As a player, he played as a central defender and was a long time captain of Ankaragücü.

[1] Kutlu retired as a player in August 2007 after spending 28 consecutive years at the club, starting from the youth team.

He then began working as the club's sports director.

[2] Kutlu returned to Mersin IY on 6 January 2016 but was in the club lesser than 24 hours, before he left the job again.

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