Erdal Keser
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ali Erdal Keser | ||
Date of birth | 20 June 1961 | ||
Place of birth | Sivas, Turkey | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1980–1984 | Borussia Dortmund | 82 | (22) |
1984–1986 | Galatasaray | 49 | (18) |
1986–1987 | Borussia Dortmund | 24 | (5) |
1987–1989 | Sarıyer | 58 | (29) |
1989–1994 | Galatasaray | 93 | (21) |
Total | 306 | (95) | |
International career | |||
1982–1991 | Turkey | 25 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
2007–2009 | Galatasaray (assistant) | ||
2015 | Wil | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ali Erdal Keser (born 20 June 1961) is a Turkish former professional footballer who is director of sport of Galatasaray. A forward, he played for Borussia Dortmund, Galatasaray, Sarıyer and the Turkey national team.
Career
[edit]Keser was born in Sivas, Turkey but his family moved to Hagen, West Germany, where he grew up. He began his youth career with SSV Hagen. Borussia Dortmund signed him when he was 17 years old and started with the regular squad at the age of 18. He transferred to Galatasaray in 1984–85 season and played there for two seasons. He returned to Borussia Dortmund for the 1986–87 season. He then signed for Sarıyer and became team captain. In 1989, he returned for a second spell at Galatasaray where he played until retirement in 1994.
He was the assistant manager for Eric Gerets at Galatasaray between 2007 and 2009. In May 2015 Keser was announced to be the new manager of Swiss outfit FC Wil.[1]
Keser made 25 appearances for the Turkey national team from 1982 to 1991.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Trainerwechsel beim FC Wil 1900". FC Wil. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "Turkey – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 April 2009.
External links
[edit]- Erdal Keser at WorldFootball.net
- Erdal Keser at www.mackolik.com (also at arsiv.mackolik.com) (in Turkish)
- Erdal Keser at the Turkish Football Federation
- Living people
- 1961 births
- Sportspeople from Sivas
- Turkish men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Turkey men's international footballers
- Bundesliga players
- Süper Lig players
- Borussia Dortmund players
- Galatasaray S.K. footballers
- Sarıyer S.K. footballers
- Turkish football managers
- Turkish expatriate men's footballers
- Turkish expatriate sportspeople in West Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 20th-century Turkish sportsmen
- Turkish football forward stubs