Full name Ismail Kartal Playing position 1980–1982 Sariyer Role Footballer Position Defender | Years Team Name Ismail Kartal Height 1.76 m Date joined 1983 | |
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Date of birth (1961-06-15) 15 June 1961 (age 54) Team coached Fenerbahce S.K. (Manager, 2014–2015) Parents Muhittin Kartal, Melahat Kartal Similar People Ersun Yanal, Aziz Yildirim, Aykut Kocaman, Emmanuel Emenike, Vitor Pereira |
Ismail kartal g zleri k m r karas elaz dersim aras a sound hemlihan
İsmail Kartal (born 15 June 1961 in Istanbul, Turkey), also known as Arap İsmail, is a former Turkish footballer and currently the manager of Gaziantepspor.
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- Ismail kartal g zleri k m r karas elaz dersim aras a sound hemlihan
- Ismail kartal mr m
- Club career
- International career
- Managerial career
- Managerial honours
- References

Ismail kartal mr m
Club career

He played 10 seasons in the Turkish Super Lig. He won two national league titles with Fenerbahce SK in 1984–85 and 1988–89 seasons. He played for Denizlispor and Adanaspor at the end of his football player career.
International career
Kartal made six appearances for the senior Turkey national football team from 1982 through 1985.
Managerial career

After his retirement he started his management career and coached Karabukspor, Sivasspor, Mardinspor, Altay, Malatyaspor, Orduspor and Konya Anadolu Selçukspor. He led Sivasspor to win TFF First League title for the first time in club's history. Between 1997 to 1999 and 2010 to 2014, he was the assistant coach at Fenerbahce SK. After Ersun Yanal's resignation, Kartal took over as manager of the club. At the end of the 2014–15 Süper Lig season, he officially announced his resignation as manager of Fenerbahçe, though it was clear beforehand that he would not be manager for the next season.