SAMET AYBABA

Technical Coordinator

🇹🇷 Türkiye

Date of Birth  3 Feb 1955

Place of Birth  Adana, Türkiye

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Samet Aybaba is a Turkish football coach and former professional footballer. He began his coaching career with Ankaragücü in 1990–91 and has managed numerous clubs in Turkish football, including Kayserispor, Adana Demirspor, Gençlerbirliği, Gaziantepspor, Trabzonspor, Bursaspor, Beşiktaş and Sivasspor. He won the Türkiye Kupası with Gençlerbirliği in 2001 and Trabzonspor in 2003. He also led Kayserispor, Sivasspor and Adana Demirspor to promotion to the Süper Lig. Since 12 August 2025, he has served as Türkiye's Youth National Teams Technical Coordinator.

Last Club

Türk Milli Takımı

🇹🇷 Türkiye

Role Youth National Teams Technical Coordinator

Period 2025–Present

Awards

TFF Süper Lig  0

TFF Türkiye Kupası  2x

TFF Süper Kupa  0

UEFA Competitions  0

TFF 1. Lig   3x

IFFHS World Ranking   ?th

Coaching Career

2025–Present

Türkiye

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Youth National Teams Technical Coordinator

2023–2024

Beşiktaş

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Sports Coordinator

2021

Adana Demirspor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2020–2021

Kayserispor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2019

Kayserispor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2018–2019

Bursaspor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2017–2018

Sivasspor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2015–2016

Eskişehirspor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2014–2015

Adana Demirspor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Sporting Director

2013–2014

Antalyaspor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2012–2013

Beşiktaş

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2010–2011

Bucaspor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2008–2009

Gençlerbirliği

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2007–2009

Bursaspor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2007

Çaykur Rizespor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2006

Gaziantepspor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2004–2005

BB Ankaraspor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2002–2003

Trabzonspor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2001–2002

Gaziantepspor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

1999–2001

Gençlerbirliği

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

1999–2000

Vanspor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

1997–1998

Ankaragücü

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

1996–1997

Kayserispor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

1994–1995

Adana Demirspor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

1992–1994

Kayserispor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

1990–1992

Ankaragücü

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Assistant Coach

About the Coach

Samet Aybaba is a Turkish football coach and former professional footballer born in Adana on 3 February 1955. He started his coaching career at Ankaragücü in the 1990–91 season and went on to manage many important Turkish clubs.

Aybaba won the Türkiye Kupası with Gençlerbirliği in 2001 and Trabzonspor in 2003. He also achieved promotion to the Süper Lig with Kayserispor in 1996–97, Sivasspor in 2016–17 and Adana Demirspor in 2020–21.

Since 12 August 2025, Samet Aybaba has served as the Youth National Teams Technical Coordinator of the Türkiye Football Federation. TFF officially appointed him to coordinate the technical structure and development of Türkiye's youth national teams.