Rıza Tuyuran

Rıza Tuyuran — Biography

Rıza Tuyuran was born on 25 August 1960 in Istanbul and is a former forward who later became a manager. His name is most closely tied to Karşıyaka.

He turned professional in 1981 by joining Yedikule. In 1983-84 he scored six goals in 33 matches for Karagümrük, then signed for Galatasaray in 1984 and played three league games. Loaned in November 1984 to Tarsus İdman Yurdu Erkutspor until the end of the season, he scored 16 goals in 20 matches and joined the club permanently. In 1987 he moved to Karşıyaka, where he was nicknamed "Altobelli", won the Second League Group B title in 1991-92 and scored 46 goals in 149 matches. He then played for Mersin İdman Yurdu, won another title with Petrol Ofisi in 1993-94 and retired at the end of that season.

He began coaching at Karşıyaka and gained his first head-coaching job at Malatyaspor in 1998-99. Later posts included Karşıyaka, Bucaspor, Muğlaspor, Altınordu, Denizli Belediyespor and Göztepe, and he took over at Aliağaspor in the summer of 2007. In 2015 he saw out the season in charge of Karşıyaka, and in early 2017 he became manager of Tarsus İdman Yurdu, a club he had once played for. "You lose the moment you give up" was a line that stood out in his interviews.