Şenol Güneş, T.C., (, born 1 June 1952) is a Turkish

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and former

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. His most notable managerial achievements to date include coaching the Turkey national team to third place in the

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and winning two

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titles; both of them with

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, ...

. He is also noted for stints in his boyhood club

Trabzonspor Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Trabzon. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, the men's football team has won seven Süper Lig championships. Trabzonspor also have a women's football team, ...

, which plays their current games in a stadium named after him. His playing career there saw the club win all 6 of their Süper Lig titles.

Playing career

Güneş began his amateur career at Erdoğdu Gençlik as a goalkeeper. Shortly after he was recruited for the

development team, and began playing for the senior team soon after. He played for

for twelve years between 1975 and 1987. During this period he won six league championships. In the 1978–79 season he set the

clean sheet record by not conceding a single goal for 1,110 minutes. He was part of the "Trabzonpor Efsanesi" (literally "The Legend of Trabzonspor", a name given by the Turkish press) along with other local players such as

Turgay Semercioğlu Turgay Semercioğlu (born 25 February 1954) is a former Turkish footballer. He was a very successful player, playing for Trabzonspor and the Turkey national football team The Turkey national football team ( tr, Türkiye Millî Futbol Takımı) ...

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, and Ali Kemal Denizci. Güneş has 31 caps for the Turkish national team, being the captain in five games.

Managerial career

His managerial career started at

, where he was assistant manager before being promoted. He came close to winning

in the 1995–96 campaign after leading all season, but in the end his team came second. That year,

also played in the 1996–97 UEFA Cup where they were knocked out by

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. He left the club soon after, and worked at

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 ...

and

Sakaryaspor Sakaryaspor Kulübü Derneği is a Turkish professional football club, formed in 1965 after the merger of ''Adapazarı Gençlerbirliği'', ''Adapazarı İdman Yurdu'', ''Güneşspor'' and ''Ada Gençlik''. The club is better known as Sakaryaspor ...

. In 2000, he was hired to manage the

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. Turkey qualified for the

and finished third. Güneş won the

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Coach of the Year award for 2002. After the

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, he received many offers from Greece, Brazil, and Spain, but he wanted to stay with

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. After the national team failed to qualify for

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, Güneş was sacked as manager. He returned to

in January 2005, signing a three and a half year contract but left after finishing narrowly in second place. At this time there were rumours that Güneş would be taking a coaching job in

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or in the

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. On 8 December 2006,

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, one of the leading football clubs in the

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, announced their three-year contract with Güneş starting from 2007. Three years later, Güneş returned to his hometown as head coach of

for the fourth time, replacing

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. In the 2010-11 campaign he again led the entire season with Trabzonspor but finished second once again at the end of the season. Later it was revealed the

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was the main cause of this. After

, he signed with

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 ...

on a one-year contract. Bursaspor finished 6th place in 2014–15 Süper Lig and reached the

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final that year. On 11 June 2015, he signed with a 2+1 year contract with

. Güneş led

to their 14th title (and first since 2009) in 2016. For Güneş, it was his first title as manager. He led them to their 15th and second title in a row in 2017. On 28 February 2019, it was announced that Güneş would take the Turkey national team managerial post for a second time on a four-year deal, 15 years after his last stint, effective from 1 June 2019. He oversaw Turkey's 2–0 win over Albania in the opening UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers.

Personal life

Güneş was born in

Trabzon Trabzon (; Ancient Greek: Tραπεζοῦς (''Trapezous''), Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (''Trapezounta''); Georgian: ტრაპიზონი (''Trapizoni'')), historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the B ...

, Turkey, and graduated from Karadeniz Technical University. He taught at a middle school in Trabzon between 1978 and 1983. He and his wife Semra have two daughters.

Career statistics

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Player

:Sources: Trabzonspor *

(6): 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1983–84; runners-up: 1977–78, 1981–82, 1982–83 *

: 1976–77, 1977–78, 1983–84; runners-up: 1984–85 *

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(6): 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983; runners-up: 1981, 1984

Manager

Trabzonspor *

runners-up): 1994–95, 1995–96, 2004–05,

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: 1994–95, 2009–10 *

: 1995,

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Turkey *

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: third place:

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: third place:

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FC Seoul *

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runners-up:

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runners-up:

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Bursaspor *

runners-up: 2014–15 Beşiktaş *

: 2015–16, 2016–17 *

runners-up:

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Awards and achievements

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's third best national team coach of the world 2002 *2002 Turkish

State Medal of Distinguished Service State Medal of Distinguished Service ( tr, Devlet Üstün Hizmet Madalyası) is one of the three civil state decorations of Turkey. The medal was established on October 24, 1983 with the Law on Medals and Orders, Act No. 2933. It is rewarded to Tur ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gunes, Senol 1952 births Living people Sportspeople from Trabzon Turkish footballers Association football goalkeepers Akçaabat Sebatspor footballers Trabzonspor footballers Süper Lig players Turkey international footballers Turkish football managers Boluspor managers İstanbulspor managers Trabzonspor managers Antalyaspor managers Sakaryaspor managers Turkey national football team managers FC Seoul managers Bursaspor managers Beşiktaş J.K. managers Süper Lig managers K League 1 managers 2002 FIFA World Cup managers 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup managers UEFA Euro 2020 managers Turkish expatriate football managers Turkish expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate football managers in South Korea Recipients of the State Medal of Distinguished Service

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