Şenol Can

Şenol Can — Biography

Şenol Can was born on 3 April 1983 in Kardzhali, Bulgaria, to a Turkish family; the family moved to Bursa, Turkey while he was still a child. A former left-back, he is also a football coach.

Can began playing football at the Bursa Merinosspor academy before moving to Bursaspor's academy and signing a professional contract in 2002. With little first-team opportunity there, he was loaned back to Merinosspor briefly for playing time. He then moved to İnegölspor, where he became a regular over two seasons and drew interest from Süper Lig clubs. In 2006-07 he joined Antalyaspor, where he spent four seasons; the club was relegated in one of those seasons but won promotion back to the Süper Lig the next year. He went on to play for Gaziantepspor and Adana Demirspor, finishing his playing career at Fatih Karagümrük.

After retiring at Karagümrük, Can joined its coaching staff; once Ömer Erdoğan left, he took over as manager and led the club to its first-ever Süper Lig promotion, staying on for another season before leaving on 15 March 2021. He was named Kasımpaşa manager on 24 March 2021 and left by mutual agreement on 15 August 2021. He returned for a second spell at Kasımpaşa on 17 August 2022 but departed again in November 2022. In June 2024 he took charge of Fatih Karagümrük once more, remaining until November 2024. In July 2025 he was appointed head coach of TFF 1. Lig club Sarıyer.