Erman Kunter: Difference between revisions

| name = Erman Kunter

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| height_ft height_in = 62.75

| height_in weight_lb = 2.75180

| weight_lb high_school = 180

| draft career_number = 197810

| career_start = 1975

| career_end = 1992

| coach_start = 1994

| coach_end = =

| years1 = 1975–1976
| team1 = [[İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi B.K.|İTÜ]]

| years2 = 1976–1977
| team2 = [[Beşiktaş men's basketball team|Beşiktaş]]

| years3 = 1977–1978
| team3 = Yenişehir Meysu

| years4 = 1978–1983
| team4 = [[Beşiktaş men's basketball team|Beşiktaş]]

| years5 = 1983–1986
| team5 = [[Eczacıbaşı S.K. (men's basketball)|Eczacıbaşı]]

| years6 = 1986–1987
| team6 = [[Beşiktaş men's basketball team|Beşiktaş]]

| years7 = 1987–1989
| team7 = [[Fenerbahçe Men's Basketball|Fenerbahçe]]

| years8 = 1989–1991
| team8 = [[Beşiktaş men's basketball team|Beşiktaş]]

| years9 = 1991–1992
| team9 = [[Çukurova Sanayi (men's basketball)|Çukurova Sanayi]]

| cyears1 = 1994–1996

| cteam1 = [[Darüşşafaka Cooper Tires|Darüşşafaka]]

| cyears2 = 1996–1997

| cteam2 = [[Beşiktaş men's basketball team|Beşiktaş]]

| cyears3 = 1997–2000

| cteam3 = [[Turkish national basketball team|Turkey]]

| cyears4 = 2002–2003

| cteam4 = [[Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball)|Galatasaray]]

| cyears5 = 2003–2004

| cteam5 = [[Cholet Basket|Cholet]]

| cyears6 = 2004–2005

| cteam6 = [[ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne|ASVEL]]

| cyears7 = 2006–2012

| cteam7 = Cholet

| cyears8 = 2012–2013

| cteam8 = Beşiktaş

| cyears9 = 2014–2017

| cteam9 = [[Le Mans Sarthe Basket|Le Mans]]

| cyears10 = 2017–2018

| cteam10 = Galatasaray

| cyears11 = 2018–2021

| cteam11 = Cholet

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He is well- known for being the player that [[List of basketball players who have scored 100 points in a single game|scored the most points ever in a single-game]] of any top-tier level professional basketball league in the world, with 153 points scored in a [[Turkish Basketball Super League|Turkish Super League]] game in 1988.<ref>[{{Cite web |url=https://www.hoopsfix.com/2013/02/flashback-erman-kunters-153-point-world-record/ |title=Flashback: Erman Kunter’s 153-Point World Record!] |access-date=2018-05-23 |archive-date=2019-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101011217/https://www.hoopsfix.com/2013/02/flashback-erman-kunters-153-point-world-record/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

As a Fenerbahçe player, he scored 153 points (81 points in the first half), of his team's 175 total points, in a [[Turkish Basketball Super League|Turkish League]] game against Hilalspor, on 12 March, 1988. It is still a record in Turkey,<ref>[httphttps://www.tblstat.net/history.asp?s=/8788 1987-1988 Season Notes.]</ref> and the highest single-game scoring record ever in any top-tier level professional league in the world.<ref>[http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/2006/10/06/spo126.html Erman's record can't break {{in lang|tr}}.]</ref><ref>[httphttps://www.tblstat.net/gd.asp?g=9129game/22129 Hilalspor vs. Fenerbahce (12.03.1988) Game Detail {{in lang|en}}.]</ref><ref>[http://www.sporx.com/basketbol/TBBL/fenerbahce/erman-kunterin-153-sayi-attigi-mac--rekorSXTVQ23622SXQ Record, Erman Kunter scored 153 points.]</ref> During the game, he made 17 [[Three-point field goal|three-pointers]].<ref>[Erman Kunter Entraîneur de l'Equipe Pro {{in lang|fr}}.]</ref>

Kunter was the [[head coach]] of [[Darüşşafaka Cooper Tires|Darüşşafaka]], [[Beşiktaş men's basketball team|Beşiktaş]], the senior [[Turkish national basketball team|Turkish national team]], and [[Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball)|Galatasaray Istanbul]] in [[Turkey]]; and [[Cholet Basket]], [[ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne|Asvel Villeurbanne]], and [[Le Mans Sarthe Basket|Le Mans]] in [[France]]. In 2010, he led [[Cholet Basket]] to win the [[LNB Pro A|French League]] championship. In June 2012, he signed with [[Beşiktaş men's basketball team|Beşiktaş]], to be their new head coach.<ref>[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/turkey/92663/besiktas-announced-erman-kunter.html Besiktas announced Erman Kunter.]</ref>

After that, he returned to France, to be the head coach of [[Le Mans Sarthe Basket|Le Mans]], in 2014.<ref>[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/france/120364/le-mans-name-erman-kunter-head-coach-for-three-seasons.html Le Mans name Erman Kunter head coach for three seasons.]</ref> He became the head coach of [[Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball)|Galatasaray]] in 2017.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170718104936/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/7vn6mku9cspqhq6u/galatasaray-brings-back-coach-kunter Galatasaray brings back coach Kunter.]</ref> He was also hired to be the head coach of the senior [[Iraqi national basketball team]], in 2017.<ref>[http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/news/iraq-name-erman-kunter-as-new-head-coach Iraq name Erman Kunter as new head coach.]</ref> In September 2022, he was hired as a head coach for [[Tunisia men's national basketball team|Tunisia national basketball team]].

* [httphttps://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/lid_38135_cp/1/pid/103224/q/erman%20kunter/rpp//_//players.html FIBA Player Profile 1]

* [httphttps://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/lid_38135_cp/1/pid/64833/q/erman%20kunter/rpp//_//players.html FIBA Player Profile 2]

[[Category:SportspeopleBasketball players from Istanbul]]