Yılmaz Vural Explained

Yılmaz Vural
Birth Date:1 January 1953
Birth Place:Adapazarı, Turkey
Position:Midfielder
Clubs1:Hacettepe
Manageryears1:1986–1988
Manageryears2:1988–1989
Manageryears3:1989
Manageryears4:1989–1990
Manageryears5:1990
Manageryears6:1991
Manageryears7:1991–1992
Manageryears8:1992–1993
Manageryears9:1993–1994
Manageryears10:1995
Manageryears11:1996–1997
Manageryears12:1997
Manageryears13:1997–1998
Manageryears14:1998–1999
Manageryears15:1999
Manageryears16:1999–2000
Manageryears17:2000–2001
Manageryears18:2001
Manageryears19:2003–2004
Manageryears20:2004
Manageryears21:2005
Manageryears22:2005–2007
Manageryears23:2008
Manageryears24:2008–2009
Manageryears25:2009–2011
Manageryears26:2011
Manageryears27:2012
Manageryears28:2012–2013
Manageryears29:2014
Manageryears30:2014–2015
Manageryears31:2015
Manageryears32:2015
Manageryears33:2016
Manageryears34:2017
Manageryears35:2018
Manageryears36:2018
Manageryears37:2018–2019
Manageryears38:2020
Manageryears39:2021
Managerclubs1:Malatyaspor (assistant)
Managerclubs2:Antalyaspor (assistant)
Managerclubs3:Samsunspor (assistant)
Managerclubs4:Bursaspor (assistant)
Managerclubs5:Karşıyaka (assistant)
Managerclubs6:Adanaspor (assistant)
Managerclubs7:Bursaspor (assistant)
Managerclubs27:Sakaryaspor
Managerclubs28:Elazığspor
Managerclubs29:Mersin İdman Yurdu
Managerclubs30:Osmanlıspor
Managerclubs31:Karabükspor
Managerclubs32:Gençlerbirliği
Managerclubs33:Adana Demirspor
Managerclubs34:Göztepe
Managerclubs35:Giresunspor
Managerclubs36:Eskişehirspor
Managerclubs37:Adana Demirspor
Managerclubs38:Akhisarspor
Managerclubs39:Erzurumspor F.K.

Yılmaz Vural (born 1 January 1953) is a Turkish football manager and former player.[1] He played as a midfielder for 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 30 December 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]

Popular culture

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

Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamNatFromToRecord
Bursaspor26 August 199231 May 1993
Gaziantepspor13 October 199331 May 1994
Eskişehirspor23 May 199514 December 1995
Sarıyer1 March 19963 February 1997
Trabzonspor3 February 19979 October 1997
Gençlerbirliği19 November 199730 June 1998
Konyaspor7 September 199824 February 1999
18 March 199930 June 1999
Bursaspor16 September 199927 September 2000
27 September 200031 May 2001
26 June 200122 November 2001
20 February 200314 January 2004
5 February 200430 June 2004
18 February 200530 June 2005
Antalyaspor 30 June 200530 June 2007
18 January 200811 March 2008
3 October 200822 January 2009
7 September 20095 January 2011
17 February 201130 June 2011
Sakaryaspor 17 February 201230 June 2012
Elazığspor 18 October 201230 June 2013
Mersin İdman Yurdu 7 March 201416 May 2014
Osmanlıspor 25 December 201413 January 2015
Karabükspor 24 February 201530 June 2015
Gençlerbirliği 24 December 201530 December 2015
Adana Demirspor 26 April 20162 June 2016
Göztepe 23 March 201714 June 2017
Giresunspor 8 February 201823 February 2018
Eskişehirspor 4 April 201831 May 2018
Adana Demirspor 21 November 20183 February 2019
29 January 2020Present
Total

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.sabah.com.tr/spor/futbol/2019/02/03/adana-demirspordan-yilmaz-vural-aciklamasi Adana Demirspor'dan Yılmaz Vural açıklaması
  2. Vestel'de Vural Dönemi Sona Bitti
  3. Yılmaz Vural’ın gurur günü
  4. Elazığspor'da Yılmaz Vural dönemi
  5. http://www.espnfc.us/blog/the-toe-poke/65/post/2774763/turkish-club-genclerbirligi-sack-fifth-manager-of-the-season
  6. http://www.mediacatonline.com/lipton-ice-tea%C2%92nin-yeni-reklam-yuzu/