İsmail Demiriz explained

İsmail Demiriz
Fullname:İsmail Demiriz
Birth Date:1 April 1962
Birth Place:Turgutlu, Turkey
Position:Right-back
Youthyears1:1979–1981
Youthclubs1:İzmirspor
Youthyears2:1980
Youthclubs2:Kocaelispor (loan)
Youthyears3:1981–1982
Youthclubs3:Denizlispor
Youthyears4:1982–1983
Youthclubs4:Göztepe
Youthyears5:1983
Youthclubs5:İzmirspor (loan)
Years1:1983–1984
Caps1:34
Goals1:0
Years2:1984–1993
Caps2:251
Goals2:7
Nationalyears1:1980
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:1982–1983
Nationalcaps2:5
Nationalgoals2:0
Nationalyears3:1983–1988
Nationalteam3:Turkey
Nationalcaps3:27
Nationalgoals3:0
Manageryears1:1995–1996
Managerclubs1:Kasımpaşa
Manageryears2:1996–1997
Managerclubs2:Nişantaşıspor
Manageryears3:1998
Managerclubs3:Karabükspor
Manageryears4:1999–2000
Managerclubs4:Siirtspor
Ntupdate:3 April 2018
Club-Update:3 April 2018

İsmail Demiriz (born 1 April 1962) is a Turkish former football player, who played as a right-back, and manager.

In 2019, Demiriz was convicted in Turkey and sentenced to prison for over a half-dozen years for his affiliations with Hizmet, a self-described transnational association based on moral principles and outlawed in Turkey as allegedly an "armed terrorist group."[1]

Professional career

Demiriz spent his whole career in Turkey and is best known for his stint with Galatasaray, for whom he played 251 times and scored seven times.[2] He helped Galatasaray win three Süper Lig titles, and ten other domestic titles. He was briefly a manager after retiring from football.

Other interests

In September 2016, Demiriz was charged with being part of a Gülenist terrorist organization and detained in Istanbul.[3]

Honours

Galatasaray

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Turkish court sentences ex-footballer to jail over Gülen movement links. Ahval. 26 March 2019.
  2. Web site: İsmail Demiriz kimdir? Aslen nereli ve kaç yaşındadır?. Haber7. Haber7.
  3. Web site: Eski Galatasaraylı futbolcu İsmail Demiriz tutuklandı. 22 September 2016.