The Fatih Karagumruk Courier
Squad16 Aug 2027
Ivo Grbić keeps Fatih Karagumruk in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Giannis Kotsiras in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Fatih Karagumruk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market16 Aug 2027
As if he never left: Giannis Kotsiras returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Giannis Kotsiras is a Fatih Karagumruk player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Ivo Grbić has improved at 31, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Mateo Albornoz is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Fatih Karagumruk
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market16 Aug 2027
Fatih Karagumruk promote Kenan Tekdemir from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kenan Tekdemir has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market16 Aug 2027
One of our own: Irfan Kahveci joins the Fatih Karagumruk first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Irfan Kahveci is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market16 Aug 2027
Emre Guler steps up from the Fatih Karagumruk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Emre Guler has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Match Fatih Karagumruk come up short against Besiktas
- Player ratings Manolis Siopis spends the afternoon fouling