Abdullah Mucib Avcı (; born 31 July 1963) is a UEFA Pro Licensed Turkish manager and a former professional

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. He is the manager of

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. He has also managed the Turkish national team.

Career

Playing career

Avcı played for

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, Fatih Karagümrük,

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, Kasımpaşa,

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, Nişantaşıspor respectively and retired in 1999 at the club where he started football. Avcı's coaching career began at

in 1999 as assistant coach before a spell as Galatasaray youth academy chief.

Managerial career

He took over Turkish U17 national football team leading them to the

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gold medal and 4th place at the FIFA Youth-World championship in

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. With stars like Nuri Şahin, Deniz Yılmaz, and Tevfik Köse, Abdullah Avcı was confident of success. In August 2006 he moved to İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor, leading them to promotion in his first season and keeping them in the

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ever since. After the 2006–07 season they were promoted to the

. Finishing 12th in the 2007–08 season enabled them to remain in the

for the 2008–09 season. In the 2009–10 season, the club finished the season 6th place with a historical success at its own. Starting from 2006, he guided his team in ''215'' matches in a consistent manner and took İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor to Turkish Cup final last season for the first time in club's history. After normal time and extra time ended on a 2–2 draw, Beşiktaş won the penalty shootout 4–3 and won its 9th

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. On 17 November 2011, Avcı has been named as the new Turkish national football team boss just a day after Guus Hiddink's departure was confirmed. The

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have wasted no time in announcing the Dutchman's replacement after turning to former under-17 boss Avcı on a four-year contract. Speaking at the contract signing ceremony held at TFF headquarters in

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, ex TFF president

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said: ''Mr. Avcı deserves this post as a UEFA European Under-17 Championship winner and FIFA Youth-World championship semi-finalist and he got it. I believe he'll put his mark on many successes during his working term.'' Avcı said at a press conference when join to Turkish national football team head coach: ''I am very happy to be granted the honour of such a duty, We will take important steps to improve the national team.'' On 20 August 2013, after a poor performance he resigned from his post and was replaced with

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. On 5 June 2014, he come back to the old club and he signed a 5-year deal with the club who changed name to İstanbul Başakşehir.

Career statistics

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Club

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player honours

İstanbulspor *

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: 1991–92 Nişantaşıspor *

: 1995–96

Managerial honours

Turkey U-17 *

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: 2005 *

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(Fourth Place): 2005 İstanbul Başakşehir *

runners-up: 2016–17, 2018–19 *

runners-up:

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, 2016–17 Trabzonspor * Süper Kupa:

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: 2021–22

References

External links

Abdullah Avcı
at TFF.org
Abdullah Avcı
at Mackolik.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Avci, Abdullah 1963 births Living people Footballers from Istanbul Turkish footballers Association football forwards Fatih Karagümrük S.K. footballers Çaykur Rizespor footballers Kahramanmaraşspor footballers Bakırköyspor footballers Kasımpaşa S.K. footballers İstanbulspor footballers Vefa S.K. footballers Turkish football managers Galatasaray S.K. (football) non-playing staff Galatasaray A2 football managers İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. managers Süper Lig managers Turkey national football team managers İstanbulspor managers Beşiktaş J.K. managers Trabzonspor managers