Tolunay Kafkas


Hakkı Tolunay Kafkas is a Turkish professional football manager and former player.

Playing career

Kafkas was born in Ankara. He played for PTT, Keçiörengücü, Diyarbakırspor, Erzurumspor, Konyaspor, Trabzonspor, Galatasaray, Bursaspor and Denizlispor in Turkey and SV Pasching, Linzer ASK and Admira Wacker Mödling in Austria. He finally retired in 2005.
A former Turkish international football player, he played as a defensive midfielder. He made his debut for the Turkey national football team on 21 December 1994 against Italy. In total, he played for the Turkey national football team 33 times and scored 3 goals. He also participated in the 1996 UEFA European Championship.

Managerial career

He started his managerial career as the head coach of the Turkish U19 National team in 2007 until his appointment as the head coach of Kayserispor prior to the 2007/08 season.
With Kayserispor Kafkas has won the 2007–2008 Turkish Cup and placed Runner-Up in the Turkish Super Cup in 2008.

Managerial statistics

Playing honours

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Kayserispor

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.21 December 1994Stadio Adriatico, Pescara, Italy1–21–3Friendly
2.11 June 1995Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Canada1–01–0Friendly
3.12 February 1997Atatürk Stadium, Denizli, Turkey1–11–1Friendly