
Photo: Голубович Дмитрий / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
I can't help smiling at Gökdeniz Karadeniz, a man from Giresun on the Black Sea whose very surname means "black sea." There's a poetry to that. More seriously, racking up over 250 appearances each for Trabzonspor and Rubin Kazan is the mark of a genuine workhorse, especially for a winger whose game depends on relentless running. Moving from Turkey to Russia and thriving for years shows real adaptability and craft. At 169 cm he's small, but small wingers often carry the most magic in their feet. Now coaching, I hope he channels that Black Sea fire into shaping the next generation.
Overview
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, making over 250 appearances each for Turkish club Trabzonspor and Russian club Rubin Kazan.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Gökdeniz Karadeniz
- Name (Japanese)
- ギョクデニズ・カラデニズ
- Reading
- ぎょくでにず・からでにず
- Born
- January 11, 1980 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Monkey
- Origin
- Giresun, Giresun Province, Turkey
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 169 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Association football coach — see all → · More people from Turkey →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.