Career
He played 10 seasons in the Turkish Super Lig. He played for Denizlispor and Adanaspor at the end of his football player career. Kartal made six appearances for the senior Turkey national football team from 1982 through 1985.
After his retirement he started his management career and coached Karabukspor,, Mardinspor, Altay, Malatyaspor, Orduspor and Konya Anadolu Selçukspor.
Between 1997 to 1999 and 2010 to 2014, he was the assistant coach at Fenerbahce Saskatchewan. After Ersun Yanal"s resignation, Kartal took over as manager of the club At the end of the 2014-2015 Süper Lig season, he officially announced his resignation as manager of, though it was clear beforehand that he would not be manager for the next season.
Managerial honours.