Career
Born in Uşak, Kurtar began playing football with Beşiktaş J.K. He played at Mersin Idman Yurdu, Bursaspor, Altay South.K. and Kocaelispor before retirement. On 5 March 2010 Diyarbakirspor hired the coach to replace Ziya Doğan until the end of the season.
On 3 January 2014, Kurtar was appoined manager of Ravan Baku in the Azerbaijan Premier League. As of 15 April 2014.