Necati Ateş

Necati Ateş

Ateş in action for Galatasaray in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Necati Ateş
Date of birth	(1980-01-03) 3 January 1980
Place of birth	İzmir, Turkey
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Panathinaikos (assistant manager)
Youth career
1994–1997	Narlıdere Esnafspor
1997	Altay
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2001	Altay	59	(22)
2000	→ Aydınspor (loan)	6	(1)
2002–2004	Adanaspor	81	(41)
2004–2009	Galatasaray	99	(48)
2007	→ Ankaraspor (loan)	14	(3)
2008	→ İstanbul BB (loan)	12	(8)
2008–2009	→ Real Sociedad (loan)	35	(1)
2009–2012	Antalyaspor	76	(31)
2012	Galatasaray	15	(8)
2012–2014	Eskişehirspor	60	(16)
2014–2015	Erciyesspor	22	(2)
2015–2016	Karşıyaka	20	(3)
Total		499	(184)
International career
1998	Turkey U17	2	(0)
1998	Turkey U18	9	(1)
1999	Turkey U19	3	(0)
2001	Turkey U20	3	(0)
2001	Turkey U21	1	(0)
2002–2004	Turkey A2	6	(3)
2003–2006	Turkey	19	(5)
Managerial career
2018–2022	Galatasaray (assistant)
2023–	Panathinaikos (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 February 2016

Necati Ateş (Turkish pronunciation: [nedʒaːti ateʃ]; born 3 January 1980) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is the current assistant manager of Greek Super League club Panathinaikos.

Club career

Born in İzmir, Ateş made his professional debut with Altay S.K. and Adanaspor, scoring for both at an impressive rate. In 2004, he signed with Süper Lig giants Galatasaray SK.

In 2005–06, Ateş played an integral part in Galatasaray's 16th national championship conquest. However, on 25 July 2007, club manager Karl-Heinz Feldkamp officially reported to the board he was not planning to use the player in the upcoming season, which resulted in a transfer list; he split (always on loan) the campaign between Ankaraspor and Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor, netting 11 goals in total.

For 2008–09 another loan ensued, as Ateş joined Real Sociedad. Though heavily featured, he only managed to score once and the Basque side finished sixth, thus failing to return to La Liga.

In the 2009 summer, after more than 100 official matches and over 50 goals, Galtasaray released Ateş. He immediately joined fellow league club Antalyaspor, ranking joint-fourth in the topscorers' list as it finished ninth.

On the last day of the January 2012 transfer window, Ateş signed a six-month contract with old acquaintance Galatasaray for a fee of €250,000. He scored his first goal in his second spell on 4 February in a 2–1 win at Gaziantepspor, and went on to have an important offensive role as the team won the domestic league.

International career

Ateş made his Turkey national team debut during the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, playing three times for the third-placed nation and going scoreless in the process. His first goal came on 26 March 2005, in a 2–0 home win against Albania for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. He also netted in the turbulent playoff against Switzerland, in November.

International goals

Scores and results table. Turkey's goal tally first:

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	26 March 2005	BJK İnönü, Istanbul, Turkey	Albania	1–0	1–0	2006 World Cup qualification
2.	16 November 2005	Şükrü Saracoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey	Switzerland	3–1	4–2	2006 World Cup qualification – Playoffs
3.	24 April 2006	Fenixstadion, Genk, Belgium	Belgium	1–0	3–3	Friendly
4.	31 May 2006	Stadion am Bieberer Berg, Offenbach am Main, Germany	Saudi Arabia	1–0	1–0	Friendly
5.	24 April 2006	Wagner and Partners, Sittard, Netherlands	Angola	1–1	3–2	Friendly

Career statistics

As of 17 July 2013

Club

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Altay	1997–98	9	2	1	0	-		-		10	2
	1998–99	3	0	1	0	-		-		4	0
	1999–00	8	0	1	0	-		-		9	0
	2000–01	35	19	1	0	-		-		36	19
	2001–02	4	1	0	0	-		-		4	1
	Total	59	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	63	22
Aydınspor	1999–00	6	1	0	0	-		-		6	1
	Total	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
Adanaspor	2001–02	32	17	4	0	-		-		36	17
	2002–03	33	19	1	0	-		-		34	19
	2003–04	16	5	1	0	-		-		17	5
	Total	81	41	6	0	0	0	0	0	87	41
Galatasaray	2003–04	14	9	0	0	-		2	0	16	10
	2004–05	33	15	5	4	-		-		38	19
	2005–06	32	18	5	4	-		2	0	39	22
	2006–07	20	6	5	1	-		4	1	29	8
	Total	99	48	15	9	0	0	8	1	122	58
Ankaraspor	2007–08	14	3	2	1	-		-		16	4
	Total	14	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	16	4
İstanbul BB	2007–08	12	8	0	0	-		-		12	8
	Total	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	8
Real Sociedad	2008–09	35	1	?	?	-		-		35	1
	Total	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	1
Antalyaspor	2009–10	29	13	8	5	-		-		37	18
	2010–11	28	13	3	0	-		-		31	13
	2011–12	19	5	0	0	-		-		19	5
	Total	76	31	11	5	0	0	0	0	87	36
Galatasaray	2011–12	15	8	1	0	0	0	-		16	8
	2012–13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	15	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	8
Eskişehirspor	2012–13	0	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
Career total		397	163	39	15	0	0	10	1	444	180

International

Turkey
Year	Apps	Goals
2003	3	0
2004	3	0
2005	7	2
2006	6	3
Total	19	5

Honours

Club

Galatasaray

• Süper Lig: 2005–06, 2011–12
• Turkish Cup: 2004–05
• Turkish Super Cup: 2012

International

Turkey

• FIFA Confederations Cup: Third-place 2003

External links

• Necati Ateş at the Turkish Football Federation
• Necati Ateş at National-Football-Teams.com
• Necati Ateş – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Necati Ateş – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Necati Ateş at BDFutbol