Engin Fırat

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Engin Firat
Personal information
Full name	Engin Firat
Date of birth	(1970-06-11) 11 June 1970
Place of birth	Istanbul, Turkey
Club information
Current club	Saipa (head coach)
Teams managed
Years	Team
1997–1998	Samsunspor (assistant)
1998–1999	Antalyaspor (assistant)
2000–2002	Eintracht Frankfurt (assistant)
2002–2003	Fenerbahçe (assistant)
2003–2004	LR Ahlen (assistant)
2004	LR Ahlen
2004–2005	Incheon United (assistant)
2005	Incheon United
2005–2006	Sivasspor (assistant)
2006–2007	Saipa (assistant)
2007–2008	Iran (assistant)
2008	Kayseri Erciyesspor
2008	Sepahan
2011	Gostaresh Foolad
2013–	Saipa

Engin Firat (born on 11 June 1970 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a German Turkish head coach who currently manages Saipa in Iran Pro League.

Early life

Firat was born on 11 June 1970 in Istanbul from a German father and a Turkish mother. He began his football career when he was 10.

Managerial career

Early years

He started his professional career as an assistant coach for German legend Horst Hrubesch in Samsunspor in 1997. This made Firat the youngest professional football coach in Europe. Samsunspor finished the season with an excellent 5th place in Süper Lig. As a 27 year old in pro-soccer, he quickly earned his respect with the club and the players. So it was no surprise, when Hrubesch was sent by the club, Firat was asked to stay and become the assistant coach of new head coach, Joseph Jaranbinsky from the Czech Republic. The next season Jarabinsky and Firat joined league-rivals, Antalyaspor. They finished a very successful season on the 6th spot, with the highest total points and rank in the club's history.

Eintracht Frankfurt and Fenerbahçe

Between 2000 to 2002, Firat was a member of the technical staff of Fußball-Bundesliga team Eintracht Frankfurt. He also did scouting for the team. Firat joined Turkish giants Fenerbahçe S.K., as an assistant coach of German head coach Werner Lorant in 2002. They finished 2nd in the league and their historical 6-0 win over rivals, Galatasaray was the highlight of the season.

LR Ahlen

In January 2003, Lorant and Firat took over 2. Fußball-Bundesliga side, LR Ahlen. The team was 17th at the beginning of the second half of the season finished far away from the relegation spots. They ranked 5th on the 2nd half of the season ranking. After Lorant was resigned as the club head coach, Firat became head coach for 3 games, that made him only the second Turkish head coach in German Bundesliga history, after Mustafa Denizli.

Incheon United

In 2004, Lorant and Firat joined the newly founded south-Korean Pro team Incheon United. Due to family reasons Firat left the team after pre-season camp but was returned to the club one month later and also guided the team in five matches.

Return to Turkey

At the start of the 2005-06 season, Lorant and Firat took over the Turkish side, Sivasspor. Sivasspor just went up from 2nd division and the coaching duo managed to create the most interesting team that season and they finished at very surprising 8th place. Also they won the Cup of the Republic' during pre-season.

Saipa and Iranian national team

Firat was once again worked with Lorant as assistant coach, this time at Iran Pro League side, Saipa. As Lorant resigned after 3 month, despite leading the league, the club offered Firat to continue his worked with the new head coach, Ali Daei. Saipa took the boost from the league-lead and finished the season as surprising champions of the IPL. In March 2008, Ali Daei was appointed as the head coach of Iran national football team and asked Firat to become his assistant coach.

Sepahan

After coming to agreement with Ali Daei and the football federation, Firat signed a head coaching job with last seasons runner up and Asian Champions League finalist Sepahan but was sacked after just thirteen matches in charge.^[1] Firat was among the candidates to become head coach of Nigeria to led the team in 2010 FIFA World Cup, a job he rejected.^[2] Engin Firat just recently was honoured with an award, as best Turkish coach abroad, by Celik Bilek Ödülleri in Turkey.^[3]

Gostaresh Foolad

After Luka Bonačić resigned to become the head coach of Sepahan, Firat was appointed as the club head coach for 2011–12 season. Firat led the team in first twelve matches but was sacked on October 2011.

Return to Saipa as head coach

On 11 May 2013, It was announced that Firat will takes as the manager of the Saipa for the upcoming season. He last worked with the club as assistant coach to Werner Lorant and Ali Daei. His first match as manager of Saipa was a 1–1 draw over Damash Gilan.

