Yıldırım Uran

Yıldırım Uran

Yıldırım Uran in 2014.
Personal information
Date of birth	(1955-10-06)6 October 1955
Place of birth	Ankara, Turkey
Date of death	21 January 2019(2019-01-21) (aged 63)
Place of death	Antalya, Turkey
Managerial career
Years	Team
1993–1994	İzmirspor
1994–1995	Bucaspor
1995–1997	Kuşadasıspor
1997–1998	Bucaspor
1999–2000	Siirtspor (assistant)
2000–2001	Manisaspor
2001–2002	Petkimspor
2002–2003	İzmirspor
2004–2006	Alanyaspor
2006	Siirtspor
2006	İzmirspor
2006–2007	Beylerbeyi
2007	Uşakspor
2007–2008	Nazilli Belediyespor
2008	Fethiyespor
2008–2009	Malatyaspor (assistant)
2009–2010	Eyüpspor (assistant)
2010–2011	Denizlispor (assistant)
2011–2014	Akhisar Belediyespor (assistant)
2014–2015	Galatasaray (assistant)
2015–2017	Bursaspor (assistant)
2017	Osmanlıspor (assistant)
2018	Antalyaspor (assistant)

Yıldırım Uran (6 October 1955 – 21 January 2019) was a Turkish football manager.

Early and personal life

Uran was born on 6 October 1955 in Ankara.

Career

Uran managed or coached at 22 teams. He obtained promotion to the Süper Lig with Siirtspor at the end of the 1999–2000 season. He was the manager for İzmirspor, Bucaspor, Kuşadasıspor, Siirtspor, Manisaspor, Petkimspor, Alanyaspor, Beylerbeyi, Uşakspor, Nazilli Belediyespor and Fethiyespor, always in the lower divisions of Turkish football.

After working as a manager in his own right, Uran spent much of his later career as an assistant to Hamza Hamzaoğlu at a number of clubs, including at Akhisar Belediyespor, Galatasaray, Bursaspor and Antalyaspor.

Later life and death

Uran died in Antalya on 21 January 2019, a week after suffering a heart attack.