Volkan Şen

Volkan Şen

Şen with Turkey in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	(1987-07-07) 7 July 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Bursa, Turkey
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
2000–2002	Bursa Merinosspor
2002–2004	TSE Arabayatağıspor
2004–2005	Bursaspor
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2011	Bursaspor	102	(11)
2005–2007	→ Bursa Merinosspor (loan)	16	(2)
2011–2014	Trabzonspor	43	(6)
2014–2015	Bursaspor	43	(12)
2015–2017	Fenerbahçe	51	(5)
2017–2018	Trabzonspor	3	(0)
2018–2019	Konyaspor	10	(1)
2019–2023	Adana Demirspor	44	(10)
2022	→ Tuzlaspor (loan)	0	(0)
International career^‡
2007–2008	Turkey U21	4	(0)
2010–2017	Turkey	26	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:38, 26 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:38, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

Volkan Şen (born 7 July 1987) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a winger. He is mostly known for his long shots, his dribbling and speed.

Club career

He was born in Bursa and started playing football in Bursa Merinosspor between 2000–02. He started his professional career at Bursaspor in 2005 as an 18-year-old and loaned again to Bursa Merinosspor between 2005–07. In his first season, he made his mark in league (scored 3 goals in 25 matches) and cup competitions (played 4 matches).

In August 2011, Volkan signed for Trabzonspor on a 4-year contract. But in August 2013, Volkan was brought to tears from insults emanating from Trabzonspor supporters and eventually abandoned the pitch. The fans were insulting his recently deceased mother.^[1]

In 2014, he returned to Bursaspor,^[2] and in 2015 he signed for Fenerbahçe. On 25 May 2016, he was suspended five months from UEFA competitions after pushing referee Ivan Bebek following an incident where he sent off in a UEFA Europa League round of 16 game against Braga on 17 March 2016.^[3]

Ahead of the 2017–18 season, the contract between Şen and Fenerbahçe was terminated.^[4] Towards the end of the 2017 summer transfer period, he was signed by his former club Trabzonspor.^[1] After only half a season, Şen left Trabzon and moved to Konyaspor.^[5]

After Şen had been a free agent for the 2018–19 season, he signed a two-year contract with TFF First League club Adana Demirspor in the summer of 2019.^[6] It was reported that he left the club in June 2021.^[7] According to the Turkish Football Federation, his contract with Adana Demirspor has been extended to 2023 on 1 June 2021 and was not terminated.^[8] Despite that, the club did not register him for their league roster for the 2021–22 or 2022–23 season. A loan to Tuzlaspor was arranged in February 2022 and then terminated in late March without Şen making any appearances for Tuzlaspor.^[8]

International career

He made his debut for Turkey at the age of 22, starting in a 2–0 friendly win against Honduras on 3 March 2010.^[9] He is part of the Turkey national team for Euro 2016.^[10] On 11 November 2016, Şen scored his first goal ever for Turkey in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Kosovo. Turkey won 2–0.^[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 September 2023^[12]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Europe[a]		Other[b]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bursaspor	2007–08	Süper Lig	25	1	4	1	0	0	—		29	2
	2008–09	Süper Lig	23	1	6	0	0	0	—		29	1
	2009–10	Süper Lig	27	7	5	0	0	0	—		32	7
	2010–11	Süper Lig	27	2	2	0	5	0	1	0	35	2
	2011–12	Süper Lig	0	0	0	0	3	0	—		3	0
	Total		102	11	17	0	8	0	1	0	128	12
Trabzonspor	2011–12	Süper Lig	25	3	1	0	0	0	—		26	3
	2012–13	Süper Lig	15	3	4	1	2	0	—		21	4
	2013–14	Süper Lig	3	0	0	0	5	0	—		8	0
	Total		43	6	5	1	7	0	0	0	55	7
Bursaspor	2013–14	Süper Lig	13	0	3	1	0	0	—		16	1
	2014–15	Süper Lig	30	12	9	5	2	0	—		41	17
	Total		43	12	12	6	2	0	0	0	57	18
Fenerbahçe	2015–16	Süper Lig	25	5	8	2	10	0	—		43	7
	2016–17	Süper Lig	26	0	2	1	5	0	—		33	1
	Total		51	5	10	3	15	0	0	0	76	8
Trabzonspor	2017–18	Süper Lig	3	0	1	2	0	0	—		4	2
Konyaspor	2018–19	Süper Lig	10	1	0	0	0	0	—		10	1
Adana Demirspor	2019–20	TFF First League	30	9	0	0	—		—		30	9
	2020–21	TFF First League	14	1	1	0	—		—		15	1
	Total		44	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	45	10
Career total			296	45	48	13	32	0	1	0	377	58

1. Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
2. Appearances in Turkish Super Cup

International

Turkey
Year	Apps	Goals
2010	2	0
2014	2	0
2015	8	0
2016	6	1
2017	2	1
Total	20	2

International goals

As of 18 June 2017. Turkey score listed first, score column indicates score after each Şen goal.

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	11 November 2016	New Antalya Stadium, Antalya, Turkey	24	Kosovo	2–0	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	11 June 2017	Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër, Albania	26	Kosovo	1–0	4–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Bursaspor

• Süper Lig: 2009–10

References

1. "Volkan Şen ağlayarak gitmişti, omuzlarda döndü". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 9 September 2017.
2. "Volkan Şen resmen Bursaspor'da!". Bursada Bugün (in Turkish). 20 January 2014.
3. "UEFA bans Fenerbahce player for pushing referee". USA TODAY. 25 May 2016.
4. "Fenerbahçe ile Volkan Şen'in yolları ayrıldı". NTVSpor.net (in Turkish). 7 July 2017.
5. "Volkan Şen 1. Lig'e düştü". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 11 August 2018.
6. "Volkan Şen resmen Adana Demirspor'da". Sabah (in Turkish). 1 August 2019.
7. "Volkan Şenden Adana Demirspora veda!". Fanatik (in Turkish). 21 June 2021.
8. Volkan Şen at the Turkish Football Federation
9. "Türkiye 2–0 Honduras". tff.org. 3 March 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
10. "UEFA EURO 2016". UEFA. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
11. "Turkey 2–0 Kosovo". BBC Sports. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
12. Volkan Şen at Soccerway

External links

• Volkan Şen – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Volkan Şen at Soccerway