Sinan Gümