Zafer Kılıçkan is a former Turkish

Turkish people

Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...

 football midfielder

Midfielder

A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

 who last played for USL First Division

USL First Division

The United Soccer Leagues First Division was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico....

 side Minnesota Thunder

Minnesota Thunder

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.

Club career

Kılıçkan played for several clubs in the lower divisions of Turkish football, including Pendikspor

Pendikspor

Pendik SK is a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul, Turkey. The club is widely famous for their amazing victory over Fenerbahçe, in the 3rd round of Fortis Turkey Cup in 2000. This match finished 2-1 but Pendik SK were relegated from the Second League in the same year.-Reference:*...

 and Boluspor

Boluspor

Boluspor is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Bolu. The clubs plays in red and white kits, and have done so since their formation in 1965....

. In 2002, Kılıçkan signed with the Minnesota Thunder

Minnesota Thunder

Minnesota Thunder was an American professional soccer team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1990, the team played in the USL First Division , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2009. The team played its home games at the National Sports Center in nearby...

 of the USL First Division

USL First Division

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, playing with the team through the 2006 season.

Career as manager

He is currently the head coach of women's soccer team at Augsburg College

Augsburg College

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. He is also the Director of Camps for the Thunder.