Samet Aybaba (born 3 February 1955, Adana) is a UEFA Pro Licensed Turkish football manager and former player.[2]
 Samet Aybaba in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samet Aybaba | ||
| Date of birth | 3 February 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Adana,[1] Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1977 | Iskenderunspor | 36 | (1) |
| 1977–1988 | Beşiktaş | 334 | (7) |
| International career | |||
| 1973–1974 | Turkey U18 | 8 | (0) |
| 1977 | Turkey U21 | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1993–1994 | Kayseri Erciyesspor | ||
| 1994–1995 | Adana Demirspor | ||
| 1996–1997 | Kayseri Erciyesspor | ||
| 1997–1998 | Ankaragücü | ||
| 1999–2000 | Vanspor | ||
| 2000–2001 | Gençlerbirliği | ||
| 2001–2002 | Gaziantepspor | ||
| 2002–2003 | Trabzonspor | ||
| 2004–2005 | Ankaraspor | ||
| 2006 | Gaziantepspor | ||
| 2007 | Çaykur Rizespor | ||
| 2007–2008 | Bursaspor | ||
| 2008–2009 | Gençlerbirliği | ||
| 2010–2011 | Bucaspor | ||
| 2012–2013 | Beşiktaş | ||
| 2013–2014 | Antalyaspor | ||
| 2014–2015 | Adana Demirspor (Director of football) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Eskişehirspor | ||
| 2017–2018 | Sivasspor | ||
| 2018–2019 | Bursaspor | ||
| 2019–2021 | Kayserispor | ||
| 2021 | Adana Demirspor | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
He was born 2 March 1955 in Adana. He began a football career in İskenderunspor. He transferred to Beşiktaş JK in 1977–78 season. He played as defender and midfielder in Beşiktaş JK. He played 334 matches for Beşiktaş and scored 7 goals. He won 2 League Championships, 1 Presidency Cup, 1 Prime Ministry Cup and 2 TSYD Cups and retired after finishing the 1987–88 season. He coached clubs such as Ankaragücü, Kayserispor, Vanspor, Adana Demirspor, Gençlerbirliği, Gaziantepspor, Trabzonspor and Ankaraspor. Aybaba won two Turkish Cups—one with Gençlerbirliği in a final against Fenerbahçe SK and one with Trabzonspor. He also won the Efes Pilsen tournament with Trabzonspor defeating Fenerbahçe SK in the final. He signed with Beşiktaş J.K. as a new coach on 16 June 2012. His contract was terminated on 20 May 2013.
International career
Samet was a youth international for Turkey.[3]
Managerial statistics
- As of 4 May 2021
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||||
| Kayseri Erciyesspor | 21 January 1993 | 8 July 1994 | 47 | 14 | 11 | 22 | 29.79 | |||
| Adana Demirspor | 8 July 1994 | 23 February 1995 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13.04 | |||
| Kayseri Erciyesspor | 2 January 1996 | 25 July 1997 | 56 | 28 | 12 | 16 | 50.00 | |||
| Ankaragücü | 25 July 1997 | 22 November 1998 | 52 | 18 | 9 | 25 | 34.62 | |||
| Vanspor | 9 July 1999 | 6 January 2000 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 25.00 | |||
| Gençlerbirliği | 6 January 2000 | 11 April 2001 | 52 | 25 | 10 | 17 | 48.08 | |||
| Gaziantepspor | 8 October 2001 | 21 June 2002 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 45.16 | |||
| Trabzonspor | 21 June 2002 | 11 November 2003 | 53 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 49.06 | |||
| Ankaraspor | 22 July 2004 | 10 November 2005 | 51 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 33.33 | |||
| Gaziantepspor | 23 February 2006 | 31 May 2006 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 35.29 | |||
| Çaykur Rizespor | 1 July 2007 | 29 August 2007 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | |||
| Bursaspor | 25 October 2007 | 4 November 2008 | 40 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 40.00 | |||
| Gençlerbirliği | 6 November 2008 | 31 May 2009 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 32.00 | |||
| Bucaspor | 13 October 2010 | 8 April 2011 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 25.93 | |||
| Beşiktaş | 16 June 2012 | 27 May 2013 | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 50.00 | |||
| Antalyaspor | 29 June 2013 | 10 March 2014 | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 35.29 | |||
| Eskişehirspor | 19 November 2015 | 15 June 2016 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 33.33 | |||
| Sivasspor | 24 March 2017 | 1 June 2018 | 48 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 45.83 | |||
| Bursaspor | 1 June 2018 | 7 April 2019 | 28 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 17.86 | |||
| Kayserispor | 10 October 2019 | 4 January 2021 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0.00 | |||
| Adana Demirspor | 22 February 2021 | Present | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 76.92 | |||
| Total | 671 | 255 | 160 | 256 | 38.00 | |||||
Honours
Player honours
- Beşiktaş
- Süper Lig (2): 1981–82, 1985–86
- Turkish Super Cup (1): 1986
- Chancellor Cup (2): 1977, 1988
Managerial honours
- Ankaragücü
- Chancellor Cup (1): 1991
- Gençlerbirliği
- Turkish Cup (1): 2000–01
- Trabzonspor
- Turkish Cup (1): 2002–03
- Sivasspor
- TFF First League (1): 2016–17
- Adana Demirspor
- TFF First League (1): 2020–21