Şenol Fidan

Şenol Fidan — Biography

Şenol Fidan was a midfielder in the Beşiktaş side that won three league titles in a row in the early 1990s, and after retiring he worked for years as an assistant coach and head coach. He played for Beşiktaş until 1993, scoring 6 goals in 92 league games. He left Batman Petrolspor in January 2025.

He started out at Boluspor (1986-88). With Beşiktaş he won three Süper Lig titles (1990, 1991, 1992), two Turkish Cups (1989, 1990) and two Super Cups (1989, 1992). On October 15, 1989, he was in the starting eleven for the 10-0 win over Adana Demirspor, the widest margin ever seen in the professional leagues, and made two assists. He then moved to Gaziantepspor (1993-95) and on to Çanakkale Dardanelspor, with whom he won the First League in 1995-96. He spent half a season each at Eskişehirspor and Karşıyaka, then played for Pendikspor from 1998 until he retired in 2001.

He began coaching in 2002 at Beykoz. He worked at Malatyaspor, then took charge of Beykoz and Kahramanmaraşspor; he was part of the technical staff at Antalyaspor and served as Mehmet Özdilek's assistant at Gençlerbirliği, Çaykur Rizespor and Kayseri Erciyesspor. At Beşiktaş he was Abdullah Avcı's assistant and in January 2020 led the team on an interim basis in the match against Göztepe. He resigned from the last of his Tuzlaspor spells in December 2021, and left Batman Petrolspor, which he joined in July 2024, in January 2025.