Şenol Güneş

Şenol Güneş

Güneş coaching Trabzonspor in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	June 1, 1952
Place of birth	Trabzon, Turkey
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Beşiktaş (manager)
Youth career
1967–1968	Erdoğdu Gençlik
1968–1969	Sebat Gençlik
1969–1970	Trabzonspor
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1970–1972	Sebat Gençlik	57	(0)
1972–1987	Trabzonspor	424	(0)
Total		481	(0)
National team
1975–1987	Turkey	31	(0)
Teams managed
1988–1989	Trabzonspor
1989–1992	Boluspor
1992-1993	İstanbulspor
1993–1997	Trabzonspor
1997–1998	Antalyaspor
1998	Sakaryaspor
2000–2004	Turkey
2005	Trabzonspor
2007–2009	FC Seoul
2009–2013	Trabzonspor
2014–2015	Bursaspor
2015–	Beşiktaş
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2014. † Appearances (goals)

Şenol Güneş (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈʃenoɫ ˈɟyneʃ], born 1 June 1952) is a Turkish football manager, former player and the current manager of Beşiktaş J.K. His biggest accomplishment to date is coaching the Turkish team that won the third place in the 2002 World Cup.

Career

Güneş began his amateur career at Erdoğdu Gençlik as a goalkeeper. Shortly after he was recruited for the Trabzonspor development team, he 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. In the 1978–79 season he set the Süper Lig clean sheet record by not conceding a single goal for 1,110 minutes.^[1] 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, Necmi Perekli, and Ali Kemal Denizci. Güneş has 31 caps for the Turkey national football team, five of which as the captain.

Coaching career

His managerial career started at Trabzonspor, where he was the 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 the 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.

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.^[2]

Three years later, Güneş moved back to Turkey, to his hometown Trabzon and returned as head coach of Trabzonspor for the third time, replacing Hugo Broos. After Trabzonspor, he signed with Bursaspor in an one-year contract. Bursaspor finished 6th place in 2014–15 Süper Lig and played final Turkish Cup with him. On 11 June 2015, he signed with Beşiktaş J.K. in a 2+1 year contract.

Honours and Achievements

As player

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
• 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

As manager

Trabzonspor

• Turkish Super League:
  • Runners-up (4): 1994–95, 1995–96, 2004–05, 2010–11
• Turkish Cup:
  • Winner (2): 1994–95, 2009–10
• Turkish Super Cup:
  • Winners (2): 1995, 2010
• Chancellor Cup:
  • Winners (2): 1993–94, 1995–96
  • Runners-up (1): 1992–93

Turkey

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

FC Seoul

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

Bursaspor

• Turkish Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 2014-15

Achievements

• UEFA Team of the Year (1): 2002
• IFFHS's 3rd best national team coach of the world 2002

Awards

• 2002 Turkish State Medal of Distinguished Service^[3]

Managerial statistics

As of 30 April 2016

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Trabzonspor		1988	1989	36	19	6	11	52.78
Boluspor		1989	1992	85	27	28	30	31.76
Trabzonspor		1993	1997	148	98	25	25	66.22
Antalyaspor		1997	1998	37	11	11	15	29.73
Sakaryaspor		1998	1998	13	5	3	5	38.46
Turkey		2000	2004	50	23	13	14	46.00
Trabzonspor		2004	2005	31	21	4	6	67.74
FC Seoul		2007	2009	91	41	32	18	45.05
Trabzonspor		2009	2013	149	72	43	34	48.32
Bursaspor		2014	2015	49	23	14	12	46.94
Beşiktaş		2015	Present	46	31	8	7	67.39
Total				730	368	187	175	50.41

References

1. "Zoff v Buffon: who is Italy's all-time No1?". UEFA. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
2. "터키 출신 세계적 명장 귀네슈 감독 영입" (in Korean). FC Seoul.com. 8 December 2006.
3. "Spor". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2002-10-10. Retrieved 2011-10-29.

External links

• Şenol Güneş – FIFA competition record