Tuncay Şanlı

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Tuncay Şanlı

Full name	Tuncay Şanlı
Date of birth	16 January 1982
Place of birth	Istanbul, Turkey
Height	1.82m
Position	Forward, Left winger, Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	Fenerbahçe
Number	10
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2000–2002 2002–present	Sakaryaspor A.Ş. Fenerbahçe	66 (32) 118 (48)
National team**
2002–present	Turkey	36 (11)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 6, 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of October 8, 2006.

Tuncay Şanlı, born on January 16, 1982 in Istanbul, Turkey is a footballer playing for the Turkish Premier Super League club Fenerbahçe SK. Formerly, he used to play for Sakaryaspor. He is 1.82 meters tall and weighs 70 kilograms.

Before playing for Fenerbahçe SK, Tuncay was playing as a right wing forward. After his arrival to his current team, he began playing first as a central forward and then as a left winger. Contributing the attacks with great effort, Tuncay is an inspiration for the fans. Making long and fast runs from the left wing, he dribbles inside the goal area and creates scoring chances both for himself and his team mates.

In 2004, Şanlı became the first Turkish player ever to score a hat-trick in the UEFA Champions League, scoring all the goals in Fenerbahçe's 3-0 victory over the English Premier League side Manchester United.

He was cited as an upcoming football star by Arsenal coach Arsène Wenger after the France-Turkey Confederations Cup match.

Tuncay's latest hat trick came for the Turkey national football team in a controversial World Cup Qualifying play-off match against Switzerland, but a 4-2 result allowed the Swiss to advance on the away goal rule.

Tuncay currently plays with the number 10 jersey. In a recent press conference, he stated that although he is interested in playing in an European club, he wants to stay with Fenerbahçe until he is not wanted any more and he has got a contract with Fenerbahçe SK until May 30, 2007.

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Preceded by: inaugural	FIFA Confederations Cup Silver Shoe Award 2003	Succeeded by: current holder

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	Turkey squad - 2003 Confederations Cup Third Place
1 Reçber \| 2 Sonkaya \| 3 Korkmaz \| 4 Akyel \| 5 Özalan \| 6 Penbe \| 7 Balcı \| 8 Arslan \| 9 Şanlı \| 10 Baştürk \| 11 Nihat \| 12 Catkic \| 13 Yildirim \| 14 Barış \| 15 Üzülmez \| 16 Yilmaz \| 17 Servet Çetin \| 18 Kartal \| 19 Ateş \| 20 Şahin \| 21 Toraman \| 22 Karadeniz \| Coach: Güneş

Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü - Current Squad
1 Volkan \| 4 Appiah \| 5 Ümit \| 7 M.Yozgatli \| 9 Kežman \| 10 Tuncay \| 11 Tümer \| 15 Aurélio \| 16 Kerim \| 17 Can \| 19 Önder \| 20 Alex \| 21 Selçuk \| 22 Serdar \| 23 Semih \| 24 D. Barış \| 25 U.Boral \| 27 Kemal \| 29 Olcan \| 30 Serkan \| 34 Rüştü \| 35 Lugano \| 36 Edu \| 99 Deivid \| Manager Zico