Ender Arslan

Ender Arslan — Biography

Ender Arslan is a former national-team point guard who stood out for his passing and speed and is counted among the best Turkish guards of his generation. After his playing days he turned to coaching, and he is head coach of Çayırova Belediyespor, which he took over in January 2026.

He began playing at nine in the Efes Pilsen summer school and reached the first team at seventeen. With Efes he won titles in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2009 and captained the side in 2009-10; in 2007 he briefly wore the shirts of Tau Cerámica, Panionios and Union Olimpija before returning to Efes. He moved to Galatasaray in 2011, and in the 2013 final series against Banvit his three-pointer in the closing seconds put the team 3-0 up on the way to his sixth league title. He then played for Darüşşafaka Doğuş, Türk Telekom and Bursaspor, and ended his professional career on April 24, 2021, in a game for Bursaspor.

He played 322 times for Turkey including the youth sides, 202 of them for the senior team; he won silver at the 2010 FIBA World Championship and reached the quarterfinals at the 2014 World Cup. With clubs he won six league titles, two Turkish Cups and one Presidential Cup. He began coaching as an assistant at Bahçeşehir Koleji, took charge of Çağdaş Bodrumspor in February 2023 and Esenler Erokspor in March 2025, and coached the Turkey under-20 team in 2024. At Çayırova he took the team from the Türkiye Basketbol Ligi up to the Basketball Super League.