İlhan Mansız

İlhan Mansız (born 10 August 1975) is a German-born Turkish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is also a competing figure skater. He is of Crimean Tatar descent.[2]

İlhan Mansız
Mansız in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-08-10) 10 August 1975
Place of birth Kempten, West Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
0000–1989 SV Lenzfried
1989–1992 FC Kempten
1992–1994 FC Augsburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 1. FC Köln II 1 (0)
1995–1996 Gençlerbirliği 2 (0)
1996–1997 SV Türk Gücü München 24 (11)
1997–1998 Kuşadasıspor[1] 37 (19)
1998–2001 Samsunspor 89 (26)
2001–2004 Beşiktaş 66 (36)
2004 Vissel Kobe 3 (0)
2005 Hertha BSC 1 (0)
2005–2007 MKE Ankaragücü 9 (4)
Total 198 (78)
International career
2001–2003 Turkey 21 (7)
Managerial career
2018–2019 Beşiktaş (assistant)
Medal record
Third placeFIFA World Cup 2002
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Club career

Mansız gained international recognition at Istanbul's Beşiktaş J.K., and was later acquired by the Vissel Kobe football club in Japan.

After his Japan journey, he signed a contract with Hertha BSC, but, because of his injury, he never had a chance to play for the first team. His contract was cancelled due to a clause in the contract saying that if his knee was injured again, they would release him.[3] After his short stint with Hertha BSC, İlhan signed a one-year contract with Turkish club Ankaragücü. He was slowly but surely coming back from his plague of injuries and helping Ankaragücü in the Turkcell Super League.[4]

Before the 2006–07 season, he declared his decision to retire from football. As of 2007 there were rumors that he was getting training in Los Angeles, US, to make a comeback to football. These rumors are revealed by İlhan Mansız and he declared to sign contract with Ankaragücü again. However, this final comeback attempt was abandoned before the 2007–08 season, as he announced his retirement.[5]

After a car accident in 2007, it seemed the career of İlhan Mansız had ended. In July 2009, after seven knee operations, he tried to make a comeback by training with German second-division side TSV 1860 Munich.[6]

International career

İlhan made his debut for Turkey as a substitute during their final group-stage qualifier against Moldova in October 2001.[7] The speedy striker earned his way onto coach Şenol Güneş' squad on the strength of an outstanding 2001–02 season for Beşiktaş, when he led the Süper Lig in scoring and helped the squad to a third-place finish.

The best goal of his career came in the 2002 FIFA World Cup quarter final against Senegal. He came on as a substitute for Hakan Şükür in the 67th minute, and netted a golden goal in the 94th minute to send Turkey through to the last four of the competition, in which they ended up taking third place. This was the last time where the golden goal was used in World Cup for extra-time matches. In the third place game İlhan Mansız assisted Hakan Şükür to score the fastest goal ever in a World Cup finals match,[8] and went on to score his team's two other goals in the match.

He is also remembered by his rainbow flick against Brazilian defender Roberto Carlos in 2002 World Cup semifinal clash, which was one of the best skill displays of the cup.

Mansız was a relative unknown in international circles prior to the 2002 World Cup. Despite his display of prodigious talent on the world stage, his health concerns and advanced age precluded serious consideration on the part of European clubs. Mansız declared "It is too late for me, I wish I had been discovered sooner in my career."

Coaching career

On 11 July 2018, Beşiktaş J.K. announced via their social media accounts that Mansız was appointed as assistant coach to the club, along with Guti, another former player of club.[9] Mansız quit his job at Beşiktaş on 6 February 2019 due to health concerns.[10]

Figure skating

Mansız learned to skate at the relatively late age of 33[11] when he competed on the Turkish show Buzda Dans, as a pair skater with partner Oľga Beständigová, who is also his girlfriend.

After winning the show, Mansız announced his goal was to represent Turkey at the 2014 Winter Olympics,[12] hoping to become the first athlete to compete in both the football World Cup and the Winter Olympics since Aleksandar Shalamanov of Bulgaria.[13][14]

Mansız and Beständigová made their competitive debut at the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy, which was also the final qualifying opportunity for the 2014 Olympics. They finished 19th and last in the pairs event,[15] ending their hope of skating at the Olympic Games. Nonetheless, they continued to compete.

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gençlerbirliği 1995–96 Süper Lig 20
Kuşadasıspor 1997–98 Turkish Second Football League 3719
Samsunspor 1998–99 Süper Lig 274
1999-00 3110
2000–01 3112
Total 8926
Beşiktaş 2001–02 Süper Lig 3021
2002–03 237
2003–04 138
Total 6636
Vissel Kobe 2004 J1 League 30-00-30
Hertha BSC 2004–05 Bundesliga 00
Ankaragücü 2005–06 Süper Lig 94
Career total 20685

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year[16]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Turkey 200121
2002135
200361
Total217
Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mansız goal.
List of international goals scored by İlhan Mansız
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
117 April 2002Kerkrade, Netherlands Chile2–02–0Friendly
222 June 2002Osaka, Japan Senegal1–01–02002 FIFA World Cup
329 June 2002Daegu, South Korea South Korea2–13–22002 FIFA World Cup
429 June 2002Daegu, South Korea South Korea3–13–22002 FIFA World Cup
516 October 2002Istanbul, Turkey Liechtenstein3–05–0UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying

Honours

Beşiktaş

Turkey

Individual

References
  1. Mansıza Eski Bir Dosttan Çağrı Haberi ve Son Dakika Haberler Mynet
  2. 13 maddede Türk futbolunun şanssız prensi: İlhan Mansız Archived 29 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Gastspieler-Trio bei den Löwen im Training Archived 3 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Zweite Chance für Ilhan Mansiz Archived 8 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "İlhan abandons comeback plans". UEFA. 14 June 2007. Retrieved 14 June 2007.
  6. Sportnachrichten - Live-Ticker, Streams, Videos und News - LAOLA1.at
  7. Schnappen sich die Löwen Daums Torschützenkönig?
  8. Video of fastest goal ever in World Cup history
  9. "Guti ve İlhan Mansız, Beşiktaş'taki görevlerine başladı" (in Turkish). Sabah. Demirören News Agency. 11 July 2018. Archived from the original on 6 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019. Beşiktaş Kulübü, teknik direktör Şenol Güneş'in yeni yardımcıları Guti Hernandez ve İlhan Mansız'ın göreve başladığını sosyal medya hesabı üzerinden açıkladı.
  10. "Beşiktaş'ta İlhan Mansız ile yollar ayrıldı" (in Turkish). Sabah. Demirören News Agency. 11 July 2018. Archived from the original on 6 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019. BBeşiktaş Teknik Direktörü Şenol Güneş'in yardımcılığını yapan İlhan Mansız, sağlık nedenlerinden dolayı görevini bıraktı.
  11. Returning guests and Olympic dreams in Oberstdorf
  12. Bőd, Titanilla (9 October 2011). "Olga Beständigová and Ilhan Mansiz – a crazy dream about Sochi". Absolute Skating. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
  13. News report: Football star's new goal: Olympic skating champion (Youtube)
  14. News report: Ex-Nationalspieler Mansiz will als Eiskunstläufer zu Olympia (Youtube)
  15. 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy pairs result
  16. İlhan Mansız at National-Football-Teams.com
  17. Crouch, Terry (2002). The World Cup - The Complete History. Great Britain: Aurum Press Ltd. p. 548. ISBN 1845131495.
  18. "2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan™". FIFA. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  19. "Korea Republic 2 – 3 Turkey". FIFA. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  20. "Süper Lig Tarihçesi" [History of Süper Lig] (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
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