Reha Erginer

Reha Erginer — Biography

Reha Kemal Erginer was born on 1 April 1970 in Manisa and is a retired Turkish footballer and football manager. He began his playing career at his hometown club Manisaspor before moving on to Göztepe, Bergamaspor, Bucaspor, Soma Linyitspor, Denizlispor and Fethiyespor. Across these clubs he made 160 appearances and scored 14 goals, retiring from playing at Fethiyespor in 2001 at the age of 31.

He moved into coaching in 2002 as an assistant to Mustafa Uğur at Kayserispor, leaving alongside him in 2003. That same year he spent a season as assistant to his namesake Reha Kapsal at Ankaraspor. In 2004 he joined MKE Ankaragücü, assisting Hakan Kutlu and later Hikmet Karaman, and in the 2010-11 season he again served as Karaman's assistant, this time at Manisaspor.

In February 2012 he was appointed Manisaspor's head coach a week before the club's relegation from the Süper Lig, and spent one season in charge. He took over Boluspor ahead of the 2014-15 season but resigned in February 2015. He went on to manage Balıkesirspor from March 2016 and later Denizlispor, parting ways with the latter in February 2018. He returned to Boluspor for a second spell in the 2021-22 season, which came to an end in April 2022.