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Turkish football coach and former player (born 1966)

Erkan Sözeri
Personal information
Date of birth	(1966-05-19) 19 May 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth	Ankara, Turkey
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Keçiörengücü (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1991	Gaziantepspor	79	(4)
1991–1992	Trabzonspor	8	(0)
1992–1998	Gençlerbirliği	186	(20)
1998–2000	Fenerbahçe	13	(0)
1999	→ Çaykur Rizespor (loan)	21	(2)
2000–2001	Göztepe	46	(1)
Managerial career
2003–2004	Kırıkkalespor (assistant)
2004–2005	Kırıkkalespor
2006–2007	Muğlaspor
2007	Uşakspor (assistant)
2007–2008	Şanlıurfaspor
2008	Türk Telekom
2008–2009	İskenderunspor
2009–2011	Fethiyespor
2011–2012	Orduspor (assistant)
2012	Tokatspor
2012–2013	Fethiyespor
2013	Alanyaspor
2013–2014	Orduspor
2014	Orduspor
2014–2015	Giresunspor
2015	Balıkesirspor
2015–2016	Giresunspor
2016	Adana Demirspor
2016–2017	Ümraniyespor
2017	Karabükspor
2017	Gazişehir Gaziantep
2018–2019	Gençlerbirliği
2019	Giresunspor
2019–2020	BB Erzurumspor
2020–2023	Bandırmaspor
2023–2024	Karşıyaka S.K.
2024	Şanlıurfaspor
2024–	Keçiörengücü
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Erkan Sözeri (born 19 May 1966) is a Turkish football coach and former player who currently serves as the manager of Keçiörengücü. He is best known for his playing career with Gençlerbirliği in the Turkish Süper Lig.

Professional career

Erkan begun his professional career with Gaziantepspor, whom he helped promote to the Süper Lig. He moved to Trabzonspor where he won the Turkish Cup, before transferring to Gençlerbirliği where he spent the majority of his professional career. At the age of 32, he moved to Fenerbahçe, before finishing his career at Göztepe.

Managerial career

Sözeri managed a variety of Turkish clubs in the TFF First League and TFF Second League before coaching the professional Kardemir Karabükspor in the Turkish Süper Lig. On 25 September 2017 he resigned from Karabükspor after a series of bad results.