Fuat Usta

Fuat Usta — Biography

Fuat Usta is a midfielder and coach whose career has been split between Turkey and the Netherlands. He spent his playing years in the Netherlands, Turkey, Finland and Japan; after retiring he worked on the Turkey national team's staff and in the youth department of the Russian club Anzhi, and in 2019-20 he became head coach of MVV Maastricht. He holds both Turkish and Dutch citizenship.

As a midfielder he played for Rapid, MVV'02, Fortuna Sittard, Beşiktaş, Cambuur, Sparta and MVV, and for Jokerit in Finland. In August 2002 he left MVV to sign with the Japanese club Omiya Ardija until the end of that season, then returned to MVV in January 2003 on an amateur contract.

He began coaching as an assistant at Fortuna Sittard, a role he held for three years. In July 2010 Guus Hiddink appointed him assistant coach of the Turkey national team, and he was also responsible for the under-23 side. In October 2012 he moved with Hiddink to Anzhi Makhachkala as head of youth education, and he left the club in 2017. To complete the KNVB's UEFA Pro course he did an internship at MVV in 2016-17 and was the club's assistant manager in 2017-18. Before 2019-20 he took over the first team on a one-year contract, which was not renewed, and he left Maastricht in 2020.