Volkan Şen

Volkan Şen — Biography

Volkan Şen was born on 7 July 1987 in the Arabayatağı neighbourhood of Bursa's Yıldırım district. He started out at the local club Arabayatağıspor before moving into Bursaspor's academy and being promoted to the first team in the 2007-08 season. Known for his long-range shots, dribbling and pace, the right winger played in Bursaspor's Süper Lig-winning 2009-10 campaign.

In August 2011 he was released from the squad alongside two teammates on coach Ertuğrul Sağlam's orders following elimination by Anderlecht, and soon after transferred to Trabzonspor for a fee of €3.6 million, reaching a Turkish Cup final with the club. After leaving the pitch in tears in August 2013 following a match against Çaykur Rizespor in which a fan insulted his mother, he was dropped from the squad and returned to Bursaspor, where he had won the title, in January 2014.

He joined Fenerbahçe in August 2015, returned to Trabzonspor in September 2017, moved to Konyaspor in 2018, and later also played for Adana Demirspor. Şen won thirty caps for the Turkey national team and played at Euro 2016, and in 2016 he was named to the team of the year and won the assist of the year award.