Metin Diyadin

Metin Diyadin
Personal information
Date of birth	(1968-02-16) February 16, 1968 (age 57)
Place of birth	Trabzon, Turkey
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Gençlerbirliği (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988–1998	Gençlerbirliği
1994–1995	→ Denizlispor (loan)
1998–2000	Fenerbahçe
2000–2002	Göztepe
2002–2003	Kayserispor
Total
Managerial career
2005–2007	Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ
2007–2008	Eskişehirspor
2008	Çaykur Rizespor
2009	Trabzonspor (assistant)
2011	Orduspor
2012	Kasımpaşa
2013	Gençlerbirliği
2014–2016	Göztepe
2016–2017	Gazişehir Gaziantep
2017–2018	Giresunspor
2019	Ankaragücü
2021	Bandırmaspor
2021–2022	Gençlerbirliği
2023–2024	Iğdır
2025–	Gençlerbirliği
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 December 2025

Turkish footballer and manager

Metin Diyadin (born 16 February 1968) is a Turkish football manager and retired player.^[1] He is currently the head coach of Süper Lig club Gençlerbirliği.

Football career

Born in Trabzon, Turkey on 16 February 1968. He started football (soccer) at his hometown club, Trabzonspor and continued to play with the junior team until he was 19 years old. Later same year he signed his first professional contract with Gençlerbirliği S.K. where he played for the next 10 years from 1988 to 1998. He was loaned by Denizlispor for the 1994–1995 season. When he was 29 years old, he signed with Fenerbahce S.K., among the top 4 clubs in Turkish premier soccer league. He served in the mid-field as the captain and the pivot for 2 seasons. He was attacked by Fenerbahce fans after losing 2–1 against Pendikspor of the first soccer division. After that, he played for Goztepe for the next 2 seasons, 2000–2002 and his last season was with Kayserispor until a tragic injury ended his career. The mid-fielder played in 284 official games and scored 32 goals.

Managerial career

Diyadin was the assistant coach of the Belgian technical trainer Hugo Broos at Trabzonspor SK, which is among the top 4 clubs in Turkish premier soccer league. Prior to that, he served as the coach for Hacettepe, Eskişehirspor, Çaykur Rizespor. In September 2019, he was appointed as manager of MKE Ankaragücü.^[2]