Semih Şentürk

Semih Şentürk
	Şentürk in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Semih Şentürk
Date of birth	29 April 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	İzmir, Turkey
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Fenerbahçe (U19 manager)
Youth career
1993–1999	Özçamdibispor
1999–2002	Fenerbahçe A2
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2002	Fenerbahçe A2
2001–2013	Fenerbahçe
2001–2002	→ İzmirspor (loan)
2014	Antalyaspor
2014–2016	İstanbul Başakşehir
2016–2018	Eskişehirspor
Total
International career
2003–2005	Turkey U21
2007–2011	Turkey
Managerial career
2020–	Fenerbahçe (youth coach)
Medal record
Representing Turkey
Men's football
UEFA European Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2018

Semih Şentürk (born 29 April 1983) is a Turkish former international

striker

.

He has spent most of his club career at

2007–08 season

with 17 goals.

Club career

Şentürk started his career at Özçamdibispor, a local club in

Tuncay.^{[citation needed]} His four goals against MTK Budapest on 6 August 2008 meant that Semih became only the second Turkish player after Fethi Heper to score four goals in a single European match.^{[citation needed]} In 2008, he signed his first extension contract keeping him at the club until May 2010.^{[citation needed]} In 2011, he signed another contract extension which will keep him at the club until 2014.^{[citation needed}

]

On 19 June 2013 Şentürk left Fenerbahçe. On 26 January 2014, Semih scored his first goal for his new team Antalyaspor. Later on, he played for İstanbul Başakşehir and Eskişehirspor.

International career

Şentürk was included to Turkey by Fatih Terim. On 11 June he came on as a substitute in the 46th minute and in the 57th minute of the second Group A encounter against Switzerland and scored the equalizer with a powerful header outjumping Swiss defence and beating the goalkeeper, even though he got a hand on it.^{[citation needed]} In the quarter-finals match versus Croatia, Şentürk scored a last-second equalizer, leading team to beat Croatia through the penalty shootouts.

In Euro 2008 semi-final against Germany turned out to have a thriller ending in which Şentürk played a key role. In the 86th minute, just 7 minutes after Miroslav Klose's goal, Şentürk took a low cross provided by teammate Sabri Sarıoğlu and steered in the crucial equalizer. However, his side went on to be defeated as Germany's winger-back Philipp Lahm managed to score a decisive goal in the 90th minute, which knocked out Turkey eventually. Upon the end of the competition, Şentürk received many plaudits for his last minute heroics, with the press labeling him as the super-sub of the tournament.^[2]

Coaching career

In November 2020

Fenerbahçe confirmed the return of Şentürk, who returned to the club as a academy coach.^[3] In July 2023, after several different positions in the club's academy, Şentürk was promoted to head coach of the club's U-19 team.^[4]

Career statistics

Player

Source:[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup^{[nb 1]}		Europe^{[nb 2]}		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Fenerbahçe	2002–03	Süper Lig	13	3	1	0	—		14	3
	2003–04		13	1	1	1	—		14	2
	2004–05		3	0	1	0	—		4	0
	2005–06		22	9	5	4	1	0	28	13
	2006–07		18	1	7	7	7	2	32	10
	2007–08		27	17	3	0	8	2	38	19
	2008–09		24	7	5	1	6	6	35	14
	2009–10		21	6	2	1	6	0	29	7
	2010–11		25	10	4	4	2	0	31	14
	2011–12		22	1	3	2	—		25	3
	2012–13		17	1	8	3	2	0	27	4
	2013–14		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			205	56	40	23	32	9	277	89
Antalyaspor	2013–14	Süper Lig	13	3	5	2	—		18	5
Total			13	3	5	2	—		18	5
İstanbul Başakşehir	2014–15	Süper Lig	23	11	1	0	—		24	11
İstanbul Başakşehir	2015–16	Süper Lig	7	0	9	6	—		16	6
Total			30	11	10	6	—		40	17
Career total			248	70	55	31	32	9	335	111