Date of birth: 4 September 1953
Nationality: Turkish
Playing career: Adana Demirspor, Galatasaray AŞ
Coaching career: MKE Ankaragücü, Göztepe AŞ, Turkey Under-21, Turkey (twice), Galatasaray AŞ (three times), ACF Fiorentina, AC Milan

• A central defender, Terim played for Galatasaray for over a decade and represented Turkey 51 times, 31 of them as captain. He started his coaching career with MKE Ankaragücü and then Göztepe, before he was named assistant to national team boss Sepp Piontek and put in charge of the Under-21s in 1991.

• Appointed Turkey coach in 1993 and led them to EURO '96. They lost all of their games in England, but just getting to the final tournament, Turkey's first since the 1954 FIFA World Cup, was a major landmark.

• After EURO '96 he returned to Galatasaray, winning four league titles and the 2000 UEFA Cup. Serie A came calling and Terim took charge of Fiorentina and Milan before returning to Galatasaray, but problems behind the scenes brought about a temporary retirement in 2004.

• Reappointed by Turkey in 2005 following a break from management, Terim – known as 'Imparator' (The Emperor) for his leadership skills – could not guide the team through a 2006 FIFA World Cup play-off against Switzerland. Success followed at UEFA EURO 2008, however, with Terim leading Ay Yıldızlılar (The Crescent-Stars) to the semi-finals, but he resigned following his side's unsuccessful bid to reach the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

• Returned for a third spell in charge of Galatasaray in May 2011 and in his first season back steered Cimbom to their first Süper Lig crown in four years.