Bülent Bölükbaşı (born 17 June 1976) is a former Turkish

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. He's currently serving as the head coach for

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in the TFF 1. Lig.

Career

He started and finished his professional career at the club of his place of birth;

Adanaspor Adanaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional Association football, football club based in Adana; currently, they play in the TFF First League. The club was founded in 1954 by middle-class merchants and artisans in response to their perceived ali ...

. He became a

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footballer on 31 March 2004 against

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. That was his first and last international cap. In 2012 he started his coaching career at

taking the role of youth coach. In 2016 he took his first job as a manager at

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. End 2019 he was given the role of

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at his former club

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, which he also captained as a player.

References

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