MK Sport Management
2000 — presentExecutive Director & Sporting Lead
Agency desk for player/coach representation, transfer architecture and confidential club advisory across Europe and the Middle East.
The desk
Sporting direction as a profession.
Sporting direction is the structural spine of Kirdemir's practice: not only placing players, but reading squad architecture, coaching fit, window timing and the politics behind every major file.
Sporting direction means managing the transfer desk, coaching appointments and club architecture under one strategic roof.
Karabükspor
Archive documentedSporting direction & media-facing transfers
Press-stage work at the club — contract presentations, TRT-covered signings and on-site sporting coordination photographed in club offices.
Turkish Süper Lig corridor
2000s — presentTransfer & coaching file architect
Documented involvement in Galatasaray-era files (Bruma, Sneijder corridor), Beşiktaş/Atletico links (Tiago Mendes commentary) and coaching representation (Aguirre, Schuster circle).
Gulf & Saudi project rooms
2010s — presentMarket intelligence & executive liaison
Personal archive and Marca-sourced commentary on Messi, Ramos and Modric Saudi files; photographed majlis and federation-level meetings in the region.
RFEF sporting director pathway
2024Licensed sporting director (Curso Superior)
Official diploma for directors deportivos — squad planning, technical secretariat, scouting governance and club compliance under Spanish federation standards.
Staff & coaching desks
Staff & coaching desks
Identifying managers and technical staff whose methods match the club’s identity — then holding the line through the season.
Practice
How a sporting director actually works.
Window & valuation desk
Structuring offers before they leak: release clauses, salary geometry, third-party rights and the sequence that protects the selling club.
Scouting maps
Position-first profiles with resale logic — used in documented Bruma and Süper Lig recruitment files.
Coaching & staff table
Manager representation including Javier Aguirre (Leganés) and historical links to Bernd Schuster, Roberto Carlos and Juande Ramos per Turkish and Spanish press.
Confidential diplomacy
Madrid hotel meetings with Saudi federation delegates on Messi (Marca, May 2023); Qatari executive channels on Mbappé renewal (Marca, June 2023).
Verified public record
Karabükspor · TRT
Press-stage work at the club — contract presentations, TRT-covered signings and on-site sporting coordination photographed in club offices.
Personal archive
Build the sporting project. Then protect it.
Club restructures, window strategy, coaching appointments and confidential market intelligence.