Ercan Albay

Ercan Albay — Biography

Ercan Albay was born on 4 December 1954 in Samsun. During his playing career in the 1970s and 1980s he played for Samsunspor, Adanaspor and Adana Demirspor, and he also earned one cap for Turkey's under-21 team and fourteen for the amateur national team.

After retiring as a player he became a manager, working mostly with clubs in the Mediterranean region. In the 1997-98 season he led Adanaspor to a runner-up finish and promotion to the Süper Lig. In 2001-02 he won the play-offs in Denizli with Adana Demirspor to secure promotion to the First League, and in 2008-09 he took Mersin İdman Yurdu to a second-place finish and promotion from the Second League, though he parted ways with the club at season's end. He took charge of Diyarbakırspor in January 2011, returned to Adana Demirspor in April 2012, and managed Adanaspor in 2013; in the 2011-12 season he beat Fethiyespor 2-1 in the play-off final to take Adana Demirspor up to the First League again. He signed a new 18-month deal with Adana Demirspor in March 2014 but resigned in June 2014 and did not manage again until 2019, when he took charge of Adana Kiremithanespor; after managing Adana 1954 from 2021 to 2023, he was appointed manager of Eynesil Belediyespor in July 2023.