Murat Öztürk

Murat Öztürk — Biography

Murat Öztürk is a former goalkeeper who moved into goalkeeper coaching and has worked in that role at many Turkish clubs. Coaching took him to clubs such as Fenerbahçe, Konyaspor, Antalyaspor, İstanbul Başakşehir and Bodrumspor, and to the Turkish Football Federation's youth national teams.

He began playing at Gençlerbirliği and turned professional at Eskişehirspor; he also kept goal for Bilecikspor, Ayvalık Belediyegücü, Bergama Belediyespor and Eskispor. He earned his goalkeeper coaching licence in 2003 and joined Fenerbahçe's first team in 2004, working for four years, first in Christoph Daum's staff and then in Zico's. In 2008-09 he was goalkeeper coach of the federation's youth national teams, and from 2009-10 to 2015 he returned to Fenerbahçe for six seasons.

In 2016-17 he worked at Konyaspor in Aykut Kocaman's team and returned to Fenerbahçe in June 2017; in October 2018 the club's board terminated his contract unilaterally. He then spent a year and a half at Konyaspor and a short spell at Antalyaspor in 2019, followed by İstanbul Başakşehir as first-team goalkeeper coach. In October 2021 he left there by mutual agreement and returned to Antalyaspor with Nuri Şahin, staying until December 2023. He worked at Konyaspor from January to October 2024 and at Bodrumspor in 2024-25.