Tuncay Şanlı

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Personal information
Sanli Tuncay
Full name	Tuncay Şanlı
Date of birth	January 16, 1982 (age 25)
Place of birth	Istanbul, Turkey
Height	1.82m
Playing position	Forward, Left winger, Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	Fenerbahçe
Number	10
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000–2002 2002–present	Sakaryaspor A.Ş. Fenerbahçe	66 (32) 132 (53)
National team²
2002–present	Turkey	38 (12)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 6, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of February 8, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Tuncay Şanlı born on January 16, 1982 in Istanbul, Turkey is a footballer playing for the Turkish Premier Super League club Fenerbahçe SK. Formerly, he used to play for Sakaryaspor. He is 1.82 meters tall and weighs 70 kilograms.

Before playing for Fenerbahçe SK, Tuncay was playing as a right wing forward. After his arrival to his current team, he began playing first as a central forward and then as a left winger.

In 2004, Şanlı became the first Turkish player ever to score a hat-trick in the UEFA Champions League, scoring all the goals in Fenerbahçe's 3-0 victory over the English Premier League side Manchester United.[1]

He was cited as an upcoming football star by Arsenal coach Arsène Wenger after the France-Turkey Confederations Cup match.^{[citation needed]} In the same tournament, he won the Silver Ball and the Silver Shoe awards for being selected as the second best player of the tournament and being the second top-scorer respectively, with 3 goals and 1 assist.

Tuncay's latest hat trick came for the Turkey national football team in a World Cup Qualifying play-off match against Switzerland, but a 4-2 result allowed the Swiss to advance on the away goal rule. His contract runs until May 30, 2007.

Tuncay Sanli is tipped to leave Fenerbahce in the summer with his likeley destination to be Newcastle and join up with his Turkish teammate Emre, or to another team such as Inter Milan who also showed some interest in the Turkish player.

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Preceded by inaugural	FIFA Confederations Cup Silver Shoe Award 2003	Succeeded by Michael Ballack

Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü - Current Squad
1 Volkan \| 4 Appiah \| 5 Ümit \| 7 Mehmet \| 9 Kežman \| 10 Tuncay \| 11 Tümer \| 15 Aurélio \| 16 Kerim \| 17 Can \| 19 Önder \| 20 Alex \| 21 Selçuk \| 22 Serdar \| 23 Semih \| 24 Deniz \| 25 Uğur \| 27 Kemal \| 29 Olcan \| 30 Serkan \| 34 Rüştü \| 35 Lugano \| 36 Edu \| 46 Senyil \| 47 Umut \| 48 Osman \| 49 Alper \| 99 Deivid \| Manager Zico