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

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who played mainly as a

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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''), 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 ...

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 language, Laz and ; ; ) is a List of cities in Turkey, city in northeastern Turkey about inland from the Black Sea. It is the seat of Artvin Province and Artvin District.Çaykur Rizespor Çaykur Rizespor Kulübü is a Turkish professional Association football, football club based in Rize, a city on the eastern Black Sea region, Black Sea coast. The team competes in the Süper Lig, the top tier of Football in Turkey, Turkish footba ...

in the

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, signing for

Gençlerbirliği S.K. Gençlerbirliği Spor Kulübü (pronounced ), commonly known as Gençlerbirliği, is a Turkish sports club based in Ankara. Formed in 1923, Gençlerbirliği are nicknamed ''Ankara Rüzgârı'' (The Wind of Ankara) or simply ''Gençler'' (The Yo ...

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 professional sports club located in the city of Trabzon, located in Black Sea region, northeastern Turkey. Established in 1967 through the merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor is one of the most prominent A ...

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 professional 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 ...

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

Diyarbakırspor Diyarbakırspor is a Turkish football club located in the city of Diyarbakır. Formed in 1968, they are nicknamed ''Diyar'' ("Land"). Domestically, Diyarbakırspor have finished runners-up for the 1.Lig (Second Division) in 1976–77, and in ...

, then made a brief top flight return with

Antalyaspor Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional multi-sport club based in Antalya, southern Turkey. The club's colours are red and white. The association football, football side play their home matches at the Antalya Stadium. In Turkey, the cl ...

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

Kahramanmaraşspor Kahramanmaraşspor is a Turkish professional football club based in Kahramanmaraş. History Following the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake, the club withdrew from the 2022-23 TFF Third League. League participations * Süper Lig: 1988–89 * T ...

, 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 Sec ...

International career

Şentürk played five times for

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

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Honours

Fenerbahçe *

: 1995–96 *

TSYD Cup The TSYD Cup (, 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, Istanbul, İzmir, Konya, and Trabzon. The competi ...

: 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 Be� ...

: 1997–98 *

Chancellor Cup The Prime Minister's Cup () 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 the Turkish Football Champio ...

: 1997–98 *

Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup () 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 Kupası''. Now Ziraat Bankası is ...

: 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 1. Lig 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