Mesut Bakkal

Mesut Bakkal (born 19 March 1964) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player, currently coaching Sakaryaspor.

Mesut Bakkal

Personal information
Date of birth	(1964-03-19) 19 March 1964 (age 61)
Place of birth	Kırıkkale, Turkey
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sakaryaspor (head coach)
Youth career
0000–1981	Kırıkkalespor
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1983	Kırıkkalespor
1983–1993	Denizlispor	117	(6)
1990–1991	→ Afyonspor (loan)	1	(0)
1993–1994	İzmirspor	5	(0)
International career
1982	Turkey U18	3	(0)
1985	Turkey U21	2	(0)
Managerial career
1996–1998	Denizlispor (youth)
1998–2000	Denizlispor (coach)
2000–2002	Ankaragücü (coach)
2005–2007	Gençlerbirliği
2007–2008	Gaziantepspor
2008–2009	Gençlerbirliği
2009	Denizlispor
2009–2010	Manisaspor
2010	Sivasspor
2011	Ankaragücü
2012	Samsunspor
2012–2013	Karabükspor
2013–2014	Konyaspor
2015	Gençlerbirliği
2015	Mersin İdmanyurdu
2016	Sivasspor
2016–2017	Sivasspor
2017	Kayserispor
2017	Gençlerbirliği
2018–2019	Alanyaspor
2019	Bursaspor
2020–2021	Erzurumspor
2022	Denizlispor
2022–2023	Bandırmaspor
2023–2024	Amedspor
2024–	Sakaryaspor
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

A midfielder, he played for Denizlispor, and later was manager of Ankaragücü, Denizlispor, Gaziantepspor, Gençlerbirliği S.K., Karabükspor, Manisaspor, and Samsunspor.^[1] He was head coach of BB Erzurumspor until March 2021.

Career

Born in Kırıkkale to Circassian parents from Bilecik, Northwest Turkey,^[2] Bakkal began playing football for local side Kırıkkalespor. He would later play for Denizlispor, Afyonspor, and İzmirspor before retiring from active play in 1994.

After his playing career ended, Bakkal became a football manager. He resigned as Gençlerbirliği's manager for the second time in his career, on 3 November 2008.^[3]

In 2009 he received a UEFA Pro License.^[4]