Recep Uçar (born 22 September 1975) is a Turkish football

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and former player. He's the current head coach of

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Playing career

Uçar began playing football at the age of 10 with Ümraniyespor, before moving to Pendikspor at the age of 14. He began his career for 4 years with Pendikspor in

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 ...

, while graduating with an English degree in university. He moved to İstanbul Başakşehir in 1998 and became their captain, before returning to Pendikspor in 2006 and retiring in 2008.

Managerial career

From 2009 to 2019 he worked at İstanbul Başakşehir. He started as the first scout for İstanbul Başakşehir, and helped them scout players like

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, Doka Madureira, and Samuel Holmén before acting as long-time assistant manager under

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. He also was assistant manager at

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under Avcı for the 2019-20 season. Uçar was appointed as the manager of

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 ...

club Ümraniyespor on 25 October 2020. He helped them achieve promotion to the

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for the first time after coming in second place 2021–22 TFF First League. On 19 May 2020, he extended his contract with the club for 3 additional years. On 31 October 2024,

signed a contract with Uçar as head coach until the end of the 2025-26 season.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ucar, Recep 1975 births Living people People from Üsküdar Footballers from Istanbul Turkish men's footballers Turkish football managers Pendikspor footballers İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. players TFF 1. Lig players TFF Second League players Ümraniyespor managers Süper Lig managers Men's association football fullbacks Beşiktaş J.K. non-playing staff