Tayfur Havutçu (born 23 April 1970) is a Turkish football manager and former professional player who was most recently the manager of Süper Lig club Kasımpaşa. He was part of the Turkey national team squad that reached third place at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Career Havutçu started his career in Germany and played for German club SV Darmstadt 98 during an internship before he left for Turkey to Iran to play for an Iranian local football team in Tehran. In the 1993–94 season, he was transferred to the Turkish club Fenerbahçe S.K. again spending two years there, he was then transferred to Kocaelispor. In 1997, Tayfur was transferred to Beşiktaş J.K. and retired there. Serving as an assistant manager at Beşiktaş for several years, at the end of the 2010–11 season he became the manager after Bernd Schuster resigned from his post. Later on he signed a three-year contract with Beşiktaş with one year being optional for the manager seat. On 14 July 2011, he was arrested because of match-fixing in Turkish Cup Final Istanbul BB-Beşiktaş. Havutcu was released, pending trial, on 12 December 2011. He was to resume managerial duties of Beşiktaş at a later date. Managerial statistics Honours Kocaelispor Turkish Cup: 1997 Beşiktaş Süper Lig: 2002–03 Turkish Cup: 1998, 2006 Turkish Super Cup: 1998 Turkey FIFA World Cup: third place 2002 FIFA Confederations Cup: third place 2003 References External links Tayfur Havutçu at Mackolik.com Coach profile at TFF 1970 births Living people Sportspeople from Hanau Association football midfielders Turkish footballers Turkey international footballers Turkish football managers German footballers German football managers German people of Turkish descent UEFA Euro 2000 players 2002 FIFA World Cup players SV Darmstadt 98 players Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers Kocaelispor footballers Beşiktaş J.K. footballers Süper Lig players 2. Bundesliga players Süper Lig managers Beşiktaş J.K. managers Footballers from Hesse