Metin Diyadin (born 16 February 1968) is a Turkish football manager and retired player. He last managed

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club

MKE Ankaragücü MKE Ankaragücü or fully Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi Ankaragücü (), is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Ankara. The football team wears a yellow and navy kit and plays its home matches at Eryaman Stadium following the closure of t ...

Football career

Born in Trabzon, Turkey on 16 February 1968. He started football (soccer) at his hometown club,

Trabzonspor Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Trabzon. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, the men's football team has won seven Süper Lig championships. Trabzonspor also have a women's football team, ...

and continued to play with the junior team until he was 19 years old. Later same year he signed his first professional contract with Gençlerbirliği S.K. where he played for the next 10 years from 1988 to 1998. He was loaned by Denizlispor for the 1994–1995 season. When he was 29 years old, he signed with Fenerbahce S.K., among the top 4 clubs in Turkish premier soccer league. He served in the mid-field as the captain and the pivot for 2 seasons. He was attacked by Fenerbahce fans after losing 2–1 against Pendikspor of the first soccer division. After that, he played for Goztepe for the next 2 seasons, 2000–2002 and his last season was with Kayserispor until a tragic injury ended his career. The mid-fielder played in 284 official games and scored 32 goals.

Managerial career

Diyadin was the assistant coach of the Belgian technical trainer Hugo Broos at Trabzonspor SK, which is among the top 4 clubs in Turkish premier soccer league. Prior to that, he served as the coach for Hacettepe, Eskişehirspor, Çaykur Rizespor. In September 2019, he was appointed as manager of

Achievements

;As player Fenerbahçe * 1

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: 1998 ;As manager Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ * 1

TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig, officially known as Spor Toto 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization of the ...

champions : 2006–07

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* 1

champions : 2010–11 Kasımpaşa * 1

champions : 2011–12

References

1968 births Living people Turkish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers Denizlispor footballers Göztepe S.K. footballers Turkish football managers Eskişehirspor managers Kasımpaşa S.K. managers Süper Lig managers Footballers from Trabzon {{Turkey-footy-midfielder-stub