Vedat Uysal (born 3 November 1962) is a Turkish former

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player and now manager, currently coaches Turkey national beach soccer team.

Playing career

Uysal began his career in 1979 at Galatasaray Youth Team, after two years he moved to

Mersin İdman Yurdu Mersin İdman Yurdu was a Turkish sports club from Mersin, Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean Region. The team played in the Turkish first division for 15 seasons, and after the 1983–84 season the football team played in the Turkish second and ...

and played for a season there. Then, he joined 2nd league team Vefa Simtel for two seasons. His performance earned him a transfer to

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in 1984. He played 4 seasons at Eskişehirspor, and also fulfilled his army duty during his spell and was selected for the Turkish national army football team. In 1987, Eskişehirspor reached the

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final, but lost to Gençlerbirliği. On later season, they clutched the ''Turkish Prime Ministership Cup'' (a defunct cup) by beating

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. Subsequently, he joined

Sakaryaspor Sakaryaspor Kulübü Derneği is a Turkish professional football club playing in the TFF First League, which is the second level of Turkish football. History The club was formed in 1965 after the merger of ''Adapazarı Gençlerbirliği'', ''Adap ...

in 1989–90 season. He played five times for this team and finalized the season before joining to Fenerbahçe on loan, where the team captured the second place and won the ''Prisendency Cup'' (a defunct cup). In 1990–91 season, he joined

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and spent 1.5 year before his transfer to Sakaryaspor again. He played 4.5 years for this team and then retired.

Club team

Premier League: *Second (1): 1989–90 (with Fenerbahçe) Turkey Cup: *Second (2): 1982–83 (with Mersin İdman Yurdu), 1986–87 (with Eskisehirspor) Presidential Cup: 1 *1990 (with Fenerbahçe) Prime Minister's Cup: 1 *1987 (with Eskisehirspor)

Managerial career

Uysal is now the coach of Turkey national beach soccer team, besides the Sakarya regional technical authority of TFF. ESBL Preliminary Event, Athens, Greece: 2007 In late June 2008, Turkey beach soccer team participated in a private cup, Challenge Cup, held in

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, Israel. They achieved 3rd place after the play-off match against

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. Challenge Cup, Netanya, Israel: 2008 -3rd place BSWW Euro League Stage 2, Tignes (French Alps), France: 2008 Challenge Cup,

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, Netherlands: 2010 Champions

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, Portugal promoted to Division A in Turkey: 2010 Champions

Coaching qualifications and participation in seminars

* 1998 – A Course, Manisa * 2000 – Trainer Development Seminar, Sakarya * 2002 – Trainer Development Seminar, Sakarya * 2004 – Trainer Development Seminar, Sakarya * 2005 – Technical Director, Training, Istanbul * 2007 – Technical Director, Seminar, Antalya * 2007 – 20th Technical Director for International Development Seminar, Antalya * 2007 – FIFA Beach Soccer Region Europe Seminar, Cesme- İzmir * 2009 – 21 International Coach Development Congress, Antalya * 2011 – 22 International Coach Development Congress, Antalya

References

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