Yılmaz Vural

Yılmaz Vural
Personal information
Full name Yılmaz Vural
Date of birth (1953-01-01) January 1, 1953
Place of birth Adapazarı, Turkey
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Manager
Teams managed
Years Team
1986–1988 Malatyaspor
1988–1989 Antalyaspor
1989 Samsunspor
1989–1990 Bursaspor
1990–1991 Karşıyaka
1991 Adanaspor
1991–1993 Bursaspor
1993–1994 Gaziantepspor
1995–1996 Eskişehirspor
1996–1997 Sarıyer
1997 Trabzonspor
1997–1998 Gençlerbirliği
1998–1999 Konyaspor
1999 Dardanelspor
1999–2000 Bursaspor
2000–2001 Denizlispor
2001 Diyarbakırspor
2003–2004 Adanaspor
2004 Rizespor
2005 Ankaragücü
2005–2007 Antalyaspor
2008 Manisaspor
2008–2009 Kocaelispor
2009–2010 Kasımpaşa
2011 Konyaspor
2012 Sakaryaspor
2012–2013 Elazığspor
2014 Mersin İdman Yurdu
2014–2015 Osmanlıspor
2015 Karabükspor
2015 Gençlerbirliği
2016 Adana Demirspor
2017 Göztepe

Yılmaz Vural (born January 1, 1953, Adapazarı) is a Turkish football coach who lastly was in charge of Göztepe.[1] He was a footballer and played as midfielder in Hacettepe and Sivasspor in the 1970s.

Career

He is most known for his aggressive coaching style. Vural managed most of the clubs in the Turkish League, apart from the three giants which are Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe, and Galatasaray. On 11 March 2008, he was sacked after his unsuccessful performance at Vestel Manisaspor with collecting just 7 points in 5 league matches.[2] Recently, his name was given to a street in Adapazarı, where he was born and grown, in accordance with a local municipality project.[3] On 10 October 2012, he was appointed to be the manager of Elazığspor.[4] On 19 May 2013, he resigned from Elazığspor. On December 30, 2015 Vural was famously sacked from Gençlerbirliği by owner İlhan Cavcav after six days and only one game - a 2-0 away loss to Eskisehirspor.[5]

Yilmaz is well known with his characteristic behaviors. After his iconic post-interviews, he became popular in Turkish media. He plays as an actor at the ads of Lipton in Turkey.[6]

Managerial statistics

As of 4 January 2015
Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Turkey Konyaspor 2011 2011 13 1 6 6 007.69
Turkey Sakaryaspor 2011 2012 13 0 4 9 000.00
Turkey Elazığspor 2012 2013 28 10 10 8 035.71
Turkey Mersin İdman Yurdu 2014 2014 12 5 4 3 041.67
Turkey Osmanlıspor 2014 2015 2 0 1 1 000.00
Turkey Karabükspor 2015 2015 13 3 2 8 023.08
Turkey Gençlerbirliği 2015 2015 1 0 0 1 000.00
Total 81 19 27 35 023.46

References

  1. ↑ Göztepe'de Yılmaz Vural ile yollar ayrılıyor‚ milliyet.com.tr, 14 June 2017
  2. ↑ (in Turkish) Vestel'de Vural Dönemi Sona Bitti
  3. ↑ (in Turkish)Yılmaz Vural’ın gurur günü
  4. ↑ (in Turkish)Elazığspor'da Yılmaz Vural dönemi
  5. ↑ (in Turkish)
  6. ↑ (in Turkish)


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