Enver Cenk Şahin (born 22 September 1994) is a Turkish professional

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who plays as a

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for

Şanlıurfaspor Şanlıurfa S.K. is a Turkish sports club located in Şanlıurfa. The football team currently plays in the TFF Second League TFF 2. Lig (Turkish Football Federation Second League), is the third level in the Turkish football league system. It wa ...

Club career

Şahin started his youth career at

Zonguldak Kömürspor Zonguldak Kömürspor is a Turkish professional football club based in Zonguldak. The club is also known as Kara Elmas (Dark Diamond). History Previous names * Demir Madencilik Dilaverspor (1986–2011) * Zonguldak Kömürspor (2011–present) ...

, before joining

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in 2010. He made his debut as a substitute in a 4–2 victory against

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on 29 January 2012. On 26 July 2016, Şahin joined

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for one year with an option to sign permanently. In May 2017, the club announced they had exercised the option to sign him permanently with Şahin agreeing to a contract until 2021. The transfer fee paid to İstanbul Başakşehir was reported as €2 million. On 25 January 2019, he joined

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on loan until the end of the season.He was released by St Pauli in October 2019 after posting comments supporting Turkish soldiers in

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. After the release, he joined Turkish side

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on a free transfer until the end of the season. On 6 August 2020, Şahin joined rival

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, on a 3-year deal. On 17 February 2022, Şahin joined 1.Lig side

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. On 13 September 2023, Şahin joined 1.Lig club

International career

Şahin represented

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at the

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Career statistics

Controversy

In October 2019 Şahin stated open support for the Turkish operation in Northern Syria: "We stand on the side of our heroic military and the armies. Our prayers are with you!Wir sind an der Seite unseres heldenhaften Militärs und der Armeen. Unsere Gebete sind mit euch!<-->" This caused negative reactions among the fans of St. Pauli. Following the uproar, the club took the decision to release the player from the club even though his wages would be paid.https://www.fcstpauli.com/en/news/published/cenk-sahin-released-by-club/ CENK SAHIN RELEASED BY CLUB

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* * * * 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Zonguldak Turkish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Turkey men's youth international footballers Turkey men's under-21 international footballers Süper Lig players TFF First League players TFF Second League players 2. Bundesliga players İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. players FC St. Pauli players FC Ingolstadt 04 players Gaziantep F.K. footballers Bursaspor footballers Şanlıurfaspor footballers Turkish expatriate men's footballers Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany {{Turkey-footy-midfielder-stub