Erman Kunter is a legendary Turkish former professional basketball player and now coach of Cholet Basket

Cholet Basket

Cholet Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in Cholet, France. The club plays in the French Pro A League. Their home arena is La Meilleraie.- Establishment :...

. He played for İTÜ

Itu

Itu is an old and historic municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2009 was 157,384 and the area is 641.68 km². The elevation is 583 m. This place name comes from the Tupi language, meaning big waterfall. Itu is linked with the highway numbered the SP-75 and are flowed...

, Beşiktaş Istanbul

Besiktas Cola Turka

Beşiktaş Milangaz is a professional basketball team of Beşiktaş J.K., which is a sports club from İstanbul, Turkey. Their home arena is the Sinan Erdem Dome with a capacity of 16,000 seats...

, Eczacıbaşı

Eczacibasi

Eczacıbaşı Holding is a prominent Turkish industrial group of companies founded in 1942 by Eczacıbaşı family. The group with 39 companies has 10,100 employees and a combined net turnover of € 2.1 billion in 2010.-Group:...

, Yenişehir

Yenişehir

Yenişehir or Yeni Şehir can refer to:* Yenişehir, Mersin, a district of Mersin Province, Turkey* Yenişehir, Bursa, a district of Bursa Province, Turkey* Yenişehir, Diyarbakır, a district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey...

, Fenerbahçe Istanbul

Fenerbahçe Ülker

Fenerbahçe Ülker is the professional men's basketball department of Fenerbahçe S.K., a major multisport club based in Istanbul, Turkey. The department has been sponsored by the Ülker since 2006. In 2006 Fenerbahçe S.K...

, and Çukurova Sanayispor. He acquired French citizenship in September 2010 and since then, detains two citizenships (French and Turkish).

He scored 153 points of his team's 175 points against Hilalspor in 1988 (81 in the first half) which is still a record in Turkey.

He played 213 times for national team

Turkey national basketball team

The Turkish national basketball team is the basketball section that represents Turkey in international competitions. The team is nicknamed "12 Dev Adam" ....

 and scored 3,626 points.

Coaching career

He coached Darüşşafaka, Beşiktaş Istanbul

Besiktas Cola Turka

Beşiktaş Milangaz is a professional basketball team of Beşiktaş J.K., which is a sports club from İstanbul, Turkey. Their home arena is the Sinan Erdem Dome with a capacity of 16,000 seats...

, Turkey national basketball team

Turkey national basketball team

The Turkish national basketball team is the basketball section that represents Turkey in international competitions. The team is nicknamed "12 Dev Adam" ....

, Galatasaray Istanbul

Galatasaray Café Crown

Galatasaray Medical Park is a professional basketball team based in the city of Istanbul in Turkey. It is a part of the Galatasaray Sports Club.Galatasaray play matches in Abdi İpekçi Arena which has a seating capacity for 12,500 spectators...

 in Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 and Cholet Basket

Cholet Basket

Cholet Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in Cholet, France. The club plays in the French Pro A League. Their home arena is La Meilleraie.- Establishment :...

 and Asvel Villeurbanne

ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne

ASVEL Basket or ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne is a French professional basketball team located in the city of Villeurbanne, which is a suburb of Lyon, France. The club, which is the basketball section of the ASVEL multi-sport club, competes in the French Pro A league. The club's home games are played at...

. In 2010 he became champions of France with Cholet Basket

Cholet Basket

Cholet Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in Cholet, France. The club plays in the French Pro A League. Their home arena is La Meilleraie.- Establishment :...

.

Personal life

He is married to Sofia Ayten Kunter Hanımefendi, daughter of Osman Nami Osmanoğlu and great granddaughter of Ottoman

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 sultan Abdul Hamid II

Abdul Hamid II

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. They have one daughter named Roksan.

External links

• TBLStat.net Profile