Kemalettin Şentürk (born 9 February 1970) is a Turkish retired

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played mainly as a sweeper but also as a

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, and a

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. He spent most of his career at Fenerbahçe, amassing

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

totals of 222 matches and 33 goals over nine seasons. In 2010, he started working as a manager.

Club career

Born in

Artvin Artvin ( Laz and ; hy, Արտուին, translit=Artuin) is a city in northeastern Turkey about inland from the Black Sea. It is located on a hill overlooking the Çoruh River near the Deriner Dam. It is a former bishopric and (vacant) Armeni ...

, Şentürk started his professional career with

Çaykur Rizespor Çaykur Rizespor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Rize. The club play in the TFF First League. The club was founded on May 19, 1953, with green-yellow as club colours, but later changed to blue-green. Since 1990, the team ...

in the

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, signing for Gençlerbirliği S.K. in 1991. He transferred to Fenerbahçe S.K. after two seasons, following brilliant displays in the

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 Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Trabzon. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, the men's football team has won seven Süper Lig championships. Trabzonspor also have a women's football team, ...

on 9 December 1995. After a bout of indiscipline he was loaned to

MKE Ankaragücü MKE Ankaragücü or fully Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi Ankaragücü (), is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Ankara. The football team wears a yellow and navy kit and plays its home matches at Eryaman Stadium following the closure of t ...

in January 1999, being instrumental in helping them avoid relegation. Leaving Fenerbahçe in June 2000, Şentürk joined

Diyarbakırspor Diyarbakırspor is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Diyarbakır. Formed in 1968, they are nicknamed ''Diyar'' ("land"). Their colours are red and green, and they play their home matches at Diyarbakır Stadium. Diyarb ...

, then made a brief top flight return with

Antalyaspor Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Antalya. The club's colours are red and white. They play their home matches at the Antalya Stadium. In Turkey, the club won the First League twice in 1982 and ...

and retired for good in late 2005, after having played for modest clubs:

Kahramanmaraşspor Kahramanmaraşspor is a Turkish professional football club based in Kahramanmaraş. League participations * Süper Lig: 1988–89 * TFF First League: 1984–88, 1989–93, 1994–96, 2013–14 * TFF Second League: 1993–94, 1996–2008, 2009� ...

, Osmaniyespor, Kütahyaspor, Mustafakemalpaşa Spor and

MKE Kırıkkalespor MKE Kırıkkalespor is a sports club located in Kırıkkale, Turkey. The football club plays in the Regional Amateur League. League participations * Turkish Super League: 1978–79 * TFF First League: 1974–78, 1979–88, 1999–01 * TFF Secon ...

International career

Şentürk played five times for

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

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

Honours

Fenerbahçe *

: 1995–96 *

TSYD Cup The TSYD Cup ( tr, Türk Spor Yazarları Derneği Kupası, Turkish Sports Writers Association Cup) was a friendly football competition in Turkey. The tournament started in 1963. It was played throughout six regions in Turkey: Adana, Ankara, Istanbu ...

: 1993–94, 1994–95 *

Atatürk Cup The Atatürk Cup was a football competition in Turkey. The first edition was played between the winners of the Prime Minister's Cup and the Presidential Cup in 1998 to memorialize the 60th anniversary of Atatürk's death. Fenerbahçe defeated Beş ...

: 1997–98 *

Chancellor Cup The Prime Minister's Cup ( tr, Başbakanlık Kupası) was a football competition organised by the Turkish Football Federation in Turkey. It began in 1944 and continued until 1950 as a unique kind of super cup competition between the winners of ...

: 1997–98 *

Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup ( Turkish: ''Türkiye Kupası'') is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupas� ...

: Runner-up 1995–96

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Senturk, Kemalettin 1970 births Living people People from Artvin Turkish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Süper Lig players TFF First League players Çaykur Rizespor footballers Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers MKE Ankaragücü footballers Diyarbakırspor footballers Antalyaspor footballers Kahramanmaraşspor footballers MKE Kırıkkalespor footballers Turkey men's under-21 international footballers Turkey men's international footballers Turkish football managers Kayseri Erciyesspor managers Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games medalists in football Competitors at the 1991 Mediterranean Games