Nurullah Sağlam

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Nurullah Sağlam (born 28 January 1966 in Gaziantep, Turkey) is a Turkish football coach and former coach of Gaziantepspor.

Nurullah is known for his ability to scout young talented players. When he was coach of Karsiyaka he discovered the talent of AC Milan player Kaká and wanted to lure the player to Gaziantepspor but the president of Gaziantepspor showed no interesse.^{[citation needed]}

Then Nurullah became coach of Gaziantepspor leading them to the third round of the UEFA Cup. They won the first leg 1-0 against the AS Roma side of Fabio Capello but in the second leg Gaziantepspor fell to a 2-0 defeat en got knocked out of the UEFA Cup.

Sağlam received offers from all over Europe but he wanted to stay with Gaziantepspor.

He now coaches Denizlispor and is very successful with the team which held Fenerbahçe SK to a draw that crashed their championship dreams. Denizlispor will be playing again in the first division next season. He is now coach of Gaziantepspor.