Yılmaz Vural (born 1 January 1953) is a Turkish

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and former

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. He played as a

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for Hacettepe and

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in the 1970s.

Career

He is most known for his aggressive coaching style. Vural managed most of the clubs in the Turkish League, apart from ''the three giants'' which are

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, Fenerbahçe, and Galatasaray. On 11 March 2008, he was sacked after his unsuccessful performance at Vestel Manisaspor with collecting just 7 points in 5 league matches. Recently, his name was given to a street in Adapazarı, where he was born and grown, in accordance with a local municipality project. On 10 October 2012, he was appointed to be the manager of Elazığspor. On 19 May 2013, he resigned from Elazığspor. On 30 December 2015 Vural was famously sacked from Gençlerbirliği by owner İlhan Cavcav after six days and only one game - a 2-0 away loss to Eskisehirspor.

Popular culture

Yilmaz is well known with his characteristic behaviors. After his iconic post-interviews, he became popular in Turkish media. He plays as an actor at the ads of

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in Turkey.
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at TFF.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Vural, Yilmaz 1953 births Living people Footballers from Adapazarı Turkish men's footballers Sivasspor footballers Men's association football midfielders Turkish football managers Süper Lig managers Malatyaspor managers Bursaspor managers Gaziantepspor managers Eskişehirspor managers Trabzonspor managers Gençlerbirliği S.K. managers Konyaspor managers Çanakkale Dardanelspor managers Denizlispor managers Diyarbakırspor managers Adanaspor managers Çaykur Rizespor managers MKE Ankaragücü managers Antalyaspor managers Manisaspor managers Kocaelispor managers Karşıyaka S.K. managers Samsunspor managers Kasımpaşa S.K. managers Elazığspor managers Sarıyer S.K. managers Akhisarspor managers 20th-century Turkish sportsmen