Serkan Şahin (born 15 February 1988) is a Turkish former

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who played mainly as a defender, but also as

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Career

Şahin began his children's football with local club FC Bubendorf, but soon moved to the youth department of

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, where he advanced successfully through the ranks. In summer 2005 he was in their U-18 team, but his coach

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told Şahin that there were too many players in the squad. FCB sent three players, under these were the coaches son Yannick, Şahin and Marc Troller, on loan to local amateur club

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, who at that time played in the 1. Liga, the third tier of Swiss football. After a successful season in Dornach, where the first named two soon advanced to becoming regular players, they returned to Basel's U-21 under coach

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and became regular playing time here as well. The coaching staff of the first team were watching Şahin's progress and he was called into Basel's first team during their 2008–09 season under head coach

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. After playing in ten test games Şahin played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the

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on 15 February 2009 as Basel played a goalless draw with Grasshopper Club. At the end of the 2008–09 Super League season Basel were third in the table, seven points behind new champions

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and one adrift of runners-up Young Boys. Şahin had four appearances. Basel joined the

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in the second qualifying round. Şahin scored his first goal for his team in the home game in the

, the first leg of this qualifier on 16 July 2009. His long distance left footed shot was the first goal of the match as Basel won 3–0 against Andoran club Santa Coloma. Basel advanced to the group stage, in which despite winning three of the six games the ended in third position and were eliminated. They finished four points behind group winners

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and one behind Fulham, against whom they lost 3–2 in the last game of the stage. Şahin had 5 appearances in 12 European games. At the end of the 2009–10 season he won the

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with his club. They won the

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Championship title with 3 points advantage over second placed Young Boys. In the Swiss Cup via

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and in the semi-final

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, Basel advanced to the final, and winning this 6–0 against Lausanne-Sport they won the competition. In the off-season Şahin received an offer from Turkey and he decided on a move. During his time with the first team Şahin played a total of 55 games for Basel scoring that one goal. 15 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, two in the Swiss Cup, five in the

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and 33 were friendly games. In June 2010, Şahin joined Turkish side Konyaspor. In January 2014 he moved to Fethiyespor, who played in the Turkish second division. In January 2015 he returned to Switzerland and somewhat later he joined

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, who at that time played in the Promotion League, the third tier of Swiss football. In the summer of 2019 Şahin retired from active football. Şahin played for Turkish U-21 team and wanted to play for Turkey at senior level.Serkan Şahin's National Career with Turkey
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Honours

Basel * Swiss Super League: 2010 * Swiss Cup: 2010

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20100626214335/http://www.medyaspor.com/haberler/transfer/haberler/15153 Konyaspor Serkan Şahin'i transfer etti.

Sources

* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage

External links

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Profile at Swiss Football League Website

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sahin, Serkan 1988 births Living people Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's B international footballers Turkey men's under-21 international footballers Swiss people of Turkish descent Swiss men's footballers Switzerland men's under-21 international footballers Süper Lig players FC Basel players BSC Old Boys players Swiss Super League players SC Dornach players TFF First League players Fethiyespor footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders People from Solothurn