Cemal Yıldız

Cemal Yıldız — Biography

Cemal Yıldız was born in Muş on 20 November 1976 and built a career in Germany as both a player and a manager. In the second half of the 1990s he played for Hertha Zehlendorf, featuring in the 1996 Berlin regional cup final, which the club lost 2-0 to Tennis Borussia Berlin. He returned to Turkey in 2000 to join Konyaspor in the TFF First League, then went back to Berlin after a single season, spending the rest of his playing days at Türkiyemspor, SD Croatia, Tennis Borussia, Reinickendorfer Füchse and Berliner AK 07.

After serving as assistant to Thomas Herbst at Tennis Borussia, he was promoted to first-team coach in August 2010 once Herbst left. Following three consecutive losses in the 2010-11 NOFV-Oberliga campaign, he stepped down on 19 April 2011. He later worked as an assistant manager at BFC Viktoria 1889 and Berliner AK 07, before being brought back as Tennis Borussia's manager in January 2017; he was let go that September. On 3 September 2019 he rejoined Berliner AK 07 as assistant to Dirk Kunert, and subsequently took over as head coach of NOFV-Oberliga Nord side CFC Hertha 06.