Salih Altın (born 17 July 1987 in Mulheim an der Ruhr) is a German football player, who is currently playing for Duisburger FV 08.

Career

Altın played in youth for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, SG Wattenscheid 09 and

FC Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhi ...

. In 2006 he moved to the reserve team of Wuppertaler SV. After he had only played one game for Wuppertaler SV by December 2007, he was loaned to

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for six months. For the 2008/09 season he returned to Wuppertaler SV, where he made his first professional appearance on August 30 2008 when he came on as a substitute in a game against

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. After Wuppertaler SV didn't manage to stay in the

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in the 2009/10 season, Altın left the club. After the end of his contract in Wuppertaler, Altin was about to join

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club

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. However, after he had already started training in Turkey, the change finally burst and Altin became without a club. He kept himself fit with the association of contract footballers and the second team of Fortuna Düsseldorf. From January 2011, Altin played for

VfB Speldorf VfB Speldorf is a German association football club from the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia. History The association was formed on 19 January 1919 as the successor to pre-World War I side ''Sport-Club Preußen Speldorf'', ...

. In the summer 2012, Altin moved to

in the Regionalliga Nord. After half a year the contract was terminated because the club had filed for bankruptcy. In 2013 Altin played for FSV Duisburg until the end of 2016. On 1 July 2017, he joined SV Genc Osman Duisburg. On 4 May 2020 it was confirmed, that he would play for Duisburger FV 08 from the 2020/21 season.Altin und Uzun verlassen den SV Genc Osman Duisburg
waz.de, 4 May 2020

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External links

Salih Altın Interview
1987 births Living people German men's footballers German sportspeople of Turkish descent FC Schalke 04 players Men's association football defenders Wuppertaler SV players SG Wattenscheid 09 players Sportspeople from Mülheim Footballers from Düsseldorf (region) Rot-Weiß Oberhausen players VfB Lübeck players 3. Liga players Men's association football midfielders {{turkey-footy-midfielder-stub