Kadir Akbulut

Kadir Akbulut (born 8 May 1960) is a former Turkish footballer and current coach and occasional newspaper columnist. Played at Denizlispor youth division, Akbulut served for Beşiktaş for his entire professional career.

Club
Akbulut had begun playing football in Denizlispor at youth level, until his joining to Beşiktaş in 1980, in which he played for 14 seasons during one of the most successful periods of the team's history. In Beşiktaş years, he played 349 league matches (322 in starting line-up), scoring 4 times, and collected 39 yellow cards, also being a part of undefeated champion squad of 1991-92 season. He also played at European Cups, having 6 caps in UEFA Champions League between 1982 and 1992, and Cup Winners' Cup twice in 1997–98 season.

International
Akbulut played in Turkey national football team in Olympic and senior levels, called up to the team in total of 4 matches.

Manager
The first coaching experience of Kadir Akbulut was Silivrispor, a Turkish Regional Amateur League team of Silivri district of Istanbul, until his resignation on 3 March 2011. On 1 July 2011, he was hired by Çatalcaspor, another amateur league team located in Istanbul. Managed by Akbulut, Çatalcaspor promoted to 3. Lig at professional stage, for the first time at their history, following 1–0 ended play-off encounter against Edirnespor Gençlik S.K., on 6 May 2014. Akbulut earned a one-year extension for his contract at Çatalcaspor in June 2014.

Honours

 * Beşiktaş
 * Turkish League: 4 (1985–86, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92)
 * Turkish Cup: 3 (1993–94, 1988–89, 1989–90)
 * Presidential Cup: 4 (1985–86, 1988–89, 1991–92, 1993–94)
 * Chancellor Cup: 1 (1987–88)
 * TSYD Cup: 6 (1984, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993)