Erol Azgın

Erol Azgın — Biography

Erol Azgın is a footballer and coach from Gaziantep who played in midfield and then spent many years working on the touchline. The best-known stop of his coaching career is his home-town side Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor, whom he managed in two separate spells. In 2012 he was appointed as a new head coach.

He began in football in Gaziantepspor's youth system. As a player he wore the shirts of Çaykur Rizespor, Adana Demirspor, Siirtspor, Yozgatspor, Adıyamanspor, Batman Petrolspor and GASKİ in turn, and he retired in 1995. At GASKİ, where he had finished playing, he began work as an assistant coach and kept that job for three seasons. In 1998-99 he was assistant coach at Tarsus İdman Yurdu, and the following season he worked in the youth setup of Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor.

He had his first head-coaching experience in 2000-01 at Gaskispor and was then in charge of Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor for three seasons. After 2004 he worked as an assistant and youth coach at Gaziantepspor and, from 2006, as an assistant at Konyaspor for two seasons. In 2008-09 he spent a few weeks at Aksarayspor and from September managed Tarsus İdman Yurdu; in 2009-10 he was at Göztepe. He returned to Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor on 13 September 2010, took the team to the play-offs in 2010-11 and missed out on the Süper Lig. After a good start to the next season was followed by a run of defeats, he resigned on 24 November 2011.