İsmail Kartal


İsmail Kartal, also known as Arap İsmail, is a Turkish footballer manager, and former footballer who represented the Turkey national football team.

Club career

Born in Istanbul, Turkey, Kartal played 10 seasons in the Turkish Süper Lig. He won two national league titles with Fenerbahce SK in 1984–85 and 1988–89 seasons. He played for Denizlispor and Adanaspor at the end of his football player career.

International career

Kartal made six appearances for the senior Turkey national football team from 1982 through 1985.

Managerial career

After his retirement he started his management career and coached Karabükspor, Sivasspor, Mardinspor, Altay, Malatyaspor, Orduspor and Konya Anadolu Selçukspor. He led Sivasspor to win TFF First League title for the first time in club's history. Between 1997 and 1999 and 2010 to 2014, he was the assistant coach at Fenerbahce SK. After Ersun Yanal's resignation, Kartal took over as manager of the club.
At the end of the 2014–15 Süper Lig season, he officially announced his resignation as manager of Fenerbahçe, though it was clear beforehand that he would not be manager for the next season. He led Ankaragücü to win TFF First League title in 2018.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Managerial honours

Sivasspor
Fenerbahçe