Gündüz Tekin Onay

Football manager infobox
playername= Gündüz Tekin Onay


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dateofbirth = birth date|1942|5|31
dateofdeath = death date and age|2008|1|4|1942|5|31
cityofbirth = Çankırı
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countryofbirth = Turkey
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years = 1957–
clubs = Eskişehirspor Bursa Akınspor
Karabükspor
Muhafızgücü
Karşıyaka
Şekerspor
Kastamonuspor
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nationalteam = National Army Football Team
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managerclubs = Kastamonuspor
Turkey (assistant coach)
Adanaspor
Zonguldakspor
Beşiktaş
Bursaspor
Mersin İdmanyurdu
Ankaragücü
Kayserispor
Konyaspor
Denizlispor
manageryears = 1968–
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Gündüz Tekin Onay (31 May 1942 in Çankırı - 4 January 2008 in İstanbul, Turkey) was a Turkish footballer and coach who also trained Istanbul club Beşiktaş between 1976 and 1977. He is known for his success to discover starlets and his modesty. Additionally, he was the author of a system to explore and breed young talents for Turkish football. [ [http://www.tumgazeteler.com/?a=2162008 Umutluyum; çünkü Gündüz Tekin Onay var (Eng:I am hopeful cause there is Onay)] ]

Career

He had begun his professional career in 1957 as a player of Eskişehirspor. Respectively he played for Bursa Akınspor, Kardemir Karabükspor, Muhafızgücü, Karşıyaka, Şekerspor and Kastamonuspor beside National Army Football.

He began to manage the teams when he was 26 with coaching Kastamonuspor in 1968. Afterwards, he became the assistant of Abdullah Gegiç for National Team in 1969. He maintained this duty until 1972 as an employer of TFF. [ [http://www.sporx.com/detail.php?Type=1&kategori=202&go=93675 Biyografisi (Eng: His Biography)] ] Onay entered Turkish League as the coach of Adanaspor at the age of 30. He worked in numerous teams for non-stop 21 years, which is record in Turkish football history as total of 462 matches. [ [http://www.tumgazeteler.com/?a=2465208 Onay Kimdir? (Eng: Who is Onay?)] ] He coached successively Zonguldakspor, Beşiktaş, Bursaspor, Mersin İdmanyurdu, Ankaragücü, Kayserispor, Gençlerbirliği, Adana Demirspor alongside Konyaspor, Denizlispor when the teams were competing in Division 2. He was also chairman of Adanaspor.

After ending his managerial career, he contributed the Turkish football in different cases, including the top-adviser function of TFF as well as general co-ordinator of the Researching, Planning, Education and improvement Departmnet (ARPEG). During his task, he created "Van Football Village Project", which aimed to gather and train youngsters from different cities, and compose a synthesis of eastern and western Turkish football. [ [http://www.haberler.com/gunduz-tekin-onay-yarin-topraga-verilecek-haberi/ Gündüz Tekin Onay Yarın Toprağa Verilecek (Eng: Onay to be interred)] ]

After UNESCO declared 2007 as Year of Rumi, he was achieved "the clemency and example behaviour" prize by Turkish Football Coaches Association. Additionally in 2007, he is propered the special "Namık Sevik Prize" after the 54th annual Sportsmen of the Year survey of daily newspaper Milliyet. [ [http://www.milliyet.com.tr/2008/01/01/spor/aspo.html Gündüz Tekin Onay Son Yolculuğuna uğurlandı. (Eng: Onay on his last journey)] ]

Onay died due to cancer during his treatment period. [ [http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=643370.html 'Unforgettable' Onay passes away] ] He was inferred on 5 January, 2008 in Zincirlikuyu Cemetery in Istanbul. There were several sports persons at his funeral such as UEFA vice presicent Şenez Erzik, TFF president Haluk Ulusoy, Turkey manager Fatih Terim, Sivasspor chairman Mecnun Otyakmaz, and national footballer Emre Belözoğlu. [ [http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/431755.asp Cesur yürek Kenan (Eng: Braveheart Kenan, survey results)] ]

Miscellaneous

*Onay had typed various newspapers as sports columnist, besides he is author of 14 books devoted football.
*He was married and had one daughter and one son. His son is well known Turkish sports commentator Güntekin Onay who currently works for Turkish TV station NTV.

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