Naci Şensoy ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Nađi Šensoj, Нађи Шенсој; born 20 February 1958) is a Kosovar-

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manager and former player.

Playing career

Born in

Prizren ) , settlement_type = Municipality and city , image_skyline = Prizren Collage.jpg , imagesize = 290px , image_caption = View of Prizren , image_alt = View of Prizren , image_flag ...

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

, he moved to Turkey where he began his footballing career, where he played for

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Coaching career

Following his playing career, he begin his coaching career in Turkey, becoming assistant manager in Istanbulspor. Afterwards, he managed a couple of lower league Turkish clubs, before taking Azerbaijani

PFC Turan Tovuz , nickname = ''Boz Qurd'' (Gray Wolf) , founded = as ''Spartak Tovuz'' , ground = Tovuz City Stadium, Tovuz, Azerbaijan , capacity = 6,800 , chrtitle = President , chairman = Nadir Nabiyev , manager = Aykhan Abbasov , league = Azerba ...

. He managed a number of Bulgarian clubs, being

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Локомотив Пловдив), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park ...

the last in the succession. On July 2, 2011, he took charge of

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n SuperLiga club FK BSK Borča, however after only a month, he left even before the season had started. Şensoy took over as head coach of

Pirin Blagoevgrad Futbolen klub Pirin ( bg, Футболен клуб „Пирин“), also known as Pirin Blagoevgrad is a Bulgarian football club based in Blagoevgrad, which currently competes in the First League, the top division of Bulgarian football. Th ...

in October 2015, being credited with improving the fortunes for the team that was firmly rooted to the bottom of the A PFG standings at the time of his appointment. Under Şensoy's management, Pirin managed to avoid relegation at the end of the season.

References

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