Mehmet Fatih Kale Explained

Mehmet Fatih Kale
Fullname:Mehmet Fatih Kale
Birth Date:30 May 1968
Manageryears1:2000–2016
Managerclubs1:Taipei-SCSC Football Club
Manageryears2:2006
Managerclubs2:Taipei Select Men's Team
Manageryears3:2014–2016
Managerclubs3:Chinese Taipei Women's National Futsal Team
Manageryears4:2016
Managerclubs4:Brunei Men's National Team
Manageryears5:2017
Managerclubs5:Chinese Taipei F.A.Technical Director
Manageryears6:2018
Managerclubs6:LAOS U23 Head Coach, Men's NT Interim Head Coach
Manageryears7:2021–22
Managerclubs7:Gençlerbirliği FK Women's Football Sporting Director
Manageryears8:2023–
Managerclubs8:Bhutan FA Technical Director[1]

Mehmet Fatih Kale (born 30 May 1968) is a Turkish/Taiwanese Football and Futsal coach, and known for his contributions to the development of Women's football and futsal development in Taiwan. In 2014, Kale established the first ever women's Futsal National Team for the Chinese Taipei Football Association. Kale was granted Republic of China (Taiwan) citizenship in January 2018 due to his long time contributions to the sports in the country. Kale is the first football coach from Taiwan to work as head coach of an other nation with his stints in Brunei and Laos. After a year of absence due to covid restrictions, he joined the Turkish club Gençlerbirliği to create a women's football program for the club.[2]

Managerial statistic

TeamFromToRecord
Taipei Select Men's futsal team20062006
Taipei-SCSC Club20072016
Chinese Taipei women's national futsal team20142016
Brunei national futsal team (all friendly matches) 20162016
Chinese Taipei Men's national futsal team20172017
Laos U23 football team (official and friendly matches) 20182018
Career totals

Coaching Achievements

2006 Taipei International Futsal Tournament (Taipei Select Men's Futsal Team) Runners up

2008 Taiwan Women's Futsal Championship (Taipei-SCSC Club) Champion

2009 Taiwan Women's Football League (Taipei-SCSC Club) Champion

2011~2015 (5years back to back)Taiwan Women's Futsal Championship (Taipei-SCSC Club) Champion

Honors

2009 Chinese Taipei Football Association "Coach of The Year" award

External links

Futsalplanet news http://www.futsalplanet.com/news/news-01.asp?id=19649

JFA match report http://www.jfa.jp/eng/national_team/futsalw_2014/news/00002962/

Notes and References

  1. News: Mehmet Fatih Kale entrusted with reviving Bhutan’s football. 22 April 2024. 6 June 2023. FIFA.com.
  2. News: Chen. Yu-fu. Chung. Jake. TV host, academics among new citizens. 20 January 2018. Taipei Times. 20 January 2018.