Ufuk Sarıca (born June 13, 1972) is a Turkish former professional

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player and current head coach of

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of the

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(BSL).

Playing career

Sarıca began his career at the age of 16 at Efes Pilsen's Youth Team, and played for Efes for 11 consecutive seasons. During his time at Efes, he won the

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in 1996, beating

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side

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at the two-legged final. While with Efes Pilsen he reached the European Cup final as well as playing in the EuroLeague Quarter-finals 4 times (3 of these quarterfinals were consecutive between 1997 and 1999). He was part of the strong Efes roster along with Hidayet Türkoğlu,

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, and

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. He left the team in the summer of 1999 after important members of the legendary Efes Team of 1996,

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, and Volkan Aydın, were let go from the club. He joined Ülkerspor where he won the Turkish League title during the 2000–2001 season. As Harun Erdenay became more influential in the forward position his playing time was limited and as such he moved to

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i side Bnei Herzliya. This was followed by a short spell at

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. After Siena, Sarica returned to Turkey and played at

, Darüşşafaka, and

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, each for a single season, after which he retired.

Coaching career

First years

Sarıca began his post-retirement career as the assistant of

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at Beşiktaş. When Didin left the club in March 2007, Sarıca was appointed as caretaker manager until the end of the season. Then he worked with

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as assistant coach at Beşiktaş again where they reached the

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play-off semi-finals in the 2007-08 season. Ataman left the Beşiktaş and joined Efes Pilsen at the end of the season and Sarıca joined Efes Pilsen as the assistant coach of Ataman once again. He became head coach on an interim basis during the 2010–11 season and was handed the role as permanent head coach in June 2011.

Karşıyaka

On July 17, 2012, he signed a two-year contract with

. He won the

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championship in the 2013–14 season. On June 5, 2014, he signed an extension contract with Pınar Karşıyaka until 2015. On June 19, 2015, he won the

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championship in 2014–15 season by beating Fenerbahçe Ülker and Efes Pilsen in semifinals and finals.

Beşiktaş

He signed a three-year contract with Beşiktaş on August 2, 2016.

Return to Karşıyaka

On June 25, 2019, he has signed 3-years deal with former team

Achievements

As player

(with Efes Pilsen: 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97; with Ülkerspor: 2000–01) * Roundel flag of Turkey

(with Efes Pilsen: 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98) * Roundel flag of Turkey

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(with Efes Pilsen: 1993, 1996, 1998) * Shield of the European Union

: (with Efes Pilsen: 1995–96)

As head coach

(with

: 2014–15) * Roundel flag of Turkey

(with

: 2013–14) * Roundel flag of Turkey

(with

: 2014)

References

External links

Euroleague.net Coach ProfileTBLStat.net Player ProfileAn interview with Sarıca made in 2002
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