Erhan Albayrak (born 5 April 1977) is a Turkish football manager and former player last managed FSV Duisburg.

Career

Grown up in the Hamburg quarter of Fischbek he played for the local club FC Süderelbe until he was 13 years old. Subsequently, he ran through the youth teams of

Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. (), commonly known as Hamburger SV () or Hamburg (), is a German sports club based in Hamburg, with its largest branch being its football section. Though the current HSV was founded in June 1919 from a merger of three ...

and

Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen (), Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, they are best known for the ...

. His first appearance in the Bundesliga he also made for Werder in a 1–1 draw against Fortuna Düsseldorf on 11 August 1995, when he was just 18 years old. Albayrak also played for Ankaragücü,

Çaykur Rizespor Çaykur Rizespor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Rize. The club play in the TFF First League. The club was founded on May 19, 1953, with green-yellow as club colours, but later changed to blue-green. Since 1990, the team ...

, Fenerbahçe,

Gaziantepspor Gaziantepspor was a Turkish football club located in the city of Gaziantep. Formed in 1969 and dissolved in 2020, Gaziantepspor were nicknamed the ''Şahinler'' (The Falcons). The club colours were black and red, and they played their home matche ...

Kocaelispor Kocaelispor is a Turkish football club based in İzmit. They were founded in 1966 and played in the top level between 1980–1988 and 1992–2003. Their best finish was in 1992–93 season, where they finished fourth. They have won the Turkish C ...

Ankaraspor Ankaraspor Kulübü (), formerly known as Osmanlıspor (), is a Turkish professional football club based in the country's capital Ankara. Founded in 1978, the club competes in the TFF Second League. History Ankaraspor was founded as "Ankara Bele ...

in Turkey and Arminia Bielefeld in Germany. He has played as

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Konyaspor Konyaspor Kulübü (, Konya Sports Club) is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya. They are better known as Konyaspor. In 1922 Konyaspor were founded with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği and have played at their current home stadium ...

in the

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

. In December 2009, after seven years spent in Turkey, he returned to his native Germany and signed for

KFC Uerdingen KFC Uerdingen 05 is a German football club in the Uerdingen district of the city of Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. The former Bundesliga side enjoyed its greatest successes in the 1980s but now plays in the fifth-level Oberliga. History The ...

. He later played for FC Sylt. Along with Ronny Kockel he was the manager of

KFC Uerdingen 05 KFC Uerdingen 05 is a German football club in the Uerdingen district of the city of Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. The former Bundesliga side enjoyed its greatest successes in the 1980s but now plays in the fifth-level Oberliga. History Th ...

at the end of the 2011–12 season. In March 2014 he became the manager of the club once again. After just few weeks in the job he was sacked on 14 April 2014.

Honours

Kocaelispor *

Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup ( Turkish: ''Türkiye Kupası'') is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupas� ...

: 1997

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* * * * 1977 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Hamburg Turkish footballers Turkey men's under-21 international footballers Turkey men's youth international footballers German footballers German sportspeople of Turkish descent MKE Ankaragücü footballers Ankaraspor footballers Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers Gaziantepspor footballers Kocaelispor footballers Konyaspor footballers Çaykur Rizespor footballers Arminia Bielefeld players SV Werder Bremen players SV Werder Bremen II players Süper Lig players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players KFC Uerdingen 05 managers German football managers {{Turkey-footy-midfielder-stub