Mehmet Fatih Kale (born 30 May 1968) is a Turkish/Taiwanese Football and Futsal coach, and known for his contributions to the development of Women's football and futsal development in Taiwan. In 2014, Kale established the first ever women's Futsal National Team for the Chinese Taipei Football Association. Kale was granted Republic of China (Taiwan) citizenship in January 2018 due to his long time contributions to the sports in the country. Kale is the first football coach from Taiwan to work as head coach of an other nation with his stints in Brunei and Laos. After a year of absence due to covid restrictions, he joined the Turkish club Gençlerbirliği to create a women's football program for the club.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mehmet Fatih Kale | ||
| Date of birth | 30 May 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Ankara, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2000–2016 | Taipei-SCSC Football Club | ||
| 2006 | Taipei Select Men's Team | ||
| 2014–2016 | Chinese Taipei Women's National Futsal Team | ||
| 2016 | Brunei Men's National Team | ||
| 2017 | Chinese Taipei F.A.Technical Director | ||
| 2018 | LAOS U23 Head Coach , Men's NT Interim Head Coach | ||
| 2021–22 | Gençlerbirliği FK Women's Football Sporting Director | ||
| 2023– | Bhutan FA Technical Director[1] | ||
Managerial statistic
edit| Team | From | To | Record | ||||||||
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| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||||
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Taipei Select Men's futsal team | 2006 | 2006 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.67 | |||
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Taipei-SCSC Club | 2007 | 2016 | 154 | 117 | 16 | 21 | 75.97 | |||
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Chinese Taipei women's national futsal team | 2014 | 2016 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60.00 | |||
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Brunei national futsal team (all friendly matches) | 2016 | 2016 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
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Chinese Taipei Men's national futsal team | 2017 | 2017 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 44.44 | |||
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Laos U23 football team (official and friendly matches) | 2018 | 2018 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 62.50 | |||
| Career totals | 186 | 138 | 17 | 31 | 74.19 | ||||||
Coaching Achievements
edit2006 Taipei International Futsal Tournament (Taipei Select Men's Futsal Team) Runners up
2008 Taiwan Women's Futsal Championship (Taipei-SCSC Club) Champion
2009 Taiwan Women's Football League (Taipei-SCSC Club) Champion
2011~2015 (5years back to back)Taiwan Women's Futsal Championship (Taipei-SCSC Club) Champion
Honors
edit2009 Chinese Taipei Football Association "Coach of The Year" award
Notes and references
edit- ^ "Mehmet Fatih Kale entrusted with reviving Bhutan's football". FIFA.com. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ Chen, Yu-fu; Chung, Jake (20 January 2018). "TV host, academics among new citizens". Taipei Times. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
External links
editFutsalplanet news [1]
JFA match report [2]