Fuat Usta
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-07-03) 3 July 1972
Place of birth Samsun, Turkey
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Rapid
MVV'02
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1998 Fortuna Sittard 103 (15)
1995–1997 → Beşiktaş (loan) 6 (0)
1998–1999 Cambuur 21 (0)
1999–2000 Sparta 9 (2)
2001 Jokerit 6 (0)
2001–2002 MVV 13 (0)
2002 Omiya Ardija 16 (0)
2003 MVV Maastricht 15 (0)
2006–2007 Fortuna Sittard 1 (0)
Total 190 (17)
Managerial career
2007–2010 Fortuna Sittard (assistant)
2010–2011 Turkey B
2010–2011 Turkey (assistant)
2017–2018 MVV Maastricht (assistant)
2019–2020 MVV Maastricht
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fuat Usta (born 3 July 1972) is a Turkish football coach and former professional player.

Playing career

Usta played as a midfielder in the Netherlands, Turkey, Finland, and Japan with Rapid, MVV'02, Fortuna Sittard, Beşiktaş, Cambuur, Sparta, Jokerit, MVV and Omiya Ardija.[1][2][3]

Usta left MVV in August 2002 to sign with Japanese club Omiya Ardija until the end of the 2002 season.[4] He returned to MVV in January 2003, on an amateur contract.[5]

Coaching career

After three years working as an assistant manager of Fortuna Sittard, in July 2010 he was appointed by Guus Hiddink to be an assistant coach of the Turkey national team.[6] He was also responsible for the U23 team.[7] In October 2012 he moved with Hiddink to Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala, where he became head of youth education.[8] He left Anzhi in 2017.

In the 2016–17 season, Usta did an internship at MVV Maastricht to complete his UEFA Pro course at the KNVB in May 2018.[9] In the 2017–18 season, he worked as assistant manager for the club. Ahead of the 2019–20 season signed a one-year contract as the club's new manager.[10] His contract was not renewed for the 2020–21 season.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Profile" (in Dutch). Frank Beijen. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Profile" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  3. ↑ Fuat Usta at the Turkish Football Federation
  4. ↑ "Fuat Usta naar Japan" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 7 August 2002. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "Fuat Usta na Japans avontuur terug bij MVV" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 15 January 2003. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Fuat Usta gaat Hiddink assisteren" (in Dutch). NOS.nl. 18 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  7. ↑ A2 Milli Takım'da Bir Eski Dost / Fuat Usta, futbolsandigi.blogspot.com, 7 February 2011
  8. ↑ "Hiddink stelt Fuat Usta aan bij jeugdacademie FC Anzhi" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 24 October 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  9. ↑ Fuat Usta mag als hoofdtrainer aan de slag, 1limburg.nl, 18 May 2018
  10. ↑ Oud-speler Usta nieuwe trainer MVV, Elsen technisch directeur, ad.nl, 22 May 2019
  11. ↑ "MVV heeft al genoeg gezien van hoofdtrainer Usta" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 29 March 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.


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