Mesut Bakkal

Mesut Bakkal

Personal information
Date of birth	(1964-03-19) 19 March 1964
Place of birth	Kırıkkale, Turkey
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
–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
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
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 September 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 May 2013

Mesut Bakkal (born 19 March 1964) is a Turkish football manager and former midfielder. He played for Denizlispor and later was manager of Gaziantepspor and Gençlerbirliği S.K. Most recently, he was head coach of Mersin İdmanyurdu.

Career

Born in Kırıkkale, 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 2nd time in his career, on 3 November 2008.

External links

• Player profile at TFF.org
• Manager profile at TFF.org
• Mesut Bakkal career stats in Turkey at mackolik.com