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Place of Birth: Adapazarı, Turkey
About Tuncay Şanlı
- Tuncay Sanli (Turkish pronunciation: [tun'd?aj '?an??]; born 16 January 1982), known as Tuncay, is a Turkish former footballer. He naturally played as a striker, but was also positioned as an attacking midfielder and on either wing.
- He was in the Turkey team that finished in third place in both the 2003 Confederations Cup and the 2008 European Championships.
- With 22 international goals in 80 caps, he is Turkey's second-highest scorer of all time, and eighth-most capped player. Tuncay began his career with his local club, Sakaryaspor before joining one of the largest clubs in Turkey, Fenerbahçe in 2002.
- He became a popular player at the Sükrü Saracoglu Stadium and he made international headlines after he scored a hat-trick against Manchester United in the UEFA Champions League in December 2004.
- After winning three Süper Lig titles with Fenerbahçe he left for English club Middlesbrough on a free transfer. Tuncay spent two seasons with Middlesbrough and won the player of the year award in 2009, but he was unable to help them avoid relegation.
- Following their relegation Tuncay joined Stoke City in August 2009 for a fee of £5 million.
- He was unable to earn a regular place under manager Tony Pulis and joined German side VfL Wolfsburg in January 2010.
- He failed to settle in Germany and returned to England in 2011–12 with Bolton Wanderers.
- Tuncay then went on to play for Bursaspor and Qatar side Umm Salal.
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