Fahrettin Durak

Fahrettin Durak — Biography

Fahrettin Durak was born on 18 July 1966 in Mitrovica, then part of Yugoslavia and now in Kosovo, and is a Kosovan Turkish former footballer and coach who played as a midfielder.

He began his career with Trepça in his home city of Mitrovica, playing there from 1984 to 1986 before moving on to Prishtina (1987-89) and Belgrade's Rad (1989-92). He moved to Turkey in 1992 to join Galatasaray (1992-93), and later in his career played for SpVgg Unterhaching, Tennis Borussia Berlin and VfR Mannheim in Germany and returned to Bursaspor in Turkey, before playing for Prishtina again in the late 1990s. He made one appearance for the Yugoslavia under-21 national team.

After retiring as a player he moved into coaching, and on 29 September 2014 he was appointed head coach of Kosovo Superleague club Trepça'89 after Rafet Prekazi was relieved of his duties.