Ulvi Güveneroğlu

Ulvi Güveneroğlu — Biography

Ulvi Güveneroğlu is a former footballer best known as a Beşiktaş defender; with 404 league appearances for the club he is its second most capped Süper Lig player after Rıza Çalımbay (494). Supporter and club circles count him among the most important players in its history. After retiring he worked as a coach and sports columnist, and in July 2021 he was put in charge of Beşiktaş's scouting department.

He began at Elazığspor, moved to Beşiktaş in 1979 and wore its shirt for fifteen years, until the end of the 1993-94 season. He scored 10 league goals and played 11 matches in the Champions League and 6 in the UEFA Cup. With the club he won five league titles (1982, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992), three Turkish Cups, four Super Cups, one Prime Minister's Cup and six TSYD Cups, and he was named in the bronze team of the club's squads of the century. On 15 October 1989 he was in the starting eleven for the 10-0 win over Adana Demirspor, remembered as the widest score in Turkish professional leagues.

As a manager he worked at Gençlerbirliği, Gaziantepspor, İstanbulspor, Trabzonspor, Elazığspor and Erzurumspor; in March 2010 he left Erzurumspor to start in Beşiktaş's youth setup. His removal from his post in 2011 drew a protest from the association of former Beşiktaş players, and in May 2017 he took up a role alongside Recep Çetin.