After graduating from the Italian High School, Yılmaz completed his education with a master’s degree from Bahçeşehir University and the University of Amsterdam. Following his active volleyball career, he served as team manager at Yeşilyurt, Çanakkale Belediyespor, and VakıfBank clubs. Throughout his administrative career, he achieved 4 CEV Champions League titles, 4 FIVB Club World Championship titles, 5 Turkish League championships, 4 Turkish Cups, and 2 Super Cup victories.
Giulio Cesare Bregoli, who won the CEV Cup and CEV Challenge Cup championships with Reale Mutua Fenera Chieri '76, one of the Italian League teams he coached for many years during his club career, started his coaching career in France's Saint-Raphaël Var Volley-Ball team in the 2013–2014 season. The experienced name, born on September 11, 1974, later took on the role of head coach of the Swedish Women's National Team and won the 2024 CEV European Golden League championship. Bregoli, who signed a contract with the German Women's National Team in 2024 that will last until 2028, also served as an assistant coach in the Italian Women's National Team. Club Achievements
2015–2016: French League Champion
2016–2017: French Super Cup Champion
2018–2019: French Cup Champion
2022–2023: CEV Challenge Cup Champion
2023–2024: CEV Cup Champion
National Team Achievements
Italy Women's National Team (Assistant Coach)
• 2018: FIVB World Championship – Silver Medal
• 2018: FIVB VNL – Silver Medal
• 2021: CEV European Championship – Gold Medal
Sweden Women's National Team (Head Coach)
• 2024: CEV European Golden League Champion
Germany Women's National Team (Head Coach)
‘2025–2028: 2028’
He began his coaching career in the Italian Serie A1 in 2021. He won the Challenge Cup championship in the 2022/23 season and the CEV Cup championship in the 2023/24 season with Reale Mutua Fenera Chieri '76. Daglio, who played an important role in the championships he experienced with Chieri '76, served as assistant coach in the 2023-2024 season and head coach in the 2024-2025 season at Popsivo Polwan, one of Indonesia's successful clubs.
Born in Munich in 1979, Kaan İNCEKARA graduated from Ege University, Department of Teaching at BESYO. He worked at Karşıyaka Sports Club for 10 years and Arkas Sports Club for 6 years. During his years in the youth teams, he served in the Junior Girls and Youth Girls National Teams. Kaan İncekara, who has been working as an assistant coach at Eczacıbaşı Sports Club since the 2017-2018 season, has served as an Assistant Coach at the Croatia Women's A Volleyball National Team after the 2022-2023 season at Eczacıbaşı Sports Club. Kaan İncekara has won 1 World Club Championship Championship, 1 World Club Championship Second Place, 2 World Club Championship Third Place, 1 Champions League Second Place, 2 CEV Cup Championships, 5 Sultans League Second Place, 2 Turkey Cup Championships, 2 Axa Sigorta Cup Volleyball Championships, and 3 Super Cup Championships with our club.
Born in 1990 in Bartın, Turkey, Canberk Tekmen graduated from Ege University's Department of Coaching. Starting his career in Izmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor in 2013, Tekmen took charge in Işıkkent Sports Club, Turkish Volleyball Federation, Nilüfer Belediyespor and Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor, respectively.
Tekmen worked as the scoutman of U16-U20 age groups between the years of 2016 and 2021. He participated in the 2019 U20 World Championship and the U18 World Championship as an assistant coach. Tekmen will worked as the assistant coach of the Turkish Women's National Team in the Mediterranean Games and the Islamic Games in summer 2022.
Born in 1983, Erman Güçin finished his college degree at the Marmara University School of Physical Education and Sports.
Having played volleyball at professional level before he began his coaching career, Güçin played for İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi, Manavgatspor, MEF Schools, Beşiktaş, İTÜ and Çevregücü.
Güçin has been working with Eczacıbaşı VitrA Senior Team since 2018-2019 season. In the 2019-2020 season, he will be training both Eczacıbaşı VitrA as our field coach and Eczacıbaşı Sports School teams in our Ayazağa campus.
Born in 1995, Mehmet Sönmez has finished Faculity of Sport Sciences Physical Educaition and Sports Teaching at Akdeniz University.
