Fuat Usta | |
Birth Date: | 3 July 1972 |
Birth Place: | Samsun, Turkey |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthclubs1: | Rapid |
Youthclubs2: | MVV'02 |
Years1: | 1990–1998 |
Clubs1: | Fortuna Sittard |
Caps1: | 103 |
Goals1: | 15 |
Years2: | 1995–1997 |
Clubs2: | → Beşiktaş (loan) |
Caps2: | 6 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1998–1999 |
Clubs3: | Cambuur |
Caps3: | 21 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1999–2000 |
Clubs4: | Sparta |
Caps4: | 9 |
Goals4: | 2 |
Years5: | 2001 |
Clubs5: | Jokerit |
Caps5: | 6 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2001–2002 |
Clubs6: | MVV |
Caps6: | 13 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Years7: | 2002 |
Clubs7: | Omiya Ardija |
Caps7: | 16 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Years8: | 2003 |
Clubs8: | MVV Maastricht |
Caps8: | 15 |
Goals8: | 0 |
Years9: | 2006–2007 |
Clubs9: | Fortuna Sittard |
Caps9: | 1 |
Goals9: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 190 |
Totalgoals: | 17 |
Manageryears1: | 2007–2010 |
Managerclubs1: | Fortuna Sittard (assistant) |
Manageryears2: | 2010–2011 |
Managerclubs2: | Turkey B |
Manageryears3: | 2010–2011 |
Managerclubs3: | Turkey (assistant) |
Manageryears4: | 2017–2018 |
Managerclubs4: | MVV Maastricht (assistant) |
Manageryears5: | 2019–2020 |
Managerclubs5: | MVV Maastricht |
Fuat Usta (born 3 July 1972) is a Turkish football coach and former professional player.
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]
Usta left MVV in August 2002 to sign with Japanese club Omiya Ardija until the end of the 2002 season.[3] He returned to MVV in January 2003, on an amateur contract.[4]
After three years working as an assistant manager of Fortuna Sittard, in July 2010 he was appointed by Guus Hiddink to be an assistant coach of the Turkey national team.[5] He was also responsible for the U23 team.[6] In October 2012 he moved with Hiddink to Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala, where he became head of youth education.[7] He left Anzhi in 2017.
In the 2016–17 season, Usta did an internship at MVV Maastricht to complete his UEFA Pro course at the KNVB in May 2018.[8] In the 2017–18 season, he worked as assistant manager for the club. Ahead of the 2019–20 season signed a one-year contract as the club's new manager.[9] His contract was not renewed for the 2020–21 season.[10]