Ünal Karaman


Ünal Karaman is a former Turkish professional footballer and manager who last managed Çaykur Rizespor.

Club career

He played for Konyaspor, Gaziantepspor, Malatyaspor, Trabzonspor and Ankaragücü.

International career

Karaman made 36 appearances for the senior Turkey national football team between 1985 and 1996.

Career as manager

He also worked as a caretaker manager for the Turkey national football team in 2004. After serving as the head coach of the Turkey national under-21 football team, he signed up with Konyaspor as a coach in September 2007. Later, Karaman was appointed manager of Ankaragücü after Hakan Kutlu was sacked. He resigned from this position and returned to Konyaspor replacing Giray Bulak, who was recently sacked.