Osman Çakmak
{{Short description|Turkish football player and coach}}
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Osman Çakmak (born 1977) is a Turkish football player and coach who is the manager of the Turkey national amputee football team. He played as midfielder and served as the captain of the national amputee team. He played professional football before his leg was amputated below the knee, after he stepped on a landmine during military service. In 2020, he was appointed manager of the national amputee football team which won the 2021 European Amputee Football Championship under his direction.
Private life
Osman Çakmak was the sixth and last child born in 1977 into a farm family in the village of Narlıkışla in the Zile district of Tokat Province, Turkey in 1977.
He was schooled in his village. After finishing primary school, he went to Istanbul with two of his brothers to look for work. Çakmak discontinued his education because of his passion for playing football. Despite his brothers' objections, he joined Zeytinburnuspor football club. Çakmak worked as a carpenter and supported his parents financially. He needed to earn more money to support his family when his brothers were conscripted, so he went to Russia as a foreign worker. Çakmak returned to Turkey and quit his football team's squad.
When he was conscripted, Çakmak chose the Commando unit and was stationed at the Iraq–Turkey border. In 1997, he stepped on an anti-personnel mine planted under a road's surface in Şenoba, Şırnak, southeastern Turkey, while he was on a road security detail, and lost his left leg below the knee.
In 2008, at the time of his therapy, while he was on his way to the military hospital in Ankara, Çakmak decided to play amputee football at the suggestion of his commanders.
In 2019, his parents were poisoned by gas leaking from a stove; his mother Sultan died, while his father was treated at an intensive care station.
Club player career
=Association football=
=Amputee football=
After his release from the military hospital, he joined the amputee football team, Karagücü, a Turkish Land Forces sports club, to play in the 2010–11 Turkish Amputee Football League.
International player career
In 2010, he was admitted to Turkey's national amputee team. He participated in the European and world championships in 2010, 2012 and 2014. The national team placed third among 24 nations. He captained the national team, which became champion of the 2017 European Amputee Football Championship and the runner-up of the 2018 Amputee Football World Cup.31
Manager career
In 2020, he was appointed manager of the national amputee football team, which won the 2021 European Amputee Football Championship under his direction.
Honours
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References
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{{cite news |url=https://www.fanatik.com.tr/osman-cakmak-kimdir-osman-cakmak-nereli-2041731 |newspaper=Fanatik |title=Osman Çakmak kimdir? Osman Çakmak nereli? |date=3 February 2019 |language=tr |accessdate=22 September 2021 }}
{{cite news |url=https://www.fanatik.com.tr/ampute-milli-futbol-takimi-teknik-direktoru-osman-cakmak-ne-buyuk-hayalini-acikladi-2142075 |newspaper=Fanatik |title=Ampute Milli Futbol Takımı Teknik Direktörü Osman Çakmak ne büyük hayalini açıkladı |date=7 May 2020 |language=tr |accessdate=22 September 2021 }}
{{cite news |url=https://www.fanatik.com.tr/osman-cakmak-sampiyonlugumuz-aziz-sehitlerimize-armagan-olsun-2304938 |newspaper=Fanatik |title=Osman Çakmak: Şampiyonluğumuz aziz şehitlerimize armağan olsun |date=9 October 2022 |language=tr |accessdate=10 October 2022 }}
{{cite news |url=https://t24.com.tr/haber/ampute-milli-takim-teknik-direktor-osman-cakmak-tan-futbolseverlere-cagri,979945 |newspaper=T24 |title=Ampute Milli Takım Teknik Direktör Osman Çakmak'tan futbolseverlere çağrı |date=19 September 2021 |language=tr |accessdate=22 September 2021 }}
{{cite news |url=https://www.ntvspor.net/futbol/demir-kramponlarin-sampiyonu-belli-oldu-579e6077c873cc20ac3e105b |newspaper=NTV Spor |title=Demir Kramponların şampiyonu belli oldu |date=14 May 2011 |language=tr |accessdate=22 September 2021 }}
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Category:Sportspeople from Tokat
Category:Turkish men's footballers
Category:Zeytinburnuspor footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Russia