Starting his career at Eczacıbaşı Sports Club in 2018, Kurnaz has worked as a physical coach, assistant coach and scoutman for Eczacıbaşı development teams.
Sönmez, a former national volleyball player, started her coaching career at Karayolları Sports Club in 2018. He worked as a statistics and assistant coach throughout his career.
Sönmez has been working as a scoutman of Eczacıbaşı Dynavit starting with the 2021-2022 season.
Experienced statistics and performance analyst Danilo Contrario, who has worked with top-level teams in the international arena for many years, has achieved success in various European cups and championships in his career. Contrario, who also played for the Bulgarian Women's National Team between 2009-2014, played for Trentino, Vero Volley Monza and Vero Volley Milano teams in the Italian Serie A1.
Career Highlights and Achievements
2009 – 3rd Place in European Championship (Bulgaria National Team)
2012 – CEV Cup Final (Andreoli Latina)
2014/15 – Trentino - Italian League Championship, CEV Cup
2018-2022 – VeroVolley Monza - 2018/19 CEV Challenge Cup Champions, 2020/21 – CEV Cup Champions, 2021/22 – Italian League Runner-up, CEV Champions League Semi-Finals,
2022-23 – VeroVolley Milano - Italian League Runner-up, CEV Champions League Quarter-Finals, 2023/24 – Italian Super Cup & Cup Runner-up, 2023/24 – CEV Champions League Final
Born in Istanbul in 1996, Yiğit Alp Kalkancı is a graduate of Marmara University, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Department of Sports Management.
He began his administrative career in 2019, serving respectively at Karşıyaka Sports Club, Manisa Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club, and Beşiktaş Gymnastics Club.
During the 2021–2022 season, he was part of the Manisa Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club team that won both the Turkish Basketball League Championship and the Federation Cup.
Rett Larson, a fitness trainer with significant international experience, served on the Chinese Women's National Volleyball Team between 2011 and 2018. During this period, she led the team's physical preparation processes and played an important role in their gold medal wins at the 2015 World Cup and 2016 Rio Olympic Games. As of the 2019-2020 season, Larson has been coaching the Dutch Women's National Team and will continue to serve on the German Women's National Team until the end of the 2026 season.
National Team Successes
2015 - Chinese Women's National Volleyball Team, World Cup
Champion
2016 - Chinese Women's National Volleyball Team, Rio Olympic
Games Champion
2017 - Dutch Women's National Volleyball Team, European
Championship Second Place
Born in 1974 in Sofia, Bulgaria, Daniela M. Selami graduated from NSA “V.Levski” Sofia-Kinesitherapy faculty in 1999.
She started her career in Turkey with Kocaeli Spor Women's Volleyball Team, and in 2001 and 2002, she took part in Turkey A National Women's Volleyball Team and Turkey Youth National Teams.
Selami, who started his career at Eczacıbaşı Sports Club between 2004-2014, won 4 Turkish League Championships, 3 Turkish Cups, 2 Super Cups and 2 European Championships, 4th place in 1 European Top Teams together with the team.
Selami worked with the Sarıyer Women's Volleyball team between 2014 and 2017 and continued her career as a freelancer as of 2017. Daniela Selami has been working as the physiotherapist of the Eczacıbaşı Dynavit Women's Volleyball Team as of the 2023 - 2024 season.
Born in 1995, Kübra Güneş graduated from Yeditepe University, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation. After working as a volunteer at various sports clubs and sports health centers, she started working as a physiotherapist in an orthopedics clinic. She has been working as a physiotherapist in our club since January 2022.
Born in 1984, Cihan Fidan started his career in 2007 at Beşiktaş.
Fidan has worked for Beşiktaş men’s basketball, women’s volleyball and women’s basketball teams between the years of 2007 and 2013 both for senior teams and development teams. Fidan also worked for Turkish Basketball Fedeartion, as the massage therapist of Turkish Women’s Basketball Team.
1990 Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, 2005 Marmara University Graduate Program in Health Institutions Graduate Program. Since 2013 he has been working as the coordinator of Health Department of Eczacıbaşı Sports Club.
He graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 1989. He completed FTR specialization in 1993 and Ph.D. in Sports Medicine in 2002. He is the doctor of our club since 2013.
