Turkish club Gençlerbirligi fire fifth coach this season

Turkish top-tier club Gençlerbirliği fired their fifth coach since the start of the season after only one match in charge. Yılmaz Vural (above) managed the side for six days and one away league game which they lost 2-0. Gençlerbirliği have 13 points from 17 games and are 16th in the 18-team standings. İlhan Cavcav, president of the Ankara-based club, has appointed 51 different coaches since taking over in 1981. Turkish media reported that Vural was fired after asking to sign players in the mid-season window, a request Cavcav rejected saying the squad was big enough.

Yılmaz Vural has been his manager's record as a truly nomadic coach. As Gençlerbirliği's newly appointed manager, he had managed 26 different sides. In total, Vural has been appointed to 33 different managerial roles since starting at Malatyaspor in 1986. In 2013, Vural was in London for a week, sparking theories in Turkey that the popular coach might be set to make the next move of his colorful career to England.