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Gökdeniz Karadeniz
	Karadeniz with Rubin Kazan in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Gökdeniz Karadeniz
Date of birth	11 January 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Giresun, Turkey
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Winger, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Rubin-2 Kazan (manager)
Youth career
1994–1995	Yeniyolspor
1995–1997	Trabzonspor
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–2008	Trabzonspor
2008–2018	Rubin Kazan
Total
International career
1994	Turkey U15
1996	Turkey U16
1996–1997	Turkey U17
1997	Turkey U18
2000–2001	Turkey U21
2002–2003	Turkey A2
2003–2008	Turkey
Managerial career
2023–	Rubin-2 Kazan
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing Turkey
FIFA Confederations Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gökdeniz Karadeniz (born 11 January 1980) is a Turkish professional football coach and a former player who played as a winger or as an attacking midfielder. He is the manager of Russian club Rubin-2 Kazan.

Club career

Trabzonspor

Karadeniz played his first professional match for Trabzonspor in the 1999–00 season at the senior level and made ten appearances. He was at first used in defensive roles by his manager, but was gradually given a more and more offensive role in the team until the 2003–04 season when he was given an attacking midfield role. His lightning step and effective understanding with teammate Fatih Tekke enabled him to lead the club in scoring that season with 13 goals.

Rubin Kazan

On 13 March 2008, he signed a five-year deal with the Russian club Rubin Kazan worth €8.7 million.^[4] Karadeniz mentioned that it was sad for him to leave Turkey and also said he chose the club because he felt that if he had joined a big team in Europe his club would not have gotten as much money for him.^[5] With the team he won the Russian Premier League 2008.

On 20 October 2009, Karadeniz scored the winning goal to shock the Barcelona fans at Camp Nou, winning the match for Rubin Kazan.

On 5 May 2018, Karadeniz announced he will be retiring at the end of the 2017–18 season.^[6] His shirt number (61) was permanently retired by Rubin.^[7]

International career

He played his national team debut against Czech Republic national football team on 30 April 2003. He also played 2 times for Turkey B national football team for Future Cup matches against Scotland and Germany and 16 times for Turkey U21.^[8] He was called up for the UEFA Euro 2008 for Turkey.

Coaching career

On 7 July 2023, Karadeniz returned to Rubin Kazan and was appointed manager of their reserve squad Rubin-2 Kazan.^[9]

Career statistics

As of match played on 13 May 2018^[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Trabzonspor	1997–98	1. Lig	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	1999–2000		10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
	2000–01		33	5	3	0	0	0	36	5
	2001–02	Süper Lig	33	4	3	0	0	0	36	4
	2002–03		31	4	4	3	0	0	35	7
	2003–04		33	14	5	2	0	0	38	16
	2004–05		32	12	3	2	0	0	35	14
	2005–06		15	6	0	0	2^[a]	0	17	6
	2006–07		34	8	8	3	0	0	42	11
	2007–08		24	11	4	3	0	0	28	14
	Total		246	64	31	13	2	0	279	77
Rubin Kazan	2008	Russian Premier League	27	6	0	0	0	0	27	6
	2009		25	6	0	0	1^[b]	0	26	6
	2010		17	1	0	0	16^[c]	1	33	2
	2011–12		35	6	5	2	14^[d]	1	54	9
	2012–13		28	3	1	0	13^[e]	4	42	7
	2013–14		21	3	1	1	9^[f]	2	31	6
	2014–15		21	7	3	0	0	0	24	7
	2015–16		22	5	0	0	6^[f]	2	28	7
	2016–17		9	0	3	0	0	0	12	0
	2017–18		21	2	0	0	0	0	21	2
	Total		226	39	13	3	59	10	298	52
Career totals			472	103	44	16	61	10	577	129

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	11 June 2003	BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey	North Macedonia	2–2	3–2	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
2.	23 June 2003	Saint-Étienne, France	Brazil	1–1	2–2	2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
3.	26 June 2003	Paris, France	France	2–1	3–2	2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
4.	28 April 2004	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Belgium	3–2	3–2	Friendly
5.	9 October 2004	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey	Kazakhstan	1–0	4–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qual.
6.	24 March 2007	Piraeus, Greece	Greece	1–1	1–4	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying