Tümer Metin

Tümer Metin — Biography

Tümer Metin is a former Turkish international who played as an attacking midfielder and on the left wing, and won the Süper Lig with both Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe. He finished his career in Greece and is now known as a television pundit whose opinions regularly turn into headlines.

He came up through the Zonguldakspor youth system, turned professional with Kilimli Belediyespor in 1993 and moved to Zonguldakspor a year later. He transferred to Samsunspor for 1997-98; when İlhan Mansız arrived a year later the two became a strong attacking pair, and in 2001 they went to Beşiktaş together. In 2002-03, Beşiktaş's centenary season, he won the league, reached the UEFA Cup quarter-finals and was known by the fans' nickname "Tümgeneral Tümer" (General Tümer). He won the Turkish Cup in 2005-06 and played more than 100 matches for the club. In 2006 he moved to Fenerbahçe, won the league in his first season and took the 2007 Turkish Super Cup. Military service problems led to a loan at Greece's Larissa, and he later signed for them again. He ended up at Kerkyra and retired in December 2011.

He is reported to have scored 7 goals in 26 appearances for the senior national team, though some sources give 14 appearances and 5 goals. His memoir Metin Olmak came out in May 2013, and he began punditry at TRT Spor in September 2019. In May 2026 he said live on air that he had complete confidence in Fenerbahçe's new manager.