Koray Şanlı is a Turkish

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 footballer

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

. He currently is a part of Beşiktaş

Besiktas J.K.

Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü , or simply Beşiktaş , is a Turkish sports club. The club's football team is one of the major teams in Turkey. The professional sports club, founded in 1903, is based in the Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey...

 squad. His role on the field is Defender

Defender (football)

Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

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He was transferred by Beşiktaş when he was 15 years-old as an amateur player in 2005. Şanlı both plays for first team and youth squad for Beşiktaş. Koray

Koray

Koray is a common Turkish given name. It is composed of "Kor" and "Ay". In Turkish "Kor" means "Ember" and "Ay" means "Moon". Thus, "Koray" means "a moon in the colour of ember".- Given name :* Koray Arslan, Turkish footballer...

 generally plays in "Paf Ligi" (second team league) and he also was selected by coach Ertuğrul Sağlam

Ertugrul Saglam

Ertuğrul Sağlam is a Turkish football coach and former player. He is currently the coach of Süper Lig club Bursaspor. He was recently voted one of the top 20 most promising coaches by respected football magazine Champions....

 to play in Turkish League for two times in November 2007.

External links

• Koray Şanlı Profile on TFF