Mutlu Dervişoğlu (born November 6, 1977) is a retired

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and is currently the assistant manager of

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

. He played either as an

attacking midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

or as a striker. He played in

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several seasons with

Erzurumspor Erzurumspor was a sports club located in Erzurum, Turkey. The football club played in the Turkish Regional Amateur League. The club also played in Turkish First League between 1998–2001. It fell into money shortage since 2000 and gradually ...

Adanaspor Adanaspor is a Turkish professional football club based in Adana, currently performing at the TFF First League. The club is founded in 1954 by the middle-class merchants and artisans in response to the alienation within city's then most popular ...

, and

Yimpaş Yozgatspor Yozgatspor was a Turkish sports club based in Yozgat, Turkey. The football club played in the TFF Third League. They played in the Süper Lig between 2000–2002 and relegated to the Third League in the 2008–09 season. They finally relegated to ...

. His best season was his debut season as a professional player, when he scored 28 goals in 32 games in

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for

Gümüşhanespor Gümüşhanespor is a Turkish sports club based in Gümüşhane. The football team currently plays in the TFF Third League TFF 3. Lig (Turkish Football Federation Third League) is the fourth level in the Turkish football league system. It w ...

. That was a huge achievement given that he started playing football only when he was 17 years old. Until then, he was a

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playing for the local İdmanocağı basketball team. In 1994, he shifted to amateur football team of İdmanocağı. Without doubt his jumping and timing skills as a basketball player helped him to become a powerhouse forward in football. He is a native of

Akçaabat Akçaabat is a town and district of Trabzon Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is located to the west of the city of Trabzon. It covers an area of and the elevation is . The town has an estimated population of 48,315 (2007). Akçaabat ...

and speaks English besides his native language.

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Profile at Turkish Football FederationCoach profile
at TFF 1977 births Living people Turkish men's footballers Erzurumspor footballers Akçaabat Sebatspor footballers Adanaspor footballers People from Akçaabat Sportspeople from Trabzon Province Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards {{turkey-footy-forward-stub