Şenol Birol (25 November 1937 – 3 March 2022) was a Turkish

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 lea ...

who played as a forward, notably for

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 18 km2 and its population is 175,190 (2022). It is located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and ...

and Fenerbahçe.

Career

Born in

Rize Rize (; ; ; ka, რიზე}; ) is a coastal city in the eastern part of the Black Sea Region of Turkey. It is the seat of Rize Province and Rize District.Sarıyer S.K. Sarıyer Spor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club located in Sarıyer, Istanbul. The football team plays in the TFF 1. Lig, the second tier of Turkish football. Sarıyer won the Balkans Cup in 1991–92 Balkans Cup, 1991–92 season against Romania ...

and then transferred to

where he played four years between 1959 and 1963. Then he transferred to Fenerbahçe with his team mate Birol Pekel. He played with Fenerbahçe between 1963 and 1966. He also played with Karşıyaka S.K. (1966–67) and last he played with Beşiktaş in the 1967–68 season. Beşiktaş fans chanted Şenol-Birol Goal in his and Pekel's honour.

Personal life

Birol died on 3 March 2022, at the age of 86.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Birol goal.''

Honours

Beşiktaş *

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...

: 1959-60 Fenerbahçe *

: 1963-64, 1964-65

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Birol, Senol 1937 births 2022 deaths Footballers from Rize Turkish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Turkey men's international footballers Beşiktaş J.K. footballers Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers Karşıyaka S.K. footballers Çaykur Rizespor footballers Turkish football managers 20th-century Turkish sportsmen