Yılmaz Vural

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.

Yılmaz Vural

Vural as Elazığspor manager in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth	(1953-01-01) 1 January 1953 (age 71)
Place of birth	Adapazarı, Turkey
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Hacettepe
	Sivasspor
Managerial career
1986–1988	Malatyaspor (assistant)
1988–1989	Antalyaspor (assistant)
1989	Samsunspor (assistant)
1989–1990	Bursaspor (assistant)
1990	Karşıyaka (assistant)
1991	Adanaspor (assistant)
1991–1992	Bursaspor (assistant)
1992–1993	Bursaspor
1993–1994	Gaziantepspor
1995	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
2009–2011	Kasımpaşa
2011	Konyaspor
2012	Sakaryaspor
2012–2013	Elazığspor
2014	Mersin İdman Yurdu
2014–2015	Osmanlıspor
2015	Karabükspor
2015	Gençlerbirliği
2016	Adana Demirspor
2017	Göztepe
2018	Giresunspor
2018	Eskişehirspor
2018–2019	Adana Demirspor
2020	Akhisarspor
2021	Erzurumspor F.K.
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

As of 15 March 2020

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Bursaspor		26 August 1992	31 May 1993	31	12	6	13	038.71
Gaziantepspor		13 October 1993	31 May 1994	24	8	4	12	033.33
Eskişehirspor		23 May 1995	14 December 1995	21	9	1	11	042.86
Sarıyer		1 March 1996	3 February 1997	33	15	8	10	045.45
Trabzonspor		3 February 1997	9 October 1997	30	18	6	6	060.00
Gençlerbirliği		19 November 1997	30 June 1998	24	7	8	9	029.17
Konyaspor		7 September 1998	24 February 1999	17	9	2	6	052.94
Dardanelspor		18 March 1999	30 June 1999	10	5	0	5	050.00
Bursaspor		16 September 1999	27 September 2000	41	15	8	18	036.59
Denizlispor		27 September 2000	31 May 2001	30	12	7	11	040.00
Diyarbakırspor		26 June 2001	22 November 2001	13	3	3	7	023.08
Adanaspor		20 February 2003	14 January 2004	32	9	5	18	028.13
Rizespor		5 February 2004	30 June 2004	16	9	0	7	056.25
Ankaragücü		18 February 2005	30 June 2005	15	5	3	7	033.33
Antalyaspor		30 June 2005	30 June 2007	70	28	22	20	040.00
Manisaspor		18 January 2008	11 March 2008	8	1	2	5	012.50
Kocaelispor		3 October 2008	22 January 2009	11	2	2	7	018.18
Kasımpaşa		7 September 2009	5 January 2011	54	15	17	22	027.78
Konyaspor		17 February 2011	30 June 2011	13	1	6	6	007.69
Sakaryaspor		17 February 2012	30 June 2012	13	0	4	9	000.00
Elazığspor		18 October 2012	30 June 2013	28	10	10	8	035.71
Mersin İdman Yurdu		7 March 2014	16 May 2014	12	5	4	3	041.67
Osmanlıspor		25 December 2014	13 January 2015	2	0	1	1	000.00
Karabükspor		24 February 2015	30 June 2015	13	3	2	8	023.08
Gençlerbirliği		24 December 2015	30 December 2015	1	0	0	1	000.00
Adana Demirspor		26 April 2016	2 June 2016	6	2	2	2	033.33
Göztepe		23 March 2017	14 June 2017	12	6	2	4	050.00
Giresunspor		8 February 2018	23 February 2018	3	0	0	3	000.00
Eskişehirspor		4 April 2018	31 May 2018	5	3	1	1	060.00
Adana Demirspor		21 November 2018	3 February 2019	10	3	3	4	030.00
Akhisarspor		29 January 2020	Present	9	5	2	2	055.56
Total				607	220	141	246	036.24

References

1. Adana Demirspor'dan Yılmaz Vural açıklaması, sabah.com.tr, 3 February 2019
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)

External links

• Profile at TFF.org