Mehmet Fatih Kale
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mehmet Fatih Kale | ||
| Date of birth | 30 May 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Ankara, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2000–2016 | Taipei-SCSC Club | ||
| 2006 | Taipei Select men's futsal team | ||
| 2014–2016 | Chinese Taipei women's national futsal team | ||
| 2016 | Brunei national futsal team | ||
| 2017 | Chinese Taipei (technical director) | ||
| 2018 | Laos U23 | ||
| 2021–2022 | Gençlerbirliği FK Women's (sporting director) | ||
| 2023– | Bhutan (technical director)[1] | ||
| 2025 | Paro FC (assistant) | ||
Mehmet Fatih Kale (born 30 May 1968) is a Turkish football and futsal coach/manager. In 2014, Kale established the first 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.[2]
Managerial statistic
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||||
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Taipei Select men's futsal team | 2006 | 2006 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.67 | |||
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Taipei-SCSC Club | 2007 | 2016 | 154 | 117 | 16 | 21 | 75.97 | |||
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Chinese Taipei women's national futsal team | 2014 | 2016 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60.00 | |||
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Brunei national futsal team | 2016 | 2016 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
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Chinese Taipei men's national futsal team | 2017 | 2017 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 44.44 | |||
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Laos U23 | 2018 | 2018 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 62.50 | |||
| Career total | 186 | 138 | 17 | 31 | 74.19 | ||||||
Honors
- 2009 Chinese Taipei Football Association "Coach of The Year" award
Notes and references
- ^ "Mehmet Fatih Kale entrusted with reviving Bhutan's football". FIFA.com. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ Chen, Yu-fu; Chung, Jake (20 January 2018). "TV host, academics among new citizens". Taipei Times. Retrieved 20 January 2018.