Erol Bekir

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Erol Bekir
Personal information
Full name Erol Bekirovski
Date of birth (1974-01-25) 25 January 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth SR Macedonia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Malmö FF
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
0000–1995 Malmö FF 1 (0)
1995–1999 Young Boys 76 (11)
1999 FC Lugano 8 (1)
2000 Reggiana
2001–2002 FC Thun
2003 SV Waldhof Mannheim 3 (1)
2004–2009 IF Limhamn Bunkeflo
Managerial career
2009–2012 IF Limhamn Bunkeflo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Erol Bekir, formerly known as Erol Bekirovski, (born 25 January 1974) is a Turkish-Swedish football manager and former player of Turkish origin with roots from Macedonia. [1]

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Playing career

Club

He started out playing for his hometown club Malmö FF in Sweden [2] but spent most of his career playing abroad for clubs like BSC Young Boys, FC Lugano, Reggiana, FC Thun and SV Waldhof Mannheim.

Managerial career

Upon returning to Sweden he signed with lower division Malmö club IF Limhamn Bunkeflo where he also became player manager before retiring as a player and focusing only on the manager part at the end of 2009. [3] In August 2012, IF Limhamn Bunkeflo and Bekir went their separate ways after the club announced that they could not match Bekirs level of ambition. [4]

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References

  1. Malmström, Håkan. "Bekir träffade gamla Thun-kompisen" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  2. Alsjö, Martin (2011). 100 år med Allsvensk fotboll (in Swedish). Idrottsförlaget. pp. 307–309. ISBN   978-91-977326-7-3.
  3. Jönsson, Kent. "Erol Bekir slutar spela" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  4. Cederlund, Christer. "Sjunnesson ersätter Bekir i LB07" (in Swedish). Skånskan. Retrieved 9 December 2012.