Erol Bekir, formerly known as Erol Bekirovski, (born 25 January 1974) is a Turkish-Swedish football manager and former player of Turkish origin with roots from Macedonia.

Playing career

Club

He started out playing for his hometown club Malmö FF in Sweden but spent most of his career playing abroad for clubs like BSC Young Boys, FC Lugano, Reggiana, FC Thun and SV Waldhof Mannheim.

Erol Bekir

Managerial career

Upon returning to Sweden he signed with lower division Malmö club IF Limhamn Bunkeflo where he also became player manager before retiring as a player and focusing only on the manager part at the end of 2009. In August 2012, IF Limhamn Bunkeflo and Bekir went their separate ways after the club announced that they could not match Bekirs level of ambition.

Erol Bekir

References

External links

German career stats - FuPa

1974 births

Living people

Macedonian people of Turkish descent

Macedonian Turks

Turkish people of Macedonian descent

Swedish people of Turkish descent

Swedish people of Macedonian descent

Men's association football midfielders

Swedish men's footballers

Macedonian men's footballers

Malmö FF players

BSC Young Boys players

FC Lugano players

LFA Reggio Calabria players

FC Thun players

SV Waldhof Mannheim players

IF Limhamn Bunkeflo (men) players

Allsvenskan players

Swiss Super League players

Swiss Challenge League players

Serie C players

Superettan players

2. Bundesliga players

Swedish expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland

Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland

Expatriate men's footballers in Italy

Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Italy

Expatriate men's footballers in Germany

Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Germany

Erol Bekir