Erol Bulut (born 30 January 1975) is a former footballer and the current head coach of Süper Lig club Gaziantep. As a player, he won two Greek League Championships (2005–06, 2006–07) and one Greek Cup (2005–06) with Olympiacos and one Turkish League Championship with Fenerbahçe in the 1995–96 season. Born in Germany, he represented Turkey at under-21 international level.
![]() Bulut in 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Erol Bulut | ||
Date of birth | (1975-01-30) 30 January 1975 (age 47) | ||
Place of birth | Bad Schwalbach, West Germany | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Position(s) | Left-wingback | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Gaziantep (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1992–1994 | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1995 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 9 | (0) |
1995–1999 | Fenerbahçe | 110 | (10) |
1999–2001 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 7 | (0) |
1999–2000 | → Trabzonspor (loan) | 22 | (0) |
2001 | → Adanaspor (loan) | 9 | (3) |
2001–2003 | Panionios | 39 | (4) |
2003–2004 | Bursaspor | 17 | (1) |
2004–2005 | 1860 Munich | 10 | (1) |
2005–2007 | Olympiacos | 24 | (2) |
2007–2009 | Metalurh Donetsk | 18 | (1) |
2009–2010 | Olympiacos Volos | 22 | (1) |
2011–2012 | OFI Crete | 23 | (1) |
2012 | Veria | 12 | (0) |
Total | 310 | (23) | |
National team | |||
1994–1997 | Turkey U21 | 18 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2017–2019 | Yeni Malatyaspor | ||
2019–2020 | Alanyaspor | ||
2020–2021 | Fenerbahçe | ||
2021– | Gaziantep | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Apart from Olympiacos, Bulut played in Greece for Panionios F.C. as well.
Bulut was released by Olympiacos in early 2007 and then joined FC Metalurh Donetsk. In August 2007, Bulut was on trial at English Championship club Stoke City[1] having previously spent time on trial at Rangers[2] and Newcastle United[3] earlier in the year. In January 2012, he moved to Veria FC.
Bulut played futsal and became a member of the Turkey national futsal team in the UEFA Futsal Championship.[4]
Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||||
Yeni Malatyaspor | 1 October 2017 | 25 April 2019 | 69 | 27 | 19 | 23 | 039.13 | |||
Alanyaspor | 17 August 2019 | 3 August 2020 | 44 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 052.27 | |||
Fenerbahçe | 5 August 2020 | 25 March 2021 | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 061.76 | |||
Gaziantep | 20 May 2021 | Present | 57 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 035.09 | |||
Career totals | 204 | 91 | 48 | 65 | 044.61 |
Gaziantep F.K. – current squad | |
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Current Süper Lig managers | |
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Fenerbahçe S.K. – managers | |
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