Hüseyin Eroğlu (born 2 November 1972) is a Turkish-German

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and former player who's the current head coach of

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...

club Gençlerbirliği.

Professional career

Eroğlu was born in Germany to Turkish parents, moving to Turkey at a young age where he was a part of Çamdibigücü's youth academy. He began his senior career with Soma Sotesspor in 1994, and shortly after moved to TKİ Soma Linyitspor. After 3 seasons with them, he moved to Marmaris Belediye in 2000, and then to

Akhisarspor Akhisarspor Kulübü (), commonly known as Akhisarspor, is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Akhisar.

. In 2002, he moved to

Eskişehirspor Eskişehirspor Kulübü is a Turkish football club located in Eskişehir. Founded in 1965, Eskişehirspor competed in the top division of Turkish football for 16 years until they were relegated. After being out of the Süper Lig for 12 years the ...

, before returning to Akhisarspor for his final season in 2004. Playing entirely in Turkey's semi-professional leagues, he finished his career with 34 goals in 308 games.

Managerial career

Eroğlu graduated from the

Ege University Ege University or Aegean University () is a public research university in Bornova, İzmir. It was founded in 1955 with the faculties of Medicine and Agriculture. It is the first university to start courses in İzmir and the fourth oldest unive ...

in 1999 and starting coaching at

Bucaspor Bucaspor was a professional Turkish Association football, football club based in Buca, İzmir. Formed in 1928, Bucaspor were nicknamed Fırtına (Storm). The club colours were yellow and navy. It was dissolved in 2020. History Bucaspor was the ...

's youth academy after his playing career. He became Bucaspor's assistant coach from 2010 to 2012. In the summer of 2012, he was appointed as the manager for Altınordu. He helped Altınordu win the

2012–13 TFF Third League The 2012–13 TFF Third League (also known as '' Spor-Toto Third League'' due to sponsorship reasons) is the 12th season of the league since its establishment in 2001 as the fourth level division; and the 42nd season of the third league in Turki ...

, and the

2013–14 TFF Second League The 2013–14 Second League (known as the ''Spor Toto 2. Lig'' for sponsorship reasons) is the third level in the Turkish football. The season began on 8 September 2013 and will end on 11 May 2014. In end of the 2013-2014 season, 4 teams (2 teams ...

consecutively, earning them promotion to the

TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig (), currently referred to as Trendyol 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization ...

. He stayed a decade with Altınordu, finishing with 163 wins in 359 matches until 17 May 2022. On 26 September 2022, he was appointed as the manager of

Samsunspor Samsunspor Kulübü, officially known as Samsunspor Football Club Joint Stock Company, or as Reeder Samsunspor due to sponsorship agreements, is a Turkey, Turkish Football club (association football), professional football club that competes in t ...

in the

. He helped them win the

2022–23 TFF First League The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...

, and earned promotion to the

Managerial statistics

Honours

Altınordu *

TFF Third League The TFF 3. Lig (), currently referred to as Nesine 3. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the fourth level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in the 2001–02 season as a continuation of then third level division Turkish Third Foot ...

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...

TFF Second League The TFF 2. Lig (), currently referred to as Nesine 2. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the third level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in the 2001–02 season with the name of ''Turkish Second League Category B'' as a continu ...

: 2013–14 Samsunspor *

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References

External links

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TFF Manager Profile
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Mackolik Manager Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eroglu, Huseyin 1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Delmenhorst Turkish men's footballers Turkish football managers German men's footballers German football managers German sportspeople of Turkish descent Akhisarspor footballers Eskişehirspor footballers TFF 1. Lig players TFF Second League players TFF Third League players Samsunspor managers Gençlerbirliği S.K. managers Süper Lig managers Men's association football midfielders Ege University alumni