Fuat Buruk

Fuat Buruk — Biography

Fuat Buruk was a midfielder who spent many years in İstanbulspor's top-flight squads of the 1990s and later worked for numerous Turkish clubs as an assistant to Hamza Hamzaoğlu. He is also known to the sports public as the older brother of Galatasaray head coach Okan Buruk.

He began his professional career at Konyaspor in 1988, playing 61 league matches and scoring four goals in two seasons. He moved to Bakırköyspor before 1990-91 and, after the club was relegated in 1992-93, spent 1993-94 in the second division. He signed with İstanbulspor in 1994 and played there until 2002, apart from a loan at Adanaspor in 1998-99, making 121 league appearances for the club. He ended his playing career in 2002-03 at the second-tier side Yıldırım Bosnaspor. He began coaching in 2004-05 with İstanbulspor's youth setup and worked at Çaykur Rizespor in 2007-08. In the following years he was a coach at Malatyaspor, Eyüpspor, Denizlispor, Akhisar Belediyespor, Galatasaray (2014-15), Bursaspor, Osmanlıspor, Antalyaspor, BB Erzurumspor, Gençlerbirliği and Yeni Malatyaspor, all under Hamzaoğlu. In 2024-25 he coached the second-tier side Isparta 32.

His comments on his brother Okan Buruk's work at Galatasaray appeared frequently in the sports press in 2025-26, and in May 2026 his remarks about Okan Buruk's contract situation drew wide coverage. His son is also a footballer.