Yücel Uyar (born 2 April 1960) is a Turkish

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and former player. In 2011, he was the head coach of the Turkey women's national team.

Career

A left-back, Uyar played in the

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team of his home town Samsunspor from 1989 to 1993, ending his active player career at the end of the season. Between 1999 and 2001, he was appointed staff member for developing and training young players at Samsunspor. In the 2001–02 season, Uyar was head coach of the team. After a brief time at Orduspor in 2002, he transferred to Eyüpspor for the 2003–04 season. Returning to Samsunspor in 2004, he took over the responsibility again for the youth and juniors. He was appointed head coach but resigned after a short while. Finally, he was transferred to

Ünyespor Ünyespor is a sports club located in Ünye, a district in Ordu, Turkey. The club plays its games at the Ünye İlçe Stadium. The club was founded as "Ünye Gençlerbirliği" in 1957 and took the Ünyespor name in 1985. In 2015 Ünyespor and ...

, where he managed for one year until January 2007. In 2006, Uyar's name was mentioned in a sports corruption scandal in relation to an investigation into

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between Samsunspor and Fenerbahçe S.K. in the 2000–01 Süper Lig season, after which the latter won the league championship title. He sued the person who had alleged his involvement in the scandal, and won the case in the court, which attested his innocence and sentenced that person to a fine of 5,000 in 2008. Uyar was appointed coach of the Turkey U20 national team. He became head coach of the Turkey women's national team in 2011. He was director for football development at the Turkish Football Federation.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Uyar, Yucel Living people 1960 births Sportspeople from Samsun Turkish men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Samsunspor footballers Turkish football managers Samsunspor managers Orduspor managers Turkey national football team managers Turkey women's national football team managers