Nezih Ali Boloğlu

Nezih Ali Boloğlu — Biography

Nezih Ali Boloğlu was born on 4 August 1964 in Istanbul and graduated from Özel Yıldız Koleji in 1981. He began his playing career as a goalkeeper with Yeniköyspor's youth team in 1980, then played for Sarıyer SK from 1983 to 1986, Çarşambaspor from 1986 to 1988, and Gençlerbirliği from 1988 to 1990.

He moved to Galatasaray in 1990 and remained on the club's books until the late 1990s, during which time he also played for Eskişehirspor in the 1996-97 season and for Bakırköyspor, before retiring as a player at the end of the decade.

From 2002 to 2011 he served as goalkeeping coach for Galatasaray's youth and first teams, a role in which he was part of head coach Cevat Güler's staff. In November 2011, after Yücel İldiz's post passed to Bülent Korkmaz, he was again brought in as goalkeeping coach, but left the club when Fatih Terim appointed Taffarel to the role. He was Korkmaz's goalkeeping coach at İstanbul BB in the 2012-13 season and followed him to his new club, Kayseri Erciyesspor, in 2014. He is married with two children.