Şenol Güneş
Personal information
Full name	Şenol Güneş
Date of birth	June 1, 1952 (1952-06-01) (age 57)
Place of birth	Trabzon, Turkey
Playing position	Manager (former Goalkeeper)
Club information
Current club	Trabzonspor Manager
Youth career
	Erdoğdu Gençlik
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1972-1973 1973-1975 1975-1987	Erdoğdu Gençlik Akçaabat Sebatspor Trabzonspor	0 (0) 20 (0) 453 (0)
National team
1977-1986	Turkey	31 (0)
Teams managed
1987-1988 1988-1991 1991-1992 1992-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 2000-2004 2004-2005 2006-2009 2009-	Trabzonspor Boluspor İstanbulspor Trabzonspor Antalyaspor Sakaryaspor Turkey Trabzonspor FC Seoul Trabzonspor
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Şenol Güneş (born 1 June 1952 in Trabzon) is a former Turkish footballer, and now a manager.

[edit] Career

Güneş began his career at Erdoğdu Gençlik, playing as a goalkeeper. He later moved onto the Trabzonspor amateur team, and began playing for the senior team soon after. He played for Trabzonspor for twelve years, between 1975 and 1987. During this period, he won six league championships. He was part of the 'Trabzonpor Efsanesi' ('The Trabzonspor Legend') team along with players like Turgay Semercioğlu, Necmi Perekli, and Ali Kemal Denizci.

[edit] International career

Güneş played 31 caps for the Turkey national football team, acting as captain on five occasions.

[edit] Coaching career

His management career started at Trabzonspor, where he was firstly assistant manager before being promoted. He came close to winning the championship in 1996, after leading all season, but in the end his team came second. In the same year, Trabzonspor also played in the UEFA Cup where they were knocked out by Schalke 04. He left the club soon after, and worked at other clubs, including Antalyaspor. In 2000, he was hired to coach Turkish national football team. Turkey qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup and finished third. Güneş won the UEFA Coach of the Year award for 2002. After the World Cup he received many offers from Greece , Brazil and Spain but he wanted to stay with Turkey. After Turkey failed to qualify for Euro 2004, Güneş was sacked as manager. Güneş He returned to Trabzonspor in January 2005, signing a three and a half year contract but left shortly afterwards following poor results. At this time there were rumours that Güneş would be taking a coaching job in Iran or in the United Arab Emirates.

On 8 December 2006, FC Seoul, one of the leading football clubs in the K-League, announced their three-year contract with Güneş starting from 2007. Güneş turned back to Turkey and his hometown Trabzon to sign with Trabzonspor as Head Coach, he replaces Hugo Broos.^[1]

[edit] Personal life

Güneş is married and has two children.

[edit] Achievements

• Third place with the Turkey national football team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup
• UEFA coach of the year 2002
• IFFHS's 3rd best national team coach of the world 2002
• Voted best European coach at the 2002 FIFA World Cup [1]

[edit] Honours

[edit] As Player

[edit] Trabzonspor

• Turkish Super League:
  • Winners (6): 1975-76, 1976-77, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1983-84
  • Runners-up (3): 1977-78, 1981-82, 1982-83, 2003-04, 2004-05
  • Third (1): 1984-85

• Turkish Cup:
  • Winners (3): 1976-77, 1977-78, 1983-84
  • Runners-up (1): 1984-85

• Turkish Super Cup:
  • Winners (6): 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983
  • Runners-up (2): 1981, 1984

• Chancellor Cup:
  • Winners (3): 1975-76, 1977-78, 1984-85

[edit] As Manager

[edit] Turkey

• FIFA World Cup:
  • Third (1): 2002
• FIFA Confederations Cup:
  • Third (1): 2003

[edit] Trabzonspor

• Turkish Super League:
  • Runners-up (3): 1994-95, 1995-96, 2004-2005
• Chancellor Cup:
  • Winners (3): 1993-1994, 1995-1996
  • Ruuners-up (1): 1992-1993
• Turkish Super Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1992
  • Ruuners-up (1): 1995

[edit] FC Seoul

• K-League:
  • Runners-up (1): 2008
• K-League Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 2007

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• FIFA.com

Awards
Preceded by Gérard Houllier	UEFA Coach of the Year 2002	Succeeded by José Mourinho

v • d • e Turkey squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup Third Place 1 Rüştü • 2 Emre Aşık • 3 Bülent • 4 Fatih Akyel • 5 Alpay • 6 Arif • 7 Okan • 8 Tugay • 9 Hakan Şükür • 10 Yıldıray • 11 Hasan Şaş • 12 Ömer • 13 İzzet • 14 Tayfur • 15 Nihat • 16 Ümit Özat • 17 İlhan Mansız • 18 Ergün • 19 Abdullah • 20 Hakan Ünsal • 21 Emre • 22 Ümit Davala • 23 Zafer • Coach: Güneş

v • d • e Turkey squad – 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Third Place 1 Rüştü • 2 Fatih Sonkaya • 3 Bülent • 4 Fatih Akyel • 5 Alpay • 6 Ergün • 7 Serkan • 8 Volkan • 9 Tuncay • 10 Baştürk • 11 Nihat • 12 Ömer • 13 Ahmet • 14 Deniz • 15 İbrahim Üzülmez • 16 Okan • 17 Servet • 18 Hüseyin • 19 Necati • 20 Selçuk • 21 İbrahim Toraman • 22 Gökdeniz • 23 Murat • Coach: Güneş