The Shortlist: Semih Kılıçsoy
A talented forward, nicknamed 'the next Agüero', for your shortlists.
This is The Shortlist — the quick, digestible way to get to know football’s hottest property, as told by the scouts who’ve watched them.
Bence Bocsák is a freelance journalist specialising in Hungarian football. He is a longtime SCOUTED contributor and his first book, Rise of the Underdogs: Football’s New World Order, is available now.
But before we kick off… this summer, we’re holding a subscription drive to keep SCOUTED alive and kicking. Please consider reading more below to support our independent football writing.
SCOUTED: Ben, the tournament has begun. I’m hyped, you’re hyped, everybody’s hyped.
You want to tip Semih Kılıçsoy as a star of future European Championships. As this is a written piece, first thing’s first: how do you pronounce his name?
BENCE BOCSAK: You know what, I don’t really know. ‘Semih’ is pronounced as you’d expect - ‘Kill-choy’ is potentially the surname. My name has a Turkish origin, and the ‘cs’ is pronounced ‘ch’, so I’d assume it’s the same.
Quick links: Semih Kılıçsoy
Transfermarkt
SofaScore
Good stuff, this is the insight people come to SCOUTED for.
Why’ve you picked Kılıçsoy? Who is he and why should people be excited?