper Lig title with Istanbul Başakşehir in 2019–20, with Galatasaray in 2022–2023 and 2023–2024 .