Samet Aybaba (born 3 February 1955) is a UEFA Pro Licensed Turkish football manager and former player.

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.

Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team and tenure TeamFromToRecord Kayseri Erciyesspor21 January 19938 July 1994Adana Demirspor8 July 199423 February 1995Kayseri Erciyesspor2 January 199625 July 1997Ankaragücü25 July 199722 November 1998Vanspor9 July 19996 January 2000Gençlerbirliği6 January 200011 April 2001Gaziantepspor8 October 200121 June 2002Trabzonspor21 June 200211 November 2003Ankaraspor22 July 200410 November 2005Gaziantepspor23 February 200631 May 2006Çaykur Rizespor1 July 200729 August 2007Bursaspor25 October 20074 November 2008Gençlerbirliği6 November 200831 May 2009 Bucaspor13 October 20108 April 2011 Beşiktaş16 June 201227 May 2013Antalyaspor29 June 201310 March 2014Eskişehirspor19 November 201515 June 2016Sivasspor24 March 20171 June 2018Bursaspor1 June 20187 April 2019Kayserispor10 October 20194 January 2021Adana Demirspor22 February 2021PresentTotal

Honours

Player honours Beşiktaş Süper Lig (2): 1981–82, 1985–86 Turkish Super Cup (1): 1986 Chancellor Cup (2): 1977, 1988

Managerial honours Ankaragücü Chancellor Cup (1): 1991 Gençlerbirliği Turkish Cup (1): 2000–01 Trabzonspor Turkish Cup (1): 2002–03 Sivasspor TFF First League (1): 2016–17 Adana Demirspor TFF First League (1): 2020–21

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