Ufuk Sarıca

Ufuk Sarıca

Sarıca as head coach of Anadolu Efes in 2012
Beşiktaş
Position	Head coach
Personal information
Born	(1972-06-13) June 13, 1972 (age 44) İstanbul, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Listed height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Career information
Playing career	1992–2004
Coaching career	2006–present
Career history
As player:
1992–1999	Efes Pilsen
1999–2001	Ülkerspor
2001	Bnei HaSharon
2001–2002	Pınar Karşıyaka
2002–2003	Darüşşafaka
2003–2004	Beşiktaş
As coach:
2006–2007	Beşiktaş (assistant)
2007	Beşiktaş
2007–2008	Beşiktaş (assistant)
2008–2011	Anadolu Efes (assistant)
2011–2012	Anadolu Efes
2012–2016	Pınar Karşıyaka
2014–2017	Turkey (assistant)
2016–present	Beşiktaş
2017–present	Turkey

Ufuk Sarıca (born June 13, 1972) is a Turkish former professional basketball player, current head coach of Beşiktaş and Turkish national team.

Sarıca began his career at the age of 16 at Efes Pilsen's Youth Team, and played for Efes for 16 consecutive seasons. During his time at Efes, he won the Korać Cup in 1996, beating Italian side Olimpia Milano at the two-legged final. While with Efes Pilsen he reached the European Cup final as well as playing in the Euroleague Quarter-finals 4 times (3 of these quarterfinals were consecutive between 1997 and 1999). He was part of the strong Efes roster along with Hidayet Türkoğlu, Ömer Onan, and Hüseyin Beşok. He left the team in the summer of 1999 after important members of the legendary Efes Team of 1996, Tamer Oyguç, Murat Evliyaoğlu, and Volkan Aydın, were let go from the club.

He joined Ülkerspor where he won the Turkish League title during the 2000-2001 season. As Harun Erdenay became more influential in the forward position his playing time was limited and as such he moved to Israeli side Bnei HaSharon. This was followed by a short spell at Montepaschi Siena.

After Siena, Sarica returned to Turkey and played at Pınar Karşıyaka, Darüşşafaka, and Beşiktaş Cola Turka, each for a single season, after which he retired.