Orhan Kaynak (born 1 March 1970 in Adana), also known as Küçük Orhan, is a retired Turkish footballer best known for his stints in the Turkish Süper Lig with Adanaspor, Trabzonspor, and Kocaelispor.

Professional career

Orhan followed his brothers and graduated from the Adanaspor and joined the first team in the Süper Lig. He spent the rest of his career in the highest divisions of Turkey, with notable performances with Trabzonspor and Kocaelispor.

Orhan Kaynak

Coaching career

On 2 March 2018, Kaynak was appointed as the manager of Sarıyer. Kaynak won two games out of ten at Sarıyer. On 12 June 2018, Kaynak was linked with a move to Elazığspor. Later on the month, he was officially announced as the club's new manager. After seven months, on 24 January 2019, Kaynak decided to resign from Elazığspor. The club was in a very bad economical condition and had a debt of 46 million turkish lira, also with 12 players leaving the club.

Orhan Kaynak

A few days later, on 28 January 2019, Kaynak was announced as the new manager of Boluspor.

Orhan Kaynak

Personal life

Orhan was born in to a large family of 8 children. His brothers Reşit, Kayhan, İrfan, İlhan and Ayhan were all professional footballers. He earned the nickname "Küçük Orhan" (meaning little Orhan), because Orhan Çıkırıkçı was in the same team at Trabzonspor.

Honours

Adanaspor

TFF First League: 1987-88

Samsunspor

TFF First League: 1992-93

Trabzonspor

Turkish Cup: 1994-95

Turkish Super Cup: 1995

Beşiktaş

TSYD Cup: 1996-97

References

External links

(as coach)

1970 births

Living people

Sportspeople from Adana

Turkish men's footballers

Turkey men's youth international footballers

Adanaspor footballers

Samsunspor footballers

Trabzonspor footballers

Beşiktaş J.K. footballers

Kocaelispor footballers

Xanthi F.C. players

İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. players

Kayseri Erciyesspor footballers

Akçaabat Sebatspor footballers

Sarıyer S.K. footballers

Süper Lig players

TFF First League players

Super League Greece players

Turkish expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's footballers in Greece

Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Greece

Men's association football forwards