Şenol Can (; 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 TFF 1. Lig club

Fatih Karagümrük Fatih () is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 15 km2, and its population is 368,227 (2022). It is home to almost all of the provincial authorities (including the mayor's office, police headquarters, metro ...

Playing career

Born in

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

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 Turkey, Turkish professional sports club based in the city of Bursa. Founded in 1963, the club is best known for its football team, which has a rich history in Football in Turkey, Turk ...

, 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 multi-sport club based in Antalya, southern Turkey. The club's colours are red and white. The association football, football side play their home matches at the Antalya Stadium. In Turkey, the cl ...

and

Gaziantepspor Gaziantepspor was a Turkish football club located in the city of Gaziantep. Formed in 1969 and dissolved in 2020, Gaziantepspor were nicknamed the ''Şahinler'' (The Falcons). The club colours were black and red, and they played their home matc ...

, before moving to

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

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. 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 release as manager.Şenol Can period in Kasımpaşa
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* * * 1983 births Living people People from Kardzhali Sportspeople from Kardzhali Province 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 1. Lig 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 21st-century Turkish sportsmen 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Turkey-footy-defender-stub