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 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen is a German association football club in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed as ''Oberhausener SV'' in December 1904 out of the merger of ''Emschertaler SV'' (1902) and the football enthusiasts of ''Oberh ...

SG Wattenscheid 09 SG Wattenscheid 09 is a Football in Germany, German association football club located in Wattenscheid, Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club claimed an official founding date of 18 September 1909 as Ballspiel-Verein Wattenscheid out of the me ...

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 Wuppertaler SV is a German association football club located in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. The city was founded in 1929 out of the union of a number of smaller towns including Elberfeld, Barmen, Vohwinkel, Cronenberg and Ronsdorf – e ...

. After he had only played one game for Wuppertaler SV by December 2007, he was loaned to

VfB Lübeck VfB Lübeck is a German association football club playing in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein in the country's north. In addition to its football side the 1,000 member sports club also has departments for badminton, women's gymnastics, handball, and ...

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 1. FC Union Berlin. After Wuppertaler SV didn't manage to stay in the

3. Liga The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga. The modern 3. Liga was formed for th ...

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

TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig, officially known as Spor Toto 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization of the ...

club

Eskişehirspor Eskişehirspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in Eskişehir. Eskisehirspor has a total of six trophies, making them the sixth most trophies holders in Turkey. Founded in 1965, Eskişehirspor competed in the top divisio ...

. 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 Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a German football club in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, which competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fortuna entered the league ...

. 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'', w ...

. In the summer 2012, Altin moved to

in the

Regionalliga Nord The Regionalliga Nord ( en, Regional League North) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regional ...

. 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