Serdar Topraktepe (born 25 August 1976) is a Turkish football coach and former player who is currently the Assistant head coach at Beşiktaş. He played as a striker or as a left sided winger.
Topraktepe has previously played for Beşiktaş, Kocaelispor, Bursaspor, Sivasspor and Kocaeli Birlik Spor. During his playing time in Kocaelispor, he wore the jersey number 41, which is also the license plate for Kocaeli.
Playing career
His displays in 2007–08 season for Kocaelispor helped his team to win promotion from TFF First League. Topraktepe was a skillful forward with flair and fierce shots. He was capped only twice for Turkey at senior level, despite having represented Turkey several times at youth levels. In his long career he had four league and two Turkish Cup titles.
Managerial career
On 22 December 2023, after the resignation of Beşiktaş manager Rıza Çalımbay, Topraktepe became the interim coach of Beşiktaş.[1] His first match as Beşiktaş manager was an away match on 25 December 2023 held at Mersin Stadium, in which Beşiktaş defeated Hatayspor 2–1. He returned to his assistant duties following Fernando Santos' assignment as manager on 7 January 2024,[2] but was reappointed as interim on 13 April 2024 until the end of the 2023–24 season due to Santos' sacking.[3]
Managerial Statistics
- As of 18 January 2025[4]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||||
| Beşiktaş Reserves | 
|
2022 | 2023 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75.00 | |||
| Beşiktaş U19 |
|
2022 | 2024 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 55.88 | |||
| Beşiktaş |
|
2023 | 2024 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50.00 | |||
| Beşiktaş |
|
2024 | 2024 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 33.33 | |||
| Total | 59 | 31 | 14 | 14 | 52.54 | ||||||
Personal life
Topraktepe was born on 25 August 1976 in Istanbul. He is the brother of the footballer Ömer Topraktepe.[5]
Honours
Player
- Turkish Super League: 1994–95, 2002–03
- Turkish Cup: 1997–98
- Turkish Super Cup: 1998[6]
- Turkish Cup: 2001–02
- TFF First League: 2007–08
- TFF First League: 2005–06
Manager
References
- ^ "Kulübümüzden Bilgilendirme". Beşiktaş J.K. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ "Kulübümüzden Bilgilendirme". Beşiktaş J.K. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ "Kulübümüzden Açıklama". Beşiktaş J.K. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ "Serdar Topraktepe Manager Profile". sofascore.com. Sofascore. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ "Eski Milli Futbolcu Serdar Topraktepe'nin Acı Günü".
- ^ "CumhurBaşkanlığı Kupası (Profesyonel Takım) (Final)". tff.org. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
External links
- Serdar Topraktepe at the Turkish Football Federation
- Profile at Futbolig.com.tr at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-05-02)
- Serdar Topraktepe at www.mackolik.com (in Turkish)
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