.jpg) Buz withGençlerbirliği in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1967-04-15)15 April 1967 (age 58) | ||
| Place of birth | Istanbul,Turkey | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1989 | Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989 | Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid | ||
| 1989–1992 | Sarıyer | 1 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | →Vanspor (loan) | 18 | (2) |
| 1992–1995 | Sakaryaspor | 22 | (1) |
| 1993–1994 | →Istanbul Maltepespor (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 1995–1998 | Barışspor Hackenberg | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1995–1998 | Barışspor Hackenberg | ||
| 1998–2008 | Germany U11-U19 | ||
| 2009–2013 | SpVg Olpe | ||
| 2013 | Iserlohn 46/49 | ||
| 2014 | Bursaspor | ||
| 2014–2015 | Gençlerbirliği | ||
| 2015–2017 | Yeni Malatyaspor | ||
| 2017–2018 | Osmanlıspor | ||
| 2019 | Samsunspor | ||
| 2020 | Bursaspor | ||
| 2020 | Kasımpaşa | ||
| 2021 | Yeni Malatyaspor | ||
| 2023 | Giresunspor | ||
| 2023–2024 | Şanlıurfaspor | ||
| 2024–2025 | Velež Mostar | ||
| 2025 | Sakaryaspor | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
İrfan Buz (born 15 April 1967) is aTurkish professionalfootball manager and formerplayer.
Buz moved to Germany in 1971 with his family, and graduated as a construction technician from theTechnical University of Dortmund.
Buz began playing amateur football withRot-Weiß Lüdenscheid, before playing professional in Turkey.[1] Buz joinedSarıyer S.K. in theSüper Lig in 1989, but only made one appearance over two years.[2]
After his footballing career, Buz began working as afootball manager. He transitioned as player-manager for the amateur German club Barışspor Hackenberg. From 1999 to 2008, he served a youth coach for theGerman Football Association. He managed the German club SpVg Olpe from 2009 to 2013 and got attention from the TurkishSüper Lig.[3] In 2013, he briefly joinedFC Iserlohn 46/49 before moving toBursaspor.[4]
Buz was appointed manager of Bursaspor on 26 March 2014.[5] He then went to manageGençlerbirliği.[6] He then spent a couple years atYeni Malatyaspor, who he helped promoted to the Süper Lig in the2016–17 season.[7] In September 2017, he became the manager ofOsmanlıspor, who were relegated at the end of the season.[8]
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