Erdal Bibo

Erdal Bibo — Biography

Erdal Bibo is a Turkish basketball player, a 1.96 m small forward whose best years were spent at Efes Pilsen and Fenerbahçe. After leaving the court he returned to Anadolu Efes as a coach and took over responsibility for the club's youth system, a post he still held in 2023.

He started in the Efes Pilsen youth setup. Although he saw limited minutes in 1995-96, he shared in the team's Korac Cup triumph. In his first spell at Efes, which lasted until 1998, he won 2 Turkish Basketball League titles, 3 Turkish Cups and 2 President's Cups. After playing for Türk Telekom in 1998-2000 he came back to Efes Pilsen in 2000-01, collected another Turkish Cup and moved to Fenerbahçe at the end of the season. Until 2006 he wore the yellow-and-navy shirt there, reaching the FIBA Europe Cup final four in 2004-05. He also played at several levels of the national team.

In the last part of his career he moved to Beşiktaş Cola Turka in 2006, TTNet Beykoz in 2007 and Erdemirspor in 2008; he agreed to join Olin Gençlik for 2010-11 and played for TED Ankara Kolejliler from 2012 to 2014 in the number 7 shirt before retiring; he weighed 99 kg. He went back to Efes as a coach in October 2016 and became head of the youth system in June 2017.