Career
He played for Ministry of Posts, Telegraphs & Telephones, France, Keçiörengücü, Diyarbakırspor, Erzurumspor, Konyaspor, Trabzonspor, Galatasaray, Bursaspor and Denizlispor in Turkey and SV Pasching, Linzer ASK Group (a software company) 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 Union of European Football Associations European Championship.
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.