Statistics

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
LR Ahlen		October 2004	July 2004	70003000000000000003	70001000000000000001	70001000000000000001	70001000000000000001	700133330000000000033.33
Incheon United		January 2005	June 2005	700115000000000000015	70008000000000000008	70002000000000000002	70005000000000000005	700153330000000000053.33
Kayseri Erciyesspor		January 2008	June 2008	700111000000000000011	70007000000000000007	70003000000000000003	70001000000000000001	700163640000000000063.64
Sepahan		June 2008	September 2008	700113000000000000013	70005000000000000005	70005000000000000005	70003000000000000003	700138460000000000038.46
Gostaresh Foolad		August 2011	October 2011	70005000000000000005	70001000000000000001	70002000000000000002	70002000000000000002	700120000000000000020.00
Saipa		June 2013	Present	700126000000000000026	70007000000000000007	700111000000000000011	70008000000000000008	700126920000000000026.92

Honours

Assistant Manager

Fenerbahçe

Süper Lig: 2001–02 (Runner-up)

Sivasspor

TFF First League: 2005–06

Saipa

Iran Pro League: 2006–07

Iran

WAFF Championship: 2008

Manager

Incheon United

K-League: 2005 (Runner-up)

Individual

Turkish Manager of the Year: 2008

References

External links

v t e Incheon United – managers

Lorant (2003–2004) Chang Woe-Ryong (2004–2007) Park Lee-Chun (2007^c) Chang Woe-Ryong (2007–2008) Petković (2009–2010) Kim Bong-Gil (2010^c) Huh Jung-Moo (2010–2012) Kim Bong-Gil (2012^c) Kim Bong-Gil (2012–) C (caretaker manager)

Kayseri Erciyesspor – managers

Kiraz (1973)
Alkan (1973)
Bresford (1973–74)
Koka (1974)
Güney (1974–75)
Kaptan (1979)
Güney (1979–80)
Tırpan (1985)
Onay (1986)
Güzelırmak (1991–92)
Tırpan (1992)
Aybaba (1992–94)
Güzelırmak (1994–95)
Çetiner (1995–96)
Aybaba (1996–97)
Mulțescu (1997–98)
Kılıç (1998–99)
Uğur (2000–01)
Kılıç (2000–01)
Yaman (2001–02)
Hamamcı (2003–04)
Çetin (2004)
Uğur (2004–07)
Korkmaz (2007)
Uğur (2008)
Altındağ (2008–09)
Bulut (2009–10)
Devrim (2010–11)
Penbe (2011)
Yılmaz (2011–12)
Şentürk (2012)
Özköylü (2012–13)
Çapa (2013–)

v t e Sepahan Isfahan F.C. – managers

Yavari (1970–78) Rajkov (1978) Yavari (1978–80) Hejazi (1992–93) Karimi (1993–94) Korbekandi (1996–98) Poklepović (2001–02) Kazemi (2002–05) Poklepović (2005) Tavares (2005–06) Bonačić (2006–08) Vieira (2008) Firat (2008) Kazemi (2008–09) Ghalenoei (2009–11) Bonačić (2011) Ghanbari (a.i.) (2011) Kranjčar (2011–)

v t e Saipa F.C. – managers

Zolfagharnasab (1993–97) Abdollahi (1997–00) Fariba (2000–01) Alidoosti (2001–02) Mei (2002–03) Mayeli Kohan (2003–04) Zolfagharnasab (2004–06) Lorant (2006) Daei (2006–08) Littbarski (2008) Mayeli Kohan (2008–11) Saleh (2011–12) Taghavi (2012–13) Firat (2013–)

v t e Saipa F.C. – current squad

1 Ahmadi 2 Amiri 3 Jafarpour 4 Shahalidoost 5 Ayoubi 6 Sobhani 7 Gholamnejad 8 Sadeghi 9 Ghobakhlou 10 Shahbazzadeh 11 Rezaei 12 Sabeti 13 Shakouri 14 Rahmati 15 Shahvaraghi 16 Torabi 17 Vancea 18 Shiri 19 Moshkelpour 20 Moradzadeh 21 Arzani 22 Bakhtiarizadeh 23 Zeynali 24 Rahmani 25 Nosrati 26 Moradzadeh 27 Salari 30 Mehdikhani 34 Nasehi 40 Hatami Manager: Firat

v t e Iran Pro League managers

Bonačić (Mes Kerman) Daei (Persepolis) Ebrahimzadeh (Rah Ahan) Faraki (Foolad) Firat (Saipa) Ghalenoei (Esteghlal) Golmohammadi (Naft Tehran) Kranjčar (Sepahan) Marfavi (Saba Qom) Nazarmohammadi (Damash Gilan) Skočić (Malavan) Taghavi (Zob Ahan) Tartar (Gostaresh) Toni (Tractor Sazi) Veisi (Esteghlal Khuzestan) Yavari (Fajr Sepasi)

Persondata
Name	Firat, Engin
Alternative names
Short description	Turkish football manager
Date of birth	June 11, 1970
Place of birth	Turkey
Date of death
Place of death

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