Nur Mustafa Gülen (born July 26, 1960) is a Turkish football

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and former footballer. Currently he is the head coach of the

Turkey women's national football team The Turkey women's national football team represents Turkey in international women's football. The team was established in 1995, and compete in the qualification for UEFA Women's Championship and the UEFA qualifying of FIFA Women's World Cu ...

Career

Born in

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on July 26, 1960, Gülen studied physical education and sports at

Marmara University Marmara University ( Turkish: ''Marmara Üniversitesi'') is a public university in Istanbul, Turkey. The university is named after the Sea of Marmara and was founded as a university in 1982. However, it was created in 1883 under the name of ''H ...

, graduating in 1985. He played football in Turkish amateur and professional leagues. He was member of Beşiktaş (1980–1981), Sarıyerspor (1982–1983),

Sakaryaspor Sakaryaspor Kulübü Derneği is a Turkish professional football club, formed in 1965 after the merger of ''Adapazarı Gençlerbirliği'', ''Adapazarı İdman Yurdu'', ''Güneşspor'' and ''Ada Gençlik''. The club is better known as Sakaryaspor ...

(1986–1987) and

Çaykur Rizespor Çaykur Rizespor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Rize. The club play in the TFF First League. The club was founded on May 19, 1953, with green-yellow as club colours, but later changed to blue-green. Since 1990, the team ...

(1987–1989) playing in the

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

.. In 1996, he went to Italy and joined a technical director training program in

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. He was appointed head coach of the Italian second-league women's team Lazio (women) in 1999. After one season, he returned home, and became assistant coach to

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at Beşiktaş (2000–2001). Gülen served as assistant to

Ziya Doğan Ziyaettin Dogan (born 1 January 1961 in Gümüşhane, Turkey) is a UEFA Pro Licensed Turkish football manager. Career Ziya Doğan has played at Beşiktaş (1979–1987), Ankaragücü (1987–1990), Kocaelispor (1990–1992) and Zeytinburnus ...

at Kombassan Konyaspor (2001) and at

Malatyaspor Malatya Spor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club based in Malatya, mainly concentrated on football. Previously their colors were yellow and black (prior to 1984). They played in First League for 11 seasons. They are the first team located in Eas ...

(2001–2002). Later, he was

Feyyaz Uçar Feyyaz Uçar (born 27 October 1963) is a Turkish former professional football player, who played as a striker, and more recently a coach. Career Born in Istanbul, Turkey, Uçar started his football career at Avcılar Spor Klübü. Attracting v ...

's assistant at Karşıyaka S.K. (2003–2004), at Malatyaspor (2004–2006) and again at Karşıyaka S.K. (2005–2006). Following a season as assistant to

Walter Zenga Walter Zenga (; born 28 April 1960) is an Italian football manager and former player who last managed Serie A club Cagliari. He was a long-time goalkeeper for Inter Milan and the Italian national team. During his playing career, Zenga was pa ...

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 ...

(2006–2007), Gülen became head coach serving at

TFF Third League TFF 3. Lig (Turkish Football Federation Third League) is the fourth level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in 2001–02 season as a continuation of then third level division Turkish Third Football League.Turkish Third Footba ...

team Yeni Burdur Gençlikspor (2007–2008). Nur Mustafa Gülen was appointed coach to Turkey women's national team, serving as assistant and head coach at senior, U19, U17, and U15 teams.

References

External links

Personal website
1960 births Footballers from Istanbul Marmara University alumni Turkish footballers Süper Lig players Beşiktaş J.K. footballers Sakaryaspor footballers Çaykur Rizespor footballers Turkish football managers Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate football managers in Italy Konyaspor managers Malatyaspor managers Gaziantepspor managers Turkey women's national football team managers Living people Association footballers not categorized by position {{Turkey-footy-bio-stub