Necati Ateş

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Necati Ateş

| image = Necati Ateş.JPG

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Ateş in action for Galatasaray in 2012

| fullname = Necati Ateş

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|1|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place = İzmir, Turkey

| height = {{height|m=1.82}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Panathinaikos (assistant manager)

| youthyears1 = 1994–1997 | youthclubs1 = Narlıdere Esnafspor

| youthyears2 = 1997 | youthclubs2 = Altay

| years1 = 1997–2001 | clubs1 = Altay | caps1 = 59 | goals1 = 22

| years2 = 2000 | clubs2 = → Aydınspor (loan) | caps2 = 6 | goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2002–2004 | clubs3 = Adanaspor | caps3 = 81 | goals3 = 41

| years4 = 2004–2009 | clubs4 = Galatasaray | caps4 = 99 | goals4 = 48

| years5 = 2007 | clubs5 = → Ankaraspor (loan) | caps5 = 14 | goals5 = 3

| years6 = 2008 | clubs6 = → İstanbul BB (loan) | caps6 = 12 | goals6 = 8

| years7 = 2008–2009 | clubs7 = → Real Sociedad (loan) | caps7 = 35 | goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2009–2012 | clubs8 = Antalyaspor | caps8 = 76 | goals8 = 31

| years9 = 2012 | clubs9 = Galatasaray | caps9 = 15 | goals9 = 8

| years10 = 2012–2014 | clubs10 = Eskişehirspor | caps10 = 60 | goals10 = 16

| years11 = 2014–2015 | clubs11 = Erciyesspor | caps11 = 22 | goals11 = 2

| years12 = 2015–2016 | clubs12 = Karşıyaka | caps12 = 20 | goals12 = 3

| totalcaps = 499 | totalgoals = 184

| nationalyears1 = 1998 | nationalteam1 = Turkey U17 | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1998 | nationalteam2 = Turkey U18 | nationalcaps2 = 9 | nationalgoals2 = 1

| nationalyears3 = 1999 | nationalteam3 = Turkey U19 | nationalcaps3 = 3 | nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 2001 | nationalteam4 = Turkey U20 | nationalcaps4 = 3 | nationalgoals4 = 0

| nationalyears5 = 2001 | nationalteam5 = Turkey U21 | nationalcaps5 = 1 | nationalgoals5 = 0

| nationalyears6 = 2002–2004 | nationalteam6 = Turkey A2 | nationalcaps6 = 6 | nationalgoals6 = 3

| nationalyears7 = 2003–2006 | nationalteam7 = Turkey | nationalcaps7 = 19 | nationalgoals7 = 5

| manageryears1 = 2018–2022

| managerclubs1 = Galatasaray (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2023–

| managerclubs2 = Panathinaikos (assistant)

| club-update = 7 February 2016

}}

Necati Ateş ({{IPA|tr|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.[http://www.goal.com/tr/news/453/transfer-dosyası/2014/07/11/4951085/necati-ateş-kayseri-erciyessporda Necati Ateş Kayseri Erciyesspor'da (Necati Ateş to Kayseri Erciyesspor)]; Goal.com, 11 July 2014 {{in lang|tr}}

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.[http://www.galatasaray.org/futbol/futbol_as/haber/1836.php Serkan Kurtuluş Galatasaray'da (Serkan Kurtuluş to Galatasaray)]; Galatasaray SK, 1 September 2008 {{in lang|tr}} 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.[http://www.galatasaray.org/futbol/futbol_as/haber/12397.php Necati Ateş Galatasaray'da (Necati Ateş to Galatasaray)]; Galatasaray SK, 1 February 2012 {{in lang|tr}} 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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20050327114548/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WorldCup/fixturesresults/round=1915/match=75199/Report=RP.html Early flourish floors Albania]; UEFA.com, 26 March 2005 He also netted in the turbulent playoff against Switzerland, in November.[https://web.archive.org/web/20051124041006/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WorldCup/FixturesResults/Round=2236/match=82037/Report=RP.html Streller fires Swiss to Germany]; UEFA.com, 16 November 2005

=International goals=

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

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

Career statistics

{{updated|17 July 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mackolik.com/Futbolcu/347/Necati-Ates|title=Necati Ateş|publisher=Mackolik|access-date=27 June 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/necati-ates/4663/|title=N. Ateş|publisher=Soccerway|access-date=14 February 2015}}

=Club=

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

=International=

{{Cite news|url=http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=27006|title=Necati Ateş|publisher=European Football|access-date=15 December 2015}}

Year	Apps	Goals
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan=3 \| Turkey
2003	3	0
2004	3	0
2005	7	2
2006	6	3
Total\|\|19\|\|5

Honours

=Club=

;Galatasaray

=International=

;Turkey

FIFA Confederations Cup: Third-place 2003{{cite news|title=FIFA Confederations Cup France 2003™|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/confederationscup/france2003|publisher=FIFA|accessdate=8 February 2022|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20220208130911/https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/confederationscup/france2003|archivedate=8 February 2022}}{{cite news|title=Turkey edge past Colombia|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/3027082.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=28 June 2003|accessdate=8 February 2022|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20220208131803/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/3027082.stm|archivedate=8 February 2022}}