Fuat Usta

Fuat Usta
Personal information
Date of birth3 July 1972
Place of birthSamsun, Turkey
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
Rapid
MVV'02
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1998Fortuna Sittard103(15)
1995–1997Beşiktaş (loan)6(0)
1998–1999Cambuur21(0)
1999–2000Sparta9(2)
2001Jokerit6(0)
2001–2002MVV13(0)
2002Omiya Ardija16(0)
2003MVV15(0)
2006–2007Fortuna Sittard1(0)
Total190(17)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Fuat Usta (born 3 July 1972) is an association football coach and former professional player.

Career

Playing career

Usta played as a midfielder in the Netherlands, Turkey, Finland, and Japan with Rapid, MVV'02, Fortuna Sittard, Beşiktaş, Cambuur, Sparta, Jokerit, MVV and Omiya Ardija.[1][2][3]

Usta left MVV in August 2002 to sign with Japanese club Omiya Ardija until the end of the 2002 season.[4] He returned to MVV in January 2003, on an amateur contract.[5]

Coaching career

After coaching with Fortuna Sittard, in July 2010 he was appointed by Guus Hiddink to be an assistant coach of the Turkish national team.[6] In October 2012 he moved with Hiddink to Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala, where he became a youth coach.[7]

References

  1. "Profile" (in Dutch). Frank Beijen. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  2. "Profile" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  3. Fuat Usta at TFF.org
  4. "Fuat Usta naar Japan" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 7 August 2002. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  5. "Fuat Usta na Japans avontuur terug bij MVV" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 15 January 2003. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  6. "Fuat Usta gaat Hiddink assisteren" (in Dutch). NOS.nl. 18 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  7. "Hiddink stelt Fuat Usta aan bij jeugdacademie FC Anzhi" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 24 October 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2014.