Ismail Atalan

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Ismail Atalan
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-04-01) 1 April 1980 (age 45)
Place of birth İnegöl, Turkey
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1988– TSG Dülmen
–1999 SC Preußen Münster
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999– SC Preußen Münster II
1. FC Gievenbeck
–2010 1. FC Gievenbeck II
2010–2012 SV Davaria Davensberg
Managerial career
2008–2010 1. FC Gievenbeck II (player-manager)
2010–2012 SV Davaria Davensberg (player-manager)
2012–2014 SC Roland Beckum
2014–2017 Sportfreunde Lotte
2017 VfL Bochum
2019–2020 Sportfreunde Lotte
2020 Hallescher FC
2023 Alanyaspor (assistant)
2024 Gostivar
2024–2025 Kapfenberger SV
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ismail Atalan (born 1 April 1980) is a German-Turkish football manager. He last managed Austrian club Kapfenberger SV.

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Coaching career

Atalan started his managerial career in 2008 as a player-manager for the reserve team of the 1. FC Gievenbeck. In 2012, he became manager of Davaria Davensberg, where he coached until 2014. In November 2014, Atalan became head coach of Sportfreunde Lotte. [1] In 2016, he led them to promotion to the 3. Liga. He became the new manager of VfL Bochum on 11 July 2017. [2] He returned to Lotte on 9 April 2019. [3] He moved to Hallescher FC on 25 February 2020. [4] He was sacked on 8 June 2020. [5] In April 2023, he became assistant manager of Alanyaspor in Turkey. [6]

From May 2024 to July 2025, Atalan served as the head coach of the Austrian club Kapfenberger SV. [7]

Honours

Manager

Individual

References

  1. "Ismail Atalan". kicker . Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  2. "Bochum: Trennung von Verbeek – Atalan wird Nachfolger". Kicker . 11 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  3. "Ismail Atalan kehrt nach Lotte zurück". sf-lotte.de. 9 April 2019. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  4. "Atalan neuer Trainer beim Halleschen FC". dfb.de (in German). 25 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  5. "Schnorrenberg und Ziebig übernehmen". dfb.de (in German). 8 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  6. Ismail Atalan at WorldFootball.net
  7. Asmussen, Erik (13 July 2025). "Überraschende Trennung - Ismail Atalan flüchtet aus Österreich" (in German). reviersport.de.
  8. "Atalan ist Trainer der Saison, Schnellhardt gewinnt Spieler-Voting" [Atalan is manager of the season, Schnellhardt wins player vote]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2020.