Özkan Sümer is a Turkish

Turkey

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 former footballer and coach. He served as defender

Defender (association football)

Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 in Trabzonspor

Trabzonspor

Trabzonspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor won six championships in Turkish Super League. The Club won their first Championship title in 1975 which is also the Club's initiation year...

, and later coached the same club, Galatasaray SK

Galatasaray S.K. (football team)

Galatasaray Anonim Şirketi is a Turkish football club, part of the Galatasaray S.K. multi-sport club of Istanbul. Galatasaray is a major sports club in Turkey, holding 17 Turkish Super League titles and the highest number of Turkish Cups....

 and the Turkey national football team

Turkey national football team

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. He acted also as president of Trabzonspor.

Footballer

Sümer started to play football in his hometown's club of Trabzonspor. After some time at Karabükspor

Karabükspor

Kardemir Demir Çelik Karabükspor is a Turkish sports club based in Karabük, Turkey. The team was founded in 1969 after a unity between Karabük Gençlikspor and Demir Çelik Spor. The club serves in branches as football, wheelchair basketball and volleyball. Currently, the football team plays in Süper...

 and Sebat Gençlik

Akçaabat Sebatspor

Akçaabat Sebatspor, also known as A. Sebatspor is a Turkish football club located in the Akçaabat district of Trabzon, Turkey. They play their home games in the Akçaabat Fatih Stadyumu. The club was founded in 1923.-History:...

, Sümer re-joined Trabzonspor. He was a successful defender of his team. During this time, he earned the nickname "Deve" (literally: "Camel") due to his tallness and stubborn rough playing temperament.

Manager

After having ended his active sports life, Sümer served as an instructor for a while at the Turkish Football Federation

Turkish Football Federation

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 (TFF). He coached later the youth and amateur squads of Trabzonspor before he was appointed manager of the main team in 1978.

Trabzonspor became league

Turkcell Super League

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 champion with Sümer as manager in the seasons 1978–79 and 1980–81. In 1981, he was appointed manager of the Turkey national football team

Turkey national football team

The Turkey national football team represents Turkey in association football and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Turkey. They are affiliated with UEFA...

. The national team played two matches under his managership losing both. He then transferred to coach Galatasaray SK

Galatasaray S.K. (football team)

Galatasaray Anonim Şirketi is a Turkish football club, part of the Galatasaray S.K. multi-sport club of Istanbul. Galatasaray is a major sports club in Turkey, holding 17 Turkish Super League titles and the highest number of Turkish Cups....

 in the 1982–83 season. Sümer was manager again at Trabzonspor in the seasons 1984–85, 1990–91 and 1996. In the season 2000–01, he coached Mobellaspor, a Second League club in Konya.

Club president

In 2001, Sümer was elected president of Trabzonspor succeeding Mehmet Ali Yılmaz. He resigned from this post on September 5, 2003 in protest of a resolution made by the Ombudsman Board of the TFF that lifted a ban against Fenerbahçe SK

Fenerbahçe SK

Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü is a professional sports club based in Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey. The club derives its name from the Fenerbahçe neighbourhood of Istanbul. Fenerbahçe is one of the biggest and the best supported clubs in Turkey. They are nicknamed Sarı Kanaryalar )...

 concluded before.

Coordinator

Since July 22, 2006, Sümer serves as the regional coordinator for education at Trabzonspor.

In 2007, he co-founded the women's football branch

Trabzonspor (women)

Trabzonspor Club Women's Football Team is the women's football team of Trabzonspor in Trabzon, Turkey. It was established on October 16, 2007....

 of Trabzonspor along with Zeliha Şimşek

Zeliha Şimşek

Zeliha Şimşek, , is a Turkish female footballer and trainer. Currently, she plays as a midfielder on the Trabzonspor women's team, which she co-founded in 2007. She captains and coaches the team, as well....

, a former KTÜ women's club footballer only six weeks before the beginning of the football season. The team was invited to join the Turkish Women's Fotball Premier League. in its first season of 2007–08. Trabzonspor women became league champion already the next season.

As manager

• Trabzonspor
  Trabzonspor
  Trabzonspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor won six championships in Turkish Super League. The Club won their first Championship title in 1975 which is also the Club's initiation year...
  
  
  • Turkish Super League
    • champion 1978–79
    • champion 1980–81
  • President's Cup
    • winner 1978–79
  • Prime Minister's Cup
    • winner 1984–85 with İlyas Akçay