Volkan Şen

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

Volkan Şen
Şen with Turkey in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-07-07) 7 July 1987
Place of birth Bursa, Turkey
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Adana Demirspor
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– 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)

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[lower-alpha 1] Other[lower-alpha 2] 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 2016New Antalya Stadium, Antalya, Turkey24 Kosovo2–02–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.11 June 2017Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër, Albania26 Kosovo1–04–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Bursaspor

Individual

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


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