COACHING STAFF

GIOVANNI GUIDETTI

Born in Modena, Italy on September 20 1972, Giovanni Guidetti has been working at VakıfBank since 2008. Guidetti had his first coaching experience at the age of 22 with the Volley 2000 Spezzano team and succeeded in making the hometown team the top league of Italy in 1997. The coach was selected as the "Trainer of the Year" in Italy that year. Guidetti, who worked as assistant coach for the Italian National Team between 1997-2000, participated in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.

Giovanni, who worked in the USA for about a year after the Olympics, then returned to Italy; He was the head coach of Vicenza, Reggio Emilia, Modena and Chieri and won the Top Teams Cup Championship with the Chieri team in 2005.

Guidetti, who coached the Bulgarian National Team in the 2003 European Championship and the German National Team between 2006 and 2014, managed the Dutch National Team in 2015 and 2016. The Italian coach became third in the 2009 World Grand Prix, the second in the 2011 and 2013 European Championships, and the 2013 Europa League Championship with the Germany National Team. With the Netherlands National Team, he won the 2015 European Championship Second Place, the 2015 World Grand Prix 2nd Group Championship and the 2016 Olympic Games Fourth Place. Guidetti, who served in the Turkey Women's National Team between 2017 and 2022, won 1 bronze and 1 silver medal in the FIVB Nations League 2 bronze and 1 silver medal in the European Championship with Turkish National Team. The Italian coach took over the Serbian National Team in 2023 and won the silver medal in 2023 CEV European Championship.

In VakıfBank Giovanni Guidetti won; the 2017, 2018 and 2021 FIVB Club World Championship, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2022 and 2023 CEV Champions League, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 Turkish League, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2021, 2022 ve 2023 Turkish Cup, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2021 Turkish Super Cup. In addition to these championships, VakıfBank is under the management of the Italian coach; placed second in the 2011 and 2022 FIVB Club World Championships, also got second place in 2014, 2016 and 2021 CEV Champions League, and third in the 2015 and 2019 CEV Champions League.

In the years under the management of Giovanni Guidetti, VakıfBank was named as "Turkey's most international trophies winner team" and took place in the Guinness World Records twice.
 

SAİM PAKKAN

Saim Pakkan was born on March 27, 1989 in Istanbul. He played in Arçelik and Beşiktaş teams in his professional athlete career. Pakkan, who graduated from the Marmara University Coaching Department, took part in the staff of Konya Ereğli between 2008-20010, Fenerbahçe between 2010-2013, and Yeşilyurt between 2013-2014.

Saim Pakkan, who worked as the assistant coach in the Turkish Women's National Team from 2015-2022, has 1 silver and 1 bronze in the FIVB Nations League, 1 silver and 2 bronzes in the European Championships, 1 silver and 1 bronze in the Mediterranean Games with Turkish National Team. Pakkan took on the same position in the Serbian Women's National Team in 2023 and won the silver medal CEV 2023 European Championship.

Saim Pakkan has been working as an assistant coach at VakıfBank since the 2015-2016 season. Pakkan won 4 CEV Champions League, 4 FIVB Clubs World Championships, 5 Turkish League, 3 Turkish Cup and 2 Turkish Super Cup during his years with the yellow-blacks.
 

SANJA TOMASEVIC

Sanja Tomasevic was born on June 3, 1980 in Priboj, Serbia. Tomasevic stepped into coaching in 2012 after a 23-year professional volleyball career.

Tomasevic, who played in Serbia, the USA, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Switzerland, Greece, Azerbaijan and Italy during his professional playing years and was also a member of the Serbian National Team, contributed to the first NCAA championship of Washington University in the USA; she had the joy of winning 9 trophies in her career. The Serbian coach, who was selected as the NCAA PAC-12 Conference Most Valuable Player in the 2005-2006 season, won the best server award in the CEV Challenge Cup in 2009.

Tomasevic, who started his coaching career in the USA; after working as an assistant coach at the Universities of Texas, Miami and Arizona, she served as the head coach of the University of Arizona between 2016 and 2023.
 
Tomasevic, who studied communication at the University of Washington and certificated as a Sports Life Coach by Patterson Sports Ventures in 2013.
 

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ENES BOZTÜRK

Born on February 13, 1997, Enes Boztürk started his coaching career at VakıfBank in the 2022-2023 season.

Boztürk won the CEV Champions League and Turkish Cup titles during the season he was part of the VakıfBank staff.
 

FİKRET CEYLAN

Born on April 8, 1991 in Zonguldak, Fikret Ceylan is a graduate of Marmara University, School of Physical Education and Sports Volleyball Branch.

Ceylan, who started voleyball at the age of 10, and after playing for 10 years he started to work as a volleyball coach. Ceylan, who has been in the staff of VakıfBank since the 2016-2017 season, has also been working in the South Korea National Team since 2022.

During his years at VakıfBank, Fikret Ceylan; took part in the team that won 2 CEV Champions League, 1 FIVB Clubs World Championship, 1 Turkish League, 2 Turkish Cups and 1 Turkish Super Cup.
 

FATİH YAĞCI

Born in Istanbul in 1983, Fatih Yağcı graduated from Marmara University Coaching Department.

Working as a statistics coach at VakıfBank since 2007, after working in various age categories of Turkish national teams, he also worked as a statistics coach in Turkey Women's National Team in 2022. Yağcı joined the staff of the Serbian National Team in 2023 and became second in the 2023 CEV European Championship.

Fatih Yağcı took part in the staff of VakıfBank in 6 CEV Champions League, 4 FIVB Clubs World Championships, 1 Challenge Cup, 7 Turkish League, 6 Turkish Cups, 4 Turkish Super Cup victories.
 

GIOVANNI MIALE

Born in Taranto, Italy in 1977, Giovanni Miale graduated from the University of Urbino. Since 2000, he worked as a conditioner in Gioia Del Dolle, Prisma Taranto, Gabeca Mantichiari, Modena, Assesco Resovia, Gabeca Monza, Zarechie Odintsovo and Jastrzbeski Weigel clubs.

At the national team level, Miale worked in Slovakia in 2008, Italy in 2009 and 2010, and Poland between 2011 and 2013, and worked in the Turkish Men's National Team between 2014-2021. Since 2022, he has been on the staff of the South Korea Women's National Team.

Joining VakıfBank in September 2015, Miale witnessed 4 CEV Champions League, 3 FIVB Clubs World Championships, 5 Turkish Leagues, 4 Turkish Cups and 2 Turkish Super Cup with the yellow-blacks.
 

SABRİ ERDOĞAN

Sabri Erdogan was born in Sivas in 1977 and graduated from Marmara University. Erdoğan worked in Bakırköy Spor Football Team in 1999, in Med Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Center in 2000, in Yeşilyurt between 2000-2006, and in A Women's Volleyball National Team between 2004-2007. He has been working at VakıfBank since the 2012-2013 season. 

During his years at VakıfBank, Sabri Erdoğan won 5 CEV Champions League, 4 FIVB Club World Championships, 7 Turkish Leagues, 6 Turkish Cups and 4 Champions Cups.
 

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