The Shortlist: Semih Kılıçsoy
A talented forward, nicknamed 'the next Agüero', for your shortlists
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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.
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.
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Why’ve you picked Kılıçsoy? Who is he and why should people be excited?
