Ilter Tashkin, also spelled as Taşkın İlter, (born on 5 July 1994 in

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) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for Turkish club

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. Born in Germany, he represents the Azerbaijan national team.

Career

After playing for various youth teams in his hometown of Berlin, Tashkin joined the U19 side of

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during the winter break of the 2012–13 season. For the 2013–14 season he was promoted to the club's reserve side in the

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. In 2015, he transferred to

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in the

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. In July 2016, Tashkin joined

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International career

Despite not having played a professional game in his career, Tashkin was called up to the Azerbaijani senior national team by

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in November 2013. There he made his full international debut on 19 November 2013 in a friendly against

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. After a break of eleven months, he was called up again in October 2014 for Azerbaijan's

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games against

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and

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