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Gökdeniz Karadeniz (born 11 January 1980) is a Turkish professional football coach and a former player who played as a winger or as an attacking midfielder. He is the manager of Russian club Rubin-2 Kazan.

Club career

Trabzonspor

Karadeniz played his first professional match for Trabzonspor in the 1999–00 season at the senior level and made ten appearances. He was at first used in defensive roles by his manager, but was gradually given a more and more offensive role in the team until the 2003–04 season when he was given an attacking midfield role. His lightning step and effective understanding with teammate Fatih Tekke enabled him to lead the club in scoring that season with 13 goals.

Rubin Kazan

On 13 March 2008, he signed a five-year deal with the Russian club Rubin Kazan worth €8.7 million.[4] Karadeniz mentioned that it was sad for him to leave Turkey and also said he chose the club because he felt that if he had joined a big team in Europe his club would not have gotten as much money for him.[5] With the team he won the Russian Premier League 2008.

On 20 October 2009, Karadeniz scored the winning goal to shock the Barcelona fans at Camp Nou, winning the match for Rubin Kazan.

On 5 May 2018, Karadeniz announced he will be retiring at the end of the 2017–18 season.[6] His shirt number (61) was permanently retired by Rubin.[7]

International career

He played his national team debut against Czech Republic national football team on 30 April 2003. He also played 2 times for Turkey B national football team for Future Cup matches against Scotland and Germany and 16 times for Turkey U21.[8] He was called up for the UEFA Euro 2008 for Turkey.

Coaching career

On 7 July 2023, Karadeniz returned to Rubin Kazan and was appointed manager of their reserve squad Rubin-2 Kazan.[9]

Career statistics

As of match played on 13 May 2018[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Trabzonspor 1997–98 1. Lig 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
1999–2000 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2000–01 33 5 3 0 0 0 36 5
2001–02 Süper Lig 33 4 3 0 0 0 36 4
2002–03 31 4 4 3 0 0 35 7
2003–04 33 14 5 2 0 0 38 16
2004–05 32 12 3 2 0 0 35 14
2005–06 15 6 0 0 2[a] 0 17 6
2006–07 34 8 8 3 0 0 42 11
2007–08 24 11 4 3 0 0 28 14
Total 246 64 31 13 2 0 279 77
Rubin Kazan 2008 Russian Premier League 27 6 0 0 0 0 27 6
2009 25 6 0 0 1[b] 0 26 6
2010 17 1 0 0 16[c] 1 33 2
2011–12 35 6 5 2 14[d] 1 54 9
2012–13 28 3 1 0 13[e] 4 42 7
2013–14 21 3 1 1 9[f] 2 31 6
2014–15 21 7 3 0 0 0 24 7
2015–16 22 5 0 0 6[f] 2 28 7
2016–17 9 0 3 0 0 0 12 0
2017–18 21 2 0 0 0 0 21 2
Total 226 39 13 3 59 10 298 52
Career totals 472 103 44 16 61 10 577 129

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 11 June 2003 BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey  North Macedonia 2–2 3–2 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
2. 23 June 2003 Saint-Étienne, France  Brazil 1–1 2–2 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
3. 26 June 2003 Paris, France  France 2–1 3–2 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
4. 28 April 2004 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Belgium 3–2 3–2 Friendly
5. 9 October 2004 Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey  Kazakhstan 1–0 4–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qual.
6. 24 March 2007 Piraeus, Greece  Greece 1–1 1–4 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ Appearance in Russian Super Cup
  3. ^ Twelves appearances in UEFA Champions League, Four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Ten appearances in UEFA Europa League, Four appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ Twelve appearances in UEFA Europa League, One appearance in Russian Super Cup
  6. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Trabzonspor
Rubin Kazan
Turkey

References

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