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Erhan Albayrak (born 5 April 1977) is a Turkish footballer who currently is the manager of Rot Weiss Ahlen.
Career
Grown up in the Hamburg quarter of Fischbek he played for the local club FC Süderelbe until he was 13 years old. Subsequently, he ran through the youth teams of Hamburger SV and Werder Bremen. His first appearance in the Bundesliga he also made for Werder in a 1-1 draw against Fortuna Düsseldorf on 11 August 1995, when he was just 18 years old.
Albayrak also played for Ankaragücü, Çaykur Rizespor, Fenerbahçe, Gaziantepspor, Kocaelispor, Ankaraspor in Turkey and Arminia Bielefeld in Germany. He has played as midfielder for Konyaspor in the Turkcell Super League. In December 2009, after seven years spent in Turkey, he returned to his native Germany and signed for KFC Uerdingen. He later played for FC Sylt.
Along with Ronny Kockel he was the manager of KFC Uerdingen 05 at the end of the season 2011–12. In March 2014 he became the manager of the club once again. After just few weeks in the job he was sacked on 14 April 2014.