death_date nationalcaps manageryears birth_date years death_place caps goals nationalyears name birth_place nationalteam totalcaps clubnumber totalgoals nationalgoals clubs position managerclubs article_title
17 may 1980 11 1952-1953 1953-1954 1954 1954-1957 1959-1960 1960-1967 1968-1969 1971-1972 29 october 1918 1934 -- 1945 1945 -- 1946 1946 -- 1953 new york city , usa 115 9 67 99 8 32 1936-1951 `` baba '' gündüz kılıç istanbul , ottoman empire turkey 191 9 139 5 galatasaray sk ankara demirspor galatasaray sk forward galatasaray galatasaray sk altay sk beşiktaş j.k. sk vefa s.k. turkey galatasaray sk feriköy sk gündüz kılıç

gündüz kılıç

`` baba '' gündüz kılıç -lrb- 1918 -- 1980 -rrb- was a turkish football player and coach .
he was ali kılıç 's son and altemur kılıç 's brother .
born in 1918 in istanbul , gündüz kılıç attended galatasaray lycee and then started his football career as a center forward with galatasaray sk .
he was strong , big , well-educated , sophisticated , charismatic , charming and hungry for success .
he never looked flashy , yet was never boring .
kılıç was the mastermind behind the rise of turkish football schooling football players that would become respectable managers after their career .
he took a break from his career in 1938 , moving to germany for a university education .
when he returned to turkey , he again wore the galatasaray shirt and won two league championships with the team .
kılıç , who played 11 matches with the turkey national football team , played for galatasaray until 1953 except he played for ankara demirspor during his national service military obligation .
his 5 goals against beşiktaş jk are still a record for all 3 istanbulian derbies .
his 5 goals were scored in the 43 ' -lrb- 1-1 -rrb- , 58 ' -lrb- 4-1 -rrb- , 73 ' -lrb- 5-2 -rrb- , 76 ' -lrb- 6-2 -rrb- and 89 ' -lrb- 9-2 -rrb- .
the `` gündüz kılıç revolution '' started early one morning at galatasaray in 1952 , when he hung his uniform in his locker and put on his coaching suit and whistle without looking back .
once the captain of the galatasaray team , gündüz kılıç coached his former teammates and the bright young talents he added to the squad .
he led his team to several championships after eighteen years without a championship between 1934 and 1952 .
he also transferred turkish superstar metin oktay to the team .
under kılıç , galatasaray reached quarter-finals of the european cup , with the ac milan side of nereo rocco ending their run .
every galatasaray player , student or supporter had found an exemplary man in gündüz kılıç : a man who performed so well , motivated so well , educates so well and brought out the very best in every single person he ever worked with .
a true gentleman both on and off the field , gündüz kılıç helped galatasaray to reach new targets .
under his leadership , galatasaray won numerous championships , turkish cup titles and international matches .
his visionary coaching style and strong communication skills were to be the backbone of turkish coaching for many years to come .
the player , whose nickname was `` father '' , died in new york city , usa on 17 may 1980 .
his body was transferred to istanbul and was interred at the aşiyan asri cemetery .
