Fatih Terim

Fatih Terim
Terim with Galatasaray in 2018
Personal information
Full name Fatih Terim
Date of birth (1953-09-04) 4 September 1953
Place of birth Adana, Turkey
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Al-Shabab (manager)
Youth career
1963–1969 Adana Demirspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1974 Adana Demirspor 125 (25)
1974–1985 Galatasaray 327 (16)
Total 452 (41)
International career
1971 Turkey U19 7 (0)
1973–1975 Turkey U21 10 (0)
1975–1984 Turkey 51 (2)
Managerial career
1987–1989 Ankaragücü
1989–1990 Göztepe
1990–1993 Turkey U21
1993–1996 Turkey
1996–2000 Galatasaray
2000–2001 Fiorentina
2001 Milan
2002–2004 Galatasaray
2005–2009 Turkey
2011–2013 Galatasaray
2013–2017 Turkey
2017–2022 Galatasaray
2023–2024 Panathinaikos
2024– Al-Shabab
Medal record
Representing  Turkey (as manager)
Men's football
UEFA European Championship
2008 Austria & Switzerland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fatih Terim (born 4 September 1953) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player. He is the manager of Saudi Pro League club Al-Shabab.

During his football career, he played for Ceyhanspor, Adana Demirspor and Galatasaray. In his eleven years of playing time for Galatasaray, he won the Prime Minister's Cup in 1975 and in 1979, the Turkish Cup in 1975–76, 1981–82 and 1984–85 seasons and the Turkish Super Cup in 1982 with the club. Terim has managed several clubs in Italy (Milan and Fiorentina) and Turkey, as well as the Turkey national team, most recently from 2013 to 2017.

In a survey conducted by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) in 80 countries, he was placed among the best eight managers in the world, receiving his award at a ceremony held in Rothenburg, Germany, on 8 January 2001. On 25 April 2007, Terim received the order of "Commendatore" awarded by the Italian state. In 2008, he received a nomination for UEFA manager of the year and Eurosport named him the best coach at UEFA Euro 2008. In December 2008, he was ranked the seventh-best football manager in the world by World Soccer magazine in 2008. His Turkish nickname is "İmparator", and his Italian nickname is "Imperatore". Both names mean "emperor".