Ersun Yanal

Who is Ersun Yanal?

Ersun Yanal is a Turkish football coach who is currently in charge of Süper Lig side Fenerbahçe. Ersun Yanal has impressed many football followers with excellent wins against Blackburn, Parma and Sporting Lisbon in the 2003–04 UEFA Cup going out to eventual winners, Valencia in extra-time after inflicting them with their only defeat in cup. The impressive run in the UEFA Cup and offensive football increased support for him to be named as head coach of the Turkish National Team.

After one and a half year spell with the national side, Ersun Yanal adopted and added a new scientific understanding of the game, His style has always been attacking football doubled up with tactis unprecedented in Turkish Football after keeping newly promoted Manisaspor on top of the Süper Lig for 12 weeks with a 5–3 shock defeat of league title favorties Fenerbahçe One quality overlooked on Ersun Yanal is his years of devotion to Turkish Football. It was 20 years ago when he took charge of amateur outfit Denizli Belediyespor to move through ranks and hold a very respectable place amongst Turkish coaches.