Levent Şahin (born 20 September 1973) is a Turkish football manager and former player who is assistant manager of

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other de ...

Playing career

Levent was born in Edremit. He was an amateur footballer, playing for Yeni Yolspor and Şekerbank Ankara.

Managerial career

Levent began his managerial career as the assistant for Ankaragücü. He was the assistant coach for various teams in the lower divisions of Turkey, before gaining his first head coach experience at

Bugsaşspor Mamak Futbol Kulübü, formerly known as Başkent Akademi Futbol Kulübü and BAKspor, is a Turkish professional football club located in Mamak, Ankara. History The team was established as Egospor in the year 1984. The name was changed to Bug ...

in 2009 for the

TFF Second League TFF 2. Lig (Turkish Football Federation Second League), is the third level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in the 2001–02 season with the name of ''Turkish Second League Category B'' as a continuation of the then second lev ...

. He became the coach for various youth team for the

Turkish Football Federation The Turkish Football Federation (; TFF) is the governing body of association football in Turkey. It was formed on 23 April 1923, and joined FIFA the same year and UEFA in 1962. It organizes the Turkey national football team, the Süper Lig, Turk ...

in 2012, and then became an assistant coach for the senior

Turkey national football team The Turkey national football team ( tr, Türkiye Millî Futbol Takımı) represents Turkey in men's international Association football, football matches. The team is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation ( tr, Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu ...

in 2016. in January 2017, Levent became the head coach for

Adanaspor Adanaspor is a Turkish professional football club based in Adana, currently performing at the TFF First League. The club is founded in 1954 by the middle-class merchants and artisans in response to the alienation within city's then most popular c ...

in the

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

, simultaneously remaining assistant coach for the Turkey national team. He left this job on 9 April 2017. In December 2017, Levent became the assistant coach for

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Levent TFF Manager profileLeven Mackolik profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Şahin, Levent 1973 births Living people People from Edremit, Balıkesir Turkish men's footballers Turkish football managers Süper Lig managers Adanaspor managers Men's association football players not categorized by position Galatasaray S.K. (football) non-playing staff