Şenol Güneş

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Şenol Güneş

Güneş coaching Trabzonspor in 2011
Personal information
Full nameŞenol Güneş
Date of birth (1952-06-01) June 1, 1952
Place of birthTrabzon, Turkey
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Youth career
1967–1968Erdoğdu Gençlik
1968–1969Sebat Gençlik
1969–1970Trabzonspor
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1970–1972Sebat Gençlik57(0)
1972–1987Trabzonspor424(0)
Total481(0)
National team
1975–1987Turkey31(0)
Teams managed
1988–1989Trabzonspor
1989–1992Boluspor
1993–1997Trabzonspor
1997–1998Antalyaspor
1998Sakaryaspor
2000–2004Turkey
2004–2005Trabzonspor
2007–2009FC Seoul
2009–2013Trabzonspor
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 September 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).

Şenol Güneş (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈʃenoɫ ˈɟyneʃ], born 1 June 1952) is a Turkish football manager and former player. His biggest accomplishment to date is coaching the Turkey 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. 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 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. Three years later, Güneş moved back to Turkey, to his hometown Trabzon signed as Head Coach at Trabzonspor as replacement for Hugo Broos.

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

As Manager

Turkey

Trabzonspor

  • Turkish Super League:
    • Runners-up (4): 1994–95, 1995–96, 2004–2005, 2010-11
  • Turkish Cup:
    • Winner (2): 1994-95, 2009–2010
  • Turkish Super Cup:
    • Winners (2): 1995, 2010
  • Chancellor Cup:
    • Winners (2): 1993–94, 1995–96
    • Runners-up (1): 1992–93

FC Seoul

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

Achievements

Managerial statistics

Competitive games only - as of 22 May 2011
Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin %
Trabzonspor Turkey 1988 1989 31 16 6 9 51.61
Boluspor Turkey 1989 1992 81 26 27 28 32.10
Trabzonspor Turkey 1993 1997 84 41 22 21 48.81
Antalyaspor Turkey 1997 1998 34 10 11 13 29.41
Sakaryaspor Turkey 1998 1998 24 17 4 3 70.83
Turkey Turkey 2000 2004 50 23 13 14 46.00
Trabzonspor Turkey 2004 2005 29 19 4 6 65.52
FC Seoul South Korea 2007 2009 110 51 37 22 46.36
Trabzonspor Turkey 2009 2013 86 49 23 14 56.98
Total 515 237 146 132 46.02

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "individual records". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 29 November 2012. 
  2. ↑ "Spor". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2002-10-10. Retrieved 2011-10-29. 

External links

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