Kemalettin Şentürk

Kemalettin Şentürk (born 9 February 1970) is a Turkish retired footballer who played mainly as a sweeper but also as a defensive midfielder, and a manager.

Kemalettin Şentürk
Personal information
Full name Kemalettin Şentürk
Date of birth (1970-02-09) 9 February 1970
Place of birth Artvin, Turkey
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Sweeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1991 Çaykur Rizespor 28 (0)
1991–1993 Gençlerbirliği 51 (8)
1993–2000 Fenerbahçe 157 (22)
1999 → Ankaragücü (loan) 14 (3)
2000–2001 Diyarbakırspor 25 (11)
2002 Antalyaspor 8 (0)
2003 Kahramanmaraşspor 5 (0)
2004 Osmaniyespor 8 (2)
2004 Kütahyaspor 9 (2)
2005 Mustafakemalpaşa Spor 13 (5)
2005 Kırıkkalespor
Total 318 (53)
National team
1993–1995 Turkey U21 13 (0)
1995–1996 Turkey 5 (1)
Teams managed
2010 Mersin Yurdu
2012 Kayseri Erciyesspor
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He spent most of his career at Fenerbahçe, amassing Süper Lig totals of 222 matches and 33 goals over nine seasons. In 2010, he started working as a manager.

Club career

Born in Artvin, Şentürk started his professional career with Çaykur Rizespor in the second division, signing for Gençlerbirliği S.K. in 1991. He transferred to Fenerbahçe S.K. after two seasons, following brilliant displays in the Süper Lig and with the Turkish under-21 national team.

Always an important first-team element, Şentürk contributed with 24 matches and three goals in the 1995–96 campaign as Fenerbahçe lifted the national championship, scoring in a 3–1 home win against runners-up Trabzonspor on 9 December 1995. After a bout of indiscipline he was loaned to MKE Ankaragücü in January 1999, being instrumental in helping them avoid relegation.

Leaving Fenerbahçe in June 2000, Şentürk joined Diyarbakırspor, then made a brief top flight return with Antalyaspor and retired for good in late 2005, after having played for modest clubs: Kahramanmaraşspor, Osmaniyespor, Kütahyaspor, Mustafakemalpaşa Spor and MKE Kırıkkalespor.

International career

Şentürk played five times for Turkey during slightly more than one year, making his debut on 30 August 1995 in a 2–1 friendly home win over Macedonia.

Honours

Fenerbahçe

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