Fuat Usta (born 3 July 1972) is a Turkish

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coach and former professional player.

Playing career

Usta played as a

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in the Netherlands, Turkey, Finland, and Japan with Rapid, MVV'02,

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and

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. Usta left MVV in August 2002 to sign with Japanese club Omiya Ardija until the end of the 2002 season. He returned to MVV in January 2003, on an amateur contract.

Coaching career

After three years working as an assistant manager of Fortuna Sittard, in July 2010 he was appointed by

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to be an assistant coach of the Turkish national team. He was also responsible for the U23 team. In October 2012 he moved with Hiddink to Russian club

Anzhi Makhachkala Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб «Анжи́» Махачкала́, ), known simply as FC Anji, was a Russian professional football club based in the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala. Founded ...

, where he became head of youth education. He left Anzhi in 2017. In the 2016–17 season, Usta did an internship at

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to complete his UEFA Pro course at the KNVB in May 2018. 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. His contract was not renewed for the 2020–21 season.

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