Murat Konuk

Murat Konuk — Biography

Murat Konuk, known by the nickname "Kara Murat", is a former national-team basketball player and sports administrator, 2.03 m tall. A power forward, he played in Tofaş colors until 2000 and, as the club's all-time leading scorer and the player with the most games, is counted among Tofaş's legends.

He started playing in 1984 at the age of 12 with Ankara MTA, then joined Tofaş's youth system and moved up to the senior team in 1987-88. Through his unbroken years at Tofaş he captained the side for four years and reached 4,026 points. In that period he won the Second League title in 1989, played the league final in 1990 and was a Korać Cup finalist in 1997; in 1999 and 2000 he won league titles, took the Turkish Cup in the same two years, and won the Presidential Cup in 1999.

Until he stopped playing in 2000 he was in the senior national team for ten years, played four European Championships and wore the national jersey 187 times including youth levels. When Tofaş closed in 2000 he moved to Galatasaray and ended his playing career a season later. From 2002 to 2007 he was senior team manager at the re-established Tofaş, and in 2008 he founded a sports center in Bursa called Maya Sport Club. He is married with two children.