Şenol Can ( bg, Шенол Джан; born 3 April 1983) is a Bulgarian-Turkish professional

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coach and a former player who played as a

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. He last managed

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club Kasımpaşa.

Playing career

Born in

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to a Turkish family, Can moved with his family at an early age in Bursa, Turkey. He started his football career in the local Bursa Merinosspor Academy, later moving to

Bursaspor Bursaspor Kulübü Derneği (), commonly known as Bursaspor, is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Bursa. Formed in 1963, the club colours are green and white, with home kits usually featuring both colours in a striped pattern. In th ...

, before returning to Burca Merinosspor to make his professional debut. He spend his career playing in the Turkish league, spending most time in

Antalyaspor Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Antalya. The club's colours are red and white. They play their home matches at the Antalya Stadium. In Turkey, the club won the First League twice in 1982 and 1 ...

and

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, before moving to

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Coaching career

Can retired from football in 2019, becoming assistant manager in

, the team he played last. In July 2020 he was promoted to manager of the team and secured his team first ever promote to

. He left the team on 15 March 2021 by mutual agreement. On 24 March 2021 he was announced as the new manager of Kasımpaşa, after

Fuat Çapa Fuat Çapa (born 15 August 1968) is a Turkish football manager. Career Çapa coached in Belgium before moving on to Turkey. His career in Belgium spanned four years as he held positions with K.V. Turnhout, K. Patro Maasmechelen, K. Beringen-Heu ...

release as manager.Şenol Can period in Kasımpaşa
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* * * 1983 births Living people People from Kardzhali Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgarian football managers Bulgarian expatriate football managers Turkish men's footballers Turkish football managers Bulgarian people of Turkish descent Antalyaspor footballers İnegölspor footballers Adana Demirspor footballers Gaziantepspor footballers Fatih Karagümrük S.K. footballers Süper Lig players TFF First League players TFF Second League players Men's association football defenders Fatih Karagümrük S.K. managers Bulgarian Turks in Turkey Süper Lig managers Kasımpaşa S.K. managers {{Turkey-footy-defender-stub