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Samet Aybaba
	Samet Aybaba in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Samet Aybaba
Date of birth	3 February 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth	Adana, Turkey
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1975–1977	Iskenderunspor
1977–1988	Beşiktaş
International career
1973–1974	Turkey U18
1977	Turkey U21
Managerial career
1993–1994	Kayseri Erciyesspor
1994–1995	Adana Demirspor
1996–1997	Kayseri Erciyesspor
1997–1998	Ankaragücü
1999–2000	Vanspor
2000–2001	Gençlerbirliği
2001–2002	Gaziantepspor
2002–2003	Trabzonspor
2004–2005	Ankaraspor
2006	Gaziantepspor
2007	Çaykur Rizespor
2007–2008	Bursaspor
2008–2009	Gençlerbirliği
2010–2011	Bucaspor
2012–2013	Beşiktaş
2013–2014	Antalyaspor
2014–2015	Adana Demirspor (Director of football)
2015–2016	Eskişehirspor
2017–2018	Sivasspor
2018–2019	Bursaspor
2019–2021	Kayserispor
2021	Adana Demirspor
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Samet Aybaba (born 3 February 1955, Adana) is a UEFA Pro Licensed Turkish football manager and former player.^[2]

Career

He was born 2 March 1955 in Adana. He began a football career in İskenderunspor. He transferred to Beşiktaş JK in 1977–78 season. He played as defender and midfielder in Beşiktaş JK. He played 334 matches for Beşiktaş and scored 7 goals. He won 2 League Championships, 1 Presidency Cup, 1 Prime Ministry Cup and 2 TSYD Cups and retired after finishing the 1987–88 season. He coached clubs such as Ankaragücü, Kayserispor, Vanspor, Adana Demirspor, Gençlerbirliği, Gaziantepspor, Trabzonspor and Ankaraspor. Aybaba won two Turkish Cups—one with Gençlerbirliği in a final against Fenerbahçe SK and one with Trabzonspor. He also won the Efes Pilsen tournament with Trabzonspor defeating Fenerbahçe SK in the final. He signed with Beşiktaş J.K. as a new coach on 16 June 2012. His contract was terminated on 20 May 2013.

International career

Samet was a youth international for Turkey.^[3]

Managerial statistics

As of 4 May 2021

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Kayseri Erciyesspor	21 January 1993	8 July 1994	47	14	11	22	029.79
Adana Demirspor	8 July 1994	23 February 1995	23	3	3	17	013.04
Kayseri Erciyesspor	2 January 1996	25 July 1997	56	28	12	16	050.00
Ankaragücü	25 July 1997	22 November 1998	52	18	9	25	034.62
Vanspor	9 July 1999	6 January 2000	16	4	4	8	025.00
Gençlerbirliği	6 January 2000	11 April 2001	52	25	10	17	048.08
Gaziantepspor	8 October 2001	21 June 2002	31	14	7	10	045.16
Trabzonspor	21 June 2002	11 November 2003	53	26	15	12	049.06
Ankaraspor	22 July 2004	10 November 2005	51	17	15	19	033.33
Gaziantepspor	23 February 2006	31 May 2006	17	6	3	8	035.29
Çaykur Rizespor	1 July 2007	29 August 2007	3	0	0	3	000.00
Bursaspor	25 October 2007	4 November 2008	40	16	9	15	040.00
Gençlerbirliği	6 November 2008	31 May 2009	25	8	5	12	032.00
Bucaspor	13 October 2010	8 April 2011	27	7	4	16	025.93
Beşiktaş	16 June 2012	27 May 2013	38	19	10	9	050.00
Antalyaspor	29 June 2013	10 March 2014	34	12	13	9	035.29
Eskişehirspor	19 November 2015	15 June 2016	30	10	6	14	033.33
Sivasspor	24 March 2017	1 June 2018	48	22	11	15	045.83
Bursaspor	1 June 2018	7 April 2019	28	5	13	10	017.86
Kayserispor	10 October 2019	4 January 2021	11	0	5	6	000.00
Adana Demirspor	22 February 2021	Present	13	10	2	1	076.92
Total			671	255	160	256	038.00