Yunus Öçal
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1988-08-02) 2 August 1988
Turkey
Coaching information
Current teamGreece women's national volleyball team (coach)
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
  • 2006–2018
  • 2019–2022
  • 2022–
  • 2023–

Yunus Öçal (born 2 August 1988) is a Turkish volleyball coach. He is the current head coach of the Greece women's national volleyball team appointed in May 2023.[1]

Sport career

Club coach

Öçal coached Eczacıbaşı VitrA from 2006 to 2018.[2] After THY (Türk Hava Yolları) promoted to the Turkish Women's Volleyball League, he was appointed assistant coach to the women's volleyball team,[3] where he served until 2022.[2] In November 2022, he was appointed head coach of the AEK Women's Volleyball Club, which play in the A1 Ethniki Women's Volleyball in Greece.[4] The team finished the 2022–23 season fourth and won the Greek Cup.[5]

National team coach

Öçal was appointed assistant coach of the Greece women's national volleyball team in 2022,[5] as the direct partner of the Brazilian head coach Marcello Abbondanza.[6]

In May 2023, he was promoted to the post of head coach of the Greece women's national team, which play at the 2023 Women's European Volleyball Championship.[7]

Personal life

Yunus Öçal was born on 2 August 1988.[6] He is married and father of a girl born on 8 March 2023.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Yunus Öçal Yunanistan Kadın Voleybol Milli Takımı'nın başantrenörü oldu". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 12 May 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Yunus Öçal" (in Turkish). Volley box. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "THY'de teknik kadro belli oldu". Voleybol Pkus (in Turkish). 12 June 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Türk başantrenör Yunus Öçal'ın Yunanistan'daki başarısı!". Fanatik (in Turkish). 12 December 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 Doğan, Emre (14 March 2023). "Türk başantrenör Yunus Öçal'ın Yunanistan'da gurur verici başarısı". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  6. 1 2 Megan (10 May 2023). "The Turkish Yunus Ocal of AEK took over the Women's National Volleyball team". News Bulletin 247. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Yunanistan Kadın Voleybol Milli Takımı'nın yeni başantrenörü Yunus Öçal oldu". Footo Maç (in Turkish). 12 May 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.

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