Erhan Altın

Erhan Altın — Biography

Erhan Altın is a Samsun-born former midfielder and a coach who has worked for many years in the lower and middle divisions of Turkish football. He came through the Fenerbahçe youth system, and his longest spell as a player was eight seasons at Kocaelispor. He won one cap for Turkey, then moved into coaching and has stood on the touchline of a long list of clubs since.

As a player he was at Fenerbahçe from 1976 to 1979, Göztepe from 1979 to 1982, and Kocaelispor from 1982 until he retired in 1990. He earned his single cap for the national team in 1981 in a match against the USSR, and had been called up to the national squad three times. He began coaching in the 1990s: he managed Çanspor, then served on the coaching staff at Kocaelispor, Diyarbakırspor, Elazığspor, Akçaabat Sebatspor, Çaykur Rizespor, Denizlispor and Bursaspor. In the second half of the 2008-2009 Süper Lig season he took charge of Kocaelispor.

In later years he also worked at clubs including Eskişehirspor, Giresunspor and Göztepe, and at Samsunspor, the team of his home city, so he has coached in many different regions of Turkey. In April 2016 he agreed a deal with first-division side Şanlıurfaspor until the end of the season, and in 2019 he signed with Elazığspor on the same terms. He coached Çankaya, and in October 2023 he and Fethiyespor parted ways.