Yılmaz Vural (born 1 January 1953) is a Turkish football manager and former player.Adana Demirspor'dan Yılmaz Vural açıklaması, sabah.com.tr, 3 February 2019 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. Vestel'de Vural Dönemi Sona Bitti Recently, his name was given to a street in Adapazarı, where he was born and raised, in accordance with a local municipality project.Yılmaz Vural’ın gurur günü On 10 October 2012, he was appointed to be the manager of Elazığspor.Elazığspor'da Yılmaz Vural dönemi 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.
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.
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamNatFromToRecordBursaspor26 August 199231 May 1993Gaziantepspor13 October 199331 May 1994Eskişehirspor23 May 199514 December 1995Sarıyer1 March 19963 February 1997Trabzonspor3 February 19979 October 1997Gençlerbirliği19 November 199730 June 1998Konyaspor7 September 199824 February 1999 Dardanelspor 18 March 199930 June 1999Bursaspor16 September 199927 September 2000Denizlispor 27 September 200031 May 2001Diyarbakırspor 26 June 200122 November 2001Adanaspor 20 February 200314 January 2004Rizespor 5 February 200430 June 2004Ankaragücü 18 February 200530 June 2005Antalyaspor 30 June 200530 June 2007Manisaspor 18 January 200811 March 2008 Kocaelispor 3 October 200822 January 2009Kasımpaşa 7 September 20095 January 2011Konyaspor 17 February 201130 June 2011Sakaryaspor 17 February 201230 June 2012Elazığspor 18 October 201230 June 2013Mersin İdman Yurdu 7 March 201416 May 2014Osmanlıspor 25 December 201413 January 2015Karabükspor 24 February 201530 June 2015Gençlerbirliği 24 December 201530 December 2015Adana Demirspor 26 April 20162 June 2016Göztepe 23 March 201714 June 2017Giresunspor 8 February 201823 February 2018Eskişehirspor 4 April 201831 May 2018Adana Demirspor 21 November 20183 February 2019Akhisarspor 29 January 2020PresentTotal
References
External links Profile at TFF.org