Engin Yanova

Engin Yanova (born 6 April 1977) is a Turkish/German football coach who is an assistant coach at Premier League club Newcastle United.

He previously worked in youth and senior football in Berlin before spending eight years with the Bavarian Football Association (BFV), where he became head coach in 2020. He has also served on the coaching staffs of several German youth national teams.

Playing career

Yanova played youth football in Berlin, including spells with Hertha Zehlendorf and Tennis Borussia Berlin. He later played as a forward for SG Bornim during the 1997–98 season and SC Charlottenburg in 1998–99. He also represented the Berlin regional selection on 40 occasions.

Coaching career

Early career and Union Berlin

After beginning his coaching career in Berlin youth football with Lichterfelder FC , Yanova joined Union Berlin and coached Union's U19 side in the A-Junioren Bundesliga, before taking charge of Union Berlin II in 2011.

Berliner AK

In 2013, Yanova became head coach of Berliner AK 07.

Yanova completed the German Football Association's football coaching qualification in 2015, graduating with a final grade of 1.3.

In 2019, Yanova coached the BFV representative team that represented Germany at the UEFA Regions' Cup. The team defeated France, drew with Slovakia and beat Turkey in the group stage to reach the final, becoming the first German representative to do so. They finished as runners-up after losing 3–2 to the Lower Silesia region of Poland in the final.

On 1 January 2020, Yanova became the BFV's head coach. In addition to overseeing representative teams, he was given responsibility for the further development of the association's coaching education programmes and worked on the BFV's sporting development strategy.

Yanova continued to combine his BFV responsibilities with work for the German youth national teams. His assignments included assistant coaching roles with the under-18, under-19 and under-20 teams.

As part of Jaissle's coaching staff, Yanova helped Al-Ahli win the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite, with the club defeating Kawasaki Frontale 2–0 in the final. Al-Ahli retained the title the following season, winning the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite.

Newcastle United

In August 2026, Yanova followed Jaissle to Premier League club Newcastle United, joining his coaching staff as an assistant coach. He moved to England alongside several members of Jaissle's former Al-Ahli staff, including Alexander Hauser, Florens Koch and goalkeeping coach Alexander Bade.

Honours

Coach

Bavarian Football Association UEFA Regions' Cup runner-up: 2019 UEFA Regions' Cup third place: 2023

Al-Ahli AFC Champions League Elite: 2024–25, 2025–26