Erol_Ates
Erol Ates
Finnish-Turkish football manager (born 1993)
Erol Ates (born 19 June 1993) is a Finnish-Turkish football manager and a former player, currently working as a manager of Ykkösliiga club Järvenpään Palloseura (JäPS). Ates has completed the UEFA Pro coaching license in 2022.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1993-06-19) 19 June 1993 (age 30) | ||
| Place of birth | Konya, Turkey | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | JäPS (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2011 | Inter Turku | ||
| 2011–2012 | TuTo | ||
| 2012–2013 | TPS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| VG-62 | |||
| PIF | |||
| ÅIFK | |||
| Raisio Futis | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| TPS (youth) | |||
| 2016–2017 | VPS (youth) | ||
| 2017 | ÅIFK (youth) | ||
| 2018 | Inter Turku (youth) | ||
| 2019–2020 | Inter Turku II | ||
| 2021–2022 | Inter Turku (assistant) | ||
| 2023 | JäPS (technical advisor) | ||
| 2024– | JäPS | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 March 2024 | |||
Ates was born in Konya, Turkey. He was raised in Turkey until 2007, when his family relocated to Finland when he was 13 years old. They settled in Turku, where Ates started playing football in the youth sector of FC Inter Turku.[2]
Ates played in youth teams of Inter Turku, Turun Toverit (TuTo) and Turun Palloseura (TPS).[3] He played also for VG-62, Pargas IF, PiPS and Åbo IFK before switching to coaching.[2]
Ates has worked as a youth coach for TPS, Vaasan Palloseura (VPS)[4] and ÅIFK.[5]
Inter Turku
He returned to his former club Inter Turku as a youth coach in 2018. Since the beginning of 2019, he worked as a head coach of Inter Turku II academy team in the fourth-tier Kolmonen.[6][7] During 2021–2022, Ates was an assistant coach of Inter Turku first team in Veikkausliiga. He left the club after the 2022 season.[8]
JäPS
On 13 June 2023, it was announced that Ates was named the head coach of JäPS on a two-year deal, starting in the 2024 season in new second-tier Ykkösliiga. It was also announced that first Ates will work for JäPS as a technical advisor for the remainder of the 2023 season.[1][9][10]
Since 2023, Ates has also worked for Naantali-based VG-62 for the coaching development in the club.[11]
- JäPSin valmennustiimiin uusi vahvistus, Keski-Uusimaa, 13 June 2023
- Jälkipeli: FC Interin Erol Ates on paljon vartijana, Aamuset, aamuset.fi, 31 January 2020
- TPS:N A- JA B-JUNIORIT EDELLEEN TAPPIOITTA, fc.tps.fi, 22 May 2012
- Kolme uutta päätoimista valmentajaa VPS Junioreihin, vpsjuniorit.fi, 4 November 2016
- Erol återvänder hem - Erol palaa kotiin!, aifk.fi, 5 July 2017
- FC Inter teki elintärkeän jatkosopimuksen – päävalmentaja José Riveiro jatkaa myös ensi kaudella, suomifutis.com, 25 September 2020
- FC Inter vill att barnen får lysa, abounderrattelser.fi, 15 November 2019
- VALMENTAJATIIMIIN MUUTOKSIA KAUDELLE 2023, fcinter.fi, 25 October 2022
- Timo Kettunen vetää JäPS:n kauden loppuun – Erol Ates ottaa ohjat vuonna 2024˝, pallotv.fi, 16 June 2023
- Erol Ates odottaa kovia otteluja jo Ykkösliigacupista – JäPS aloittaa Ykkösliigan 13. huhtikuuta Seinäjoella, Keski-Uusimaa, 25 January 2024