Mesut Bakkal (born 19 March 1964) is a UEFA Pro Licensed Turkish professional

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and former midfielder. He played for

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, and later was manager of Ankaragücü,

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 ...

, Gençlerbirliği S.K., Karabükspor,

Manisaspor Manisaspor is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Manisa. Originally formed in 1931 as Sakaryaspor, the club changed its name to Manisaspor on 15 June 1965.Samsunspor Samsunspor is a Turkish professional Association football, football club located in the city of Samsun. The club was formed through a merger of five clubs: 19 Mayıs, Akınspor, Fener Gençlik, Samsunspor, and Samsunspor Galatasaray.

. He was head coach of

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until March 2021.

Life and career

Born in

Kırıkkale Kırıkkale is the capital of the Kırıkkale Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It is located 80 km east of Ankara which is the capital city of Turkey. According to the 2000 census, the population of the province is 280,83 ...

to Circassian parents from

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, Northwest Turkey, Bakkal began playing football for local side Kırıkkalespor. He would later play for

Afyonspor Afjet Afyonspor is a Turkish professional football club based in Afyonkarahisar, which currently competes in the TFF Second League TFF 2. Lig (Turkish Football Federation Second League), is the third level in the Turkish football league syste ...

, and

İzmirspor İzmirspor is а Turkish football club based in İzmir, Turkey. They were founded with the name Altın Ay on 25 July 1923. Altın Ay merged with rivals Sakarya and formed İzmirspor on 28 November 1930. They are currently playing in the Turkish ...

before retiring from active play in 1994. After his playing career ended, Bakkal became a football manager. He resigned as Gençlerbirliği's manager for the 2nd time in his career, on 3 November 2008.The round ball in Ankara: Bakkal Resigns
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* (as player) * (as coach) * * 1964 births Living people People from Kırıkkale Turkish people of Circassian descent Turkish footballers Turkey youth international footballers Turkey under-21 international footballers Denizlispor footballers Afyonkarahisarspor footballers İzmirspor footballers Association football midfielders Turkish football managers Gençlerbirliği S.K. managers Gaziantepspor managers Denizlispor managers Manisaspor managers Sivasspor managers MKE Ankaragücü managers Samsunspor managers Kardemir Karabükspor managers Konyaspor managers Mersin İdman Yurdu managers Kayserispor managers Alanyaspor managers Bursaspor managers Süper Lig managers {{Turkey-footy-bio-stub