Muhsin Ertuğral (born 15 September 1959) is a UEFA Pro Licensed Turkish

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manager. He works as Turkish National Team Technical Advisor for the

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(TFF).

Playing career

Ertuğral played for

Antalyaspor Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Antalya. The club's colours are red and white. They play their home matches at the Antalya Stadium. In Turkey, the club won the First League twice in 1982 and 1 ...

before leaving his homeland and continuing his career at clubs in Belgium and Germany where he also honed his coaching craft.

Coaching career

After coaching the DR Congo national team Ertuğral took over

Kaizer Chiefs Kaizer Chiefs Football Club (often known as Chiefs) are a South African professional football club based in Naturena, Johannesburg South, that plays in the Premier Soccer League. The team is nicknamed ''AmaKhosi'', which means "Lords" or "Chie ...

in 1999. Ertuğral took

Ajax Cape Town Cape Town Spurs F.C. (formerly known as Ajax Cape Town) is a South African professional football club based in Parow in the city of Cape Town that plays in the National First Division. Dutch Eredivisie club AFC Ajax was their parent club and m ...

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glory with a 2–0 victory against league champions

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on 26 May 2007. That proved to be a successful season for Ajax under Ertuğral as they went on to finish fourth in the league and the only side never to suffer defeat against Sundowns in that season. On 8 May 2009, he quit Kaizer Chiefs. On 18 May 2009, Ertuğral signed for Ajax Cape Town. As of 8 October 2009, upon

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's resignation, he agreed to pen a deal with the

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underdogs

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, the contract runs between 30 June 2011. Yiğidos also announced that the assistant coach position would be occupied by former

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favorite and South Africa national team player Fani Madida. On 24 April 2013, it was announced that Ertuğral would take over as the new Technical Director of

. This decision resulted in the direct resignation of then interim coach

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, who had not been notified of the new hiring. As a result, Ertuğral would see the Cape club through until the end of the

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season. David Nyathi was announced as his assistant coach, who had previously led the Ajax CT under-19 team to the 2013 Metropolitan Premier Cup Championship, where he won the “Coach of the Tournament Award”.

References

External links

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Muhsin Ertuğral manager profile
at Mackolik.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ertugral, Muhsin 1959 births Living people Turkish footballers Association football defenders Eskişehirspor footballers Turkish football managers Lamontville Golden Arrows F.C. managers Sivasspor managers Ajax Cape Town F.C. managers Ismaily SC managers SV Mattersburg managers Kaizer Chiefs F.C. managers Democratic Republic of the Congo national football team managers Expatriate football managers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Expatriate soccer managers in South Africa Turkish expatriate sportspeople in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Footballers from Istanbul Club Africain football managers Turkish expatriate football managers Süper Lig managers Orlando Pirates F.C. managers 1996 African Cup of Nations managers Expatriate football managers in Austria Expatriate football managers in Egypt