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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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Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, and ...
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Cambuur SC Cambuur, also known as Cambuur Leeuwarden, or simply Cambuur, () is a Dutch Association football, football club from the city of Leeuwarden formed on 19 June 1964. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football league sy ...
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MVV Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging Maastricht (), commonly known as MVV Maastricht (, ) or simply as MVV, is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht. Founded on 2 April 1902, MVV Maastricht currently compete in the Eers ...
and
Omiya Ardija is a professional association football club based in Ōmiya in Saitama, Japan. Its "hometown" as designated by the league is the whole of Saitama city, which is shared with neighbours Urawa Red Diamonds. Omiya competed in the J1 League follow ...
. 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
Guus Hiddink Guus Hiddink (; born 8 November 1946) is a Dutch former football manager and professional player. He enjoyed a long career playing as a midfielder in his native Netherlands. Retired as player in 1982, Hiddink went into management, leading both c ...
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
MVV Maastricht Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging Maastricht (), commonly known as MVV Maastricht (, ) or simply as MVV, is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht. Founded on 2 April 1902, MVV Maastricht currently compete in the Eerst ...
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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