Mutlu Topçu

Mutlu Topçu — Biography

Mutlu Topçu is a former footballer and coach from Bursa, 1.79 m tall, who played left back for Beşiktaş and later spent many years as an assistant coach before taking charge of clubs himself. As a player he made 173 matches in the Turkish First League, and as a head coach he worked at Kayserispor, Gaziantepspor and Bursaspor.

He began his professional career at İnegölspor and moved to Beşiktaş, where he soon won a place in the squad. He was part of the Turkey U-23 side that Fatih Terim led to the 1993 Mediterranean Games title. He pulled on a national shirt 18 times in all: 7 times for the U-21s, 2 for the U-23s and 9 for the senior team. He played his first senior match on 12 October 1994 against Iceland.

From 2003 he started out in coaching as assistant to Ertuğrul Sağlam, a role he held at Samsunspor, Kayserispor, Beşiktaş, Bursaspor, Eskişehirspor and the Turkey national team. On 26 June 2014 he became head coach of Kayserispor. He then coached Gaziantepspor from the summer of 2015, and the contract ended by mutual consent on 26 April 2016. He was appointed manager of Bursaspor on 30 January 2017 and announced he was stepping down on 1 May 2017, with Adnan Örnek chosen to replace him. In July 2020 he and Eskişehirspor parted ways.