Naci Şensoy

Naci Şensoy

Personal information
Date of birth	20 February 1958
Place of birth	Prizren, SFR Yugoslavia
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Pirin Blagoevgrad (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1988–1991	Manisaspor	50	(0)
1991–1992	Vanspor	31	(1)
1992–1993	Tarisspor	5	(0)
Teams managed
2000–2001	Istanbulspor (Assistant)
2001–2002	Alibeyköy SK
2002–2003	Turan Tovuz
2003–2004	Slavia Sofia (Assistant)
2004–2005	Turan Tovuz
2006–2007	Belasitsa Petrich
2007–2008	Pirin Blagoevgrad
2008–2009	Vihren Sandanski
2010–2011	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
2011	BSK Borča
2011–2012	Bylis Ballsh
2012	Turan IK
2012–2013	Bylis Ballsh
2013–2014	FK Kukesi
2014–2015	Gençlerbirliği (Assistant)
2015–	Pirin Blagoevgrad
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Naci Şensoy (Serbo-Croat: Haђи Шeнcoj, Nađi Šensoj; born 20 February 1958) is a football manager and former player. He is currently manager of Bulgarian side Pirin Blagoevgrad.

Playing career

Born in Prizren,^[1] Yugoslavia, he moved to Turkey where he began his footballing career, where he played for Manisaspor and Vanspor.^[2]

Coaching career

Following his playing career, he begin his coaching career in Turkey, becoming assistant manager in Istanbulspor. Afterwards, he managed a couple of lower league Turkish clubs, before taking Azerbaijani PFC Turan Tovuz. He managed a number of Bulgarian clubs, being Lokomotiv Plovdiv the last in the succession. On July 2, 2011, he took charge of Serbian SuperLiga club FK BSK Borča,^[3] however after only a month, he left even before the season had started.^[4] Şensoy took over as head coach of Pirin Blagoevgrad in October 2015, being credited with improving the fortunes for the team that was firmly rooted to the bottom of the A PFG standings at the time of his appointment.^[5]

Managerial statistics

As of 6 December 2015.

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	26 December 2009	30 June 2010	14	6	3	5	42.86	20	19	+1
Bylis Ballsh	1 September 2011	30 June 2012	26	9	8	9	34.62	40	37	+3
Turan IK	1 June 2012	22 November 2012	1	0	0	1	00.00	0	1	-1
Bylis Ballsh	22 November 2012	30 June 2013	15	5	3	7	33.33	20	20	+0
Kukësi	3 October 2013	10 February 2014	16	8	5	3	50.00	23	11	+12
Pirin Blagoevgrad	2 October 2015		9	3	4	2	33.33	10	4	+6
Career totals
			81	31	23	27	38.27	113	92	+21

References

1. Šensoj preuzeo BSK at Srpski Fudbal
2. "NACİ ŞENSOY". TFF. Retrieved 2009-12-24.
3. Šensoj preuzeo BSK at Srpski Fudbal
4. Turčin Šensoj napustio Borču at SMedia.rs
5. "Шенсой превърна "Пирин" в страшилището на "А" група (видео)" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2016.