Sedat Ağçay

Sedat Ağçay — Biography

Sedat Ağçay is a football man who played for years as a defensive midfielder and then moved into coaching. His playing career ran from Zeytinburnuspor to Yeni Malatyaspor; as a coach he managed MKE Ankaragücü in the Süper Lig and Pendikspor and Ankara Keçiörengücü in the First League.

He started in the Zeytinburnuspor youth system and, after two seasons in the first team, moved to Gençlerbirliği. When he found no playing time there he was loaned for a season each to Hacettepe and Yozgatspor, and then played for Elazığspor, Gaziantepspor and Konyaspor. He joined Antalyaspor in 2008 and stayed four seasons, playing 29, 30 and 29 matches in the first three years and scoring his first goal for the club in 2010-11. In 2012-13 he played 27 league matches for Adanaspor and made three assists, and in 2013-14 he left Şanlıurfaspor and moved mid-season to İstanbul Başakşehir under Cihat Arslan. In the second half of 2015-16 he joined Yeni Malatyaspor and soon became the team captain.

After leaving the pitch he turned to coaching. Following Ömer Erdoğan's resignation he took charge of MKE Ankaragücü on February 20, 2023, and Tolunay Kafkas replaced him on March 23, 2023. On October 19, 2024, he became head coach of Pendikspor; the parting came on March 3, 2025. He also worked at Ankara Keçiörengücü, where the club decided to continue with him in May 2025 and parted ways in October 2025.