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Fatih Terim
Personal information
Full name	Fatih Terim
Date of birth	September 4, 1953 (age 53)
Place of birth	Adana, Turkey
Height	172 cm
Playing position	Manager (Former Defender)
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1969-1974 1974-1985	Adana Demirspor Galatasaray	?(?)  ? (?)
National team2
1984-1995	Turkey	51 (2)
Teams managed
1987-1989 1989-1990 1990-1993 1993-1996 1996-2000 2000-2001 2001-2001 2002-2004 2005 - Present	MKE Ankaragücü Göztepe Turkey U-21 Turkey Galatasaray Fiorentina AC Milan Galatasaray Turkey national football team
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 October 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 20 October 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Fatih Terim is one of the most successful football players and managers of Turkey. He is considered to be one of the best managers due to his ability to motivate his players and aggressive game strategies. Currently, he is the coach of the Turkish national team.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Early Years 1.2 Professional football player 1.3 Managerial career 1.4 In Serie A ( Italy) 1.5 Back to Turkey 2 Coaching Style 3 Achievements

Born on September 4, 1953 in Adana, Turkey into a poor family, he attended a vocational high school but soon dropped out of school to become profesionnal football player.

In 1969 Terim's professional football career began as a junior player with Adana Demirspor. Because of his financial difficulties, he was the only player in the team who was being paid secretly by the club at the time. Three years later he became the captain of the team. He recalls his first game with the captain badge: "Just before the game, I cheered up my teammates, as a captain has to do, and ran out to the field. As I looked back on the field, no one was behind me. I was so fast that nobody could follow me. I was so excited." Terim played 6 more years with Adana Demirspor.

As a successful central defender, he joined Galatasaray SK in 1974 and played for 11 years for the club. However, during his time with Galatasaray, the club was not able to win the championship trophy in the Turkish league. Terim was capped to the Turkish national team 51 times, from 1984 to 1995, and was the national team captain for 35 international games, establishing the national record for both categories at his time. He retired from his playing career in Galatasaray

After retiring from professional football his initial training came from Jupp Derwall while they were in Galatasaray. Terim's coaching career began when he was appointed the coach of MKE Ankaragücü. He coached the club for two years and moved on to coach Göztepe in İzmir which lasted one year. He did not have any significant success in these teams. In 1990 he was appointed as assistant to Turkey's national coach Sepp Piontek, where he also coached the U21 team. After serving as assistant coach for three years, he was appointed Turkish national team coach in 1993. Three years later, the Turkish national team succeeded in qualifying for the final tournament of the Euro '96 for the first time in its history under his management. Although the national team did not perform well in the tournament (losing all the games, and not being able to score a single goal), the qualification to the tournament was still considered a great achievement for Turkish football. After Euro '96, Fatih Terim signed a contract with Galatasaray S.K.. Under his management Galatasaray won the championship in the Turkish league for four consecutive years. Crowning his achievements by winning the UEFA Cup in 2000, making Fatih Terim the most successful Galatasaray manager in its history. Unfortunately his departure allowed Mircea Lucescu to clinch the (UEFA Super Cup) in 2000 for Galatasaray. After this victory big clubs were chasing after him, clubs like Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, AC Milan, Borussia Dortmund, PSG, Valencia and AS Roma.

His success with Galatasaray lead Terim to Serie A, signing a one year contract with ACF Fiorentina, Italy.

His aggressive and offensive style of football, and his tense relations with the club president and owner Vittorio Cecchi Gori made Terim a favorite amongst Fiorentina fans. In Fiorentina, Terim had a significant start, beating AC Milan (4-0) and holding Juventus to a (3-3) thrilling draw, and eliminating Milan 4-2 on aggregate to reach the final of the Coppa Italia. However, in the middle of the 2000-20001 season, Terim declared that he was not going to extend his contract with the club since Cecchi Gori did not intend to make the investments that he requested. After his declaration, the team's performance declined significantly, and his continuing clashes with the club president urged him to resign before the season ended.

In the summer of 2001, he was named the coach of AC Milan turning down offers from big clubs like FC Barcelona and Liverpool. Immediately he signed Rui Costa and Umit Davala to the club. He transformed AC Milan's system, playing with a system very smiliar to the Total football style of Rinus Michels. It was a simple 4-3-1-2 formation with Rui Costa as the playmaker. While he was coaching AC Milan, the team won the TIM Cup and reached the third round of the UEFA Cup. However, after several disappointing results, he was terminated and making his AC Milan career last only 5 months.

In the summer of 2002 he returned to Galatasaray. Due to internal problems amongst Galatasaray’s management, financial difficulties of the club, and failure of his transfer policies, he had a disappointing performance. In the first year his return to Gala, they lost the championship title to rival Beşiktaş J.K.. Second year was a complete failure, not qualifying from the Champions League groups and bad performance in the Turkish Super League, which led him to resign and take a break in his managing career in March 2004 in the meantime clubs like Internazionale and AS Roma tried to lure Terim back to the Serie A but with no succes. In the summer of 2005, Terim was asked to coach the Turkish National Team. He signed a contract with the Turkish Footbal Federation, where he still coaches.

Terim, a coach who values professional discipline and organization and amateur passion, was nicknamed "Imparator" (Turkish for "Emperor") in Turkey. In a survey conducted by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) in 80 countries, Fatih Terim was placed among the best eight soccer coaches in the world. He received his award at a ceremony held in Rothenburg, Germany on January 8, 2001.

Terim prefers an attacking type of football where every player has a role in it, when he was coaching AC Milan he used a 4-3-1-2 formation where a playmaker is in function the back players push up front and their places are filled up with another team player, good attacking and entertaining football are the key factors in Terim's system.

• 1 UEFA cup
• 4 Turkish championships
• 2 Turkish cups
• 1 Mediterranean Games gold medal with Turkey national under-21 football team
• 1 TIM cup with AC Milan
• Terim was nominated for UEFA Coach of the Year 2001 (Eventually won by Gérard Houllier)

Preceded by Alberto Malesani	UEFA Cup Winning Coach 1999-2000	Succeeded by Gérard Houllier
Preceded by Sepp Piontek	Turkish national football team managers 1996-1996	Succeeded by Mustafa Denizli
Preceded by Ersun Yanal	Turkish national football team managers 2005-	Succeeded by Current
Preceded by Graeme Souness	Galatasaray SK managers 1996-2000	Succeeded by Mircea Lucescu
Preceded by ?	ACF Fiorentina managers 2000-2001	Succeeded by Roberto Mancini
Preceded by Cesare Maldini	A.C. Milan managers 2001-2001	Succeeded by Carlo Ancelotti
Preceded by Mircea Lucescu	Galatasaray SK managers 2002-2004	Succeeded by Gheorghe Hagi