Naci Şensoy


Naci Şensoy is a Kosovar-Turkish football manager and former player.

Playing career

Born in Prizren, Yugoslavia, he moved to Turkey where he began his footballing career, where he played for Manisaspor and Vanspor.

Coaching career

Following his playing career, he begin his coaching career in Turkey, becoming assistant manager in Istanbulspor. Afterwards, he managed a couple of lower league Turkish clubs, before taking Azerbaijani PFC Turan Tovuz. He managed a number of Bulgarian clubs, being Lokomotiv Plovdiv the last in the succession. On July 2, 2011, he took charge of Serbian SuperLiga club FK BSK Borča, however after only a month, he left even before the season had started. Şensoy took over as head coach of Pirin Blagoevgrad in October 2015, being credited with improving the fortunes for the team that was firmly rooted to the bottom of the A PFG standings at the time of his appointment. Under Şensoy's management, Pirin managed to avoid relegation at the end of the season.