Sergen Yalçın appointed head coach of the Turkish national football team

Sergen Yalçın has been appointed to the head coach post of the A National Football Team, vacated by Vincenzo Montella. The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) board met on October 20 at the Riva Hasan Doğan Camp and Training Facilities and made the decision there. An agreement in principle had previously been reached with Yalçın.

At the meeting, Ediz Kıray was also named the board member responsible for the national team following Mecnun Otyakmaz's resignation from the board. Kıray was notified of his new role at the meeting.

Yalçın's remarks

Speaking about the role, Yalçın said it was a very important job and added:

Ay-yıldız her şeyin üzerindedir. Her teknik direktörün gelmek istediği yerdir. Halkın teknik direktörü olmak çok güzel. Benim için de gurur ve mutluluk verici.

Sergen Yalçın

Yalçın also said he will talk with Berke Özer, who has been absent from the national team recently during Montella's tenure. Saying there had been some problems before but they were not unsolvable, Yalçın said: "These are our kids, we will have the necessary conversation."

Yalçın's career

Born in Istanbul on November 5, 1972, Yalçın began playing football in Beşiktaş's youth system. He played for clubs including Beşiktaş, İstanbulspor, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Trabzonspor, earned 37 caps for the national team, scoring 5 goals, and retired in 2008.

As a coach he has managed Gaziantepspor, Sivasspor, Kayserispor, Eskişehirspor, Konyaspor, Alanyaspor, Yeni Malatyaspor, Antalyaspor and Beşiktaş. He led Beşiktaş to the Süper Lig title and the Turkish Cup in the 2020-2021 season.