Bahtıyar Can Vanlı

Bahtıyar Can Vanlı — Biography

Bahtıyar Can Vanlı is a German-Turkish football coach, best known as an assistant to Şenol Güneş with the Turkish national team at the 2002 World Cup and the 2003 Confederations Cup, analysing opponents on video. He is also known for his expertise with computer software for match analysis. His career has taken him from Germany to the Maldives, Lebanon and Ghana.

In Germany he worked in the women's Bundesliga with Hamburger SV (1997) and WSV Wendschott-Wolfsburg (2002), and in men's football with the amateur side WSV Wolfenbüttel (2000). In 2010 he took charge of VB Sports Club in the Maldivian capital, Malé; under him the team won the league in 2010 and 2011, the Charity Shield in both years, the President's Cup in 2010 and a cup title in 2011, and he was named coach of the year twice running. In December 2012 he moved to Beirut's Al Ahed, winning the Elite Cup there in 2013, and he also coached Safa. Brought in to Accra Hearts of Oak in Ghana for the last five games of 2014-15, he lifted them from 15th to 4th and away from relegation.

In Turkey he also coached Yeni Kırşehirspor. He is regarded as having set the standard for video match analysis in Turkish football.