Hüseyin Kalpar

Hüseyin Kalpar — Biography

Hüseyin Kalpar was born on 25 February 1955 in Gaziantep. He played his football career in the 1970s and 1980s at Gaziantepspor, and was part of the squad that won the 1. Lig championship with the club in 1978-79. He began his coaching career as an assistant coach at his former club Gaziantepspor in the 1994-95 season, then spent a season as an assistant at Altay before returning to Gaziantepspor, this time as head coach. Having spent both his playing and coaching years there, Kalpar is closely associated with Gaziantepspor and was involved in several of the club's notable successes.

In the years that followed he managed numerous Süper Lig and 1. Lig clubs in Turkey: in the 1999-2000 season he led Yozgatspor to the 1. Lig title and promotion to the Süper Lig, and between 2009 and 2011 he took charge of Samsunspor, likewise winning promotion to the Süper Lig and being named coach of the season for 2010-11. He later managed Çaykur Rizespor, Göztepe, Alanyaspor, Gazişehir Gaziantep, Elazığspor and Giresunspor, taking Alanyaspor up to the Süper Lig in 2015-16 by beating Adana Demirspor in the play-off final, making him one of only 19 coaches to have achieved two Süper Lig promotions. In 2021 he was appointed head coach of Tarsus İdman Yurdu, the last club he managed.