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

football player A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

and is currently the assistant manager of

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

. He played either as an

attacking midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

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 and 2001. It fell into money shortage since 2000 and gradually f ...

Adanaspor Adanaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional Association football, football club based in Adana; currently, they play in the TFF First League. The club was founded in 1954 by middle-class merchants and artisans in response to their perceived ali ...

, 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 and 2002 and relegated to the Third League in the 2008–09 season. They finally relegated ...

. 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 The TFF 3. Lig (), currently referred to as Nesine 3. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the fourth level in the Turkish fo ...

. 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 municipality and district of Trabzon Province, Turkey. Its area is 375 km2, and its population is 129,290 (2022). It lies on the Black Sea coast, to the west of the city of Trabzon. Its elevation is . Akçaabat is a coastal tow ...

and speaks English besides his native language.

External links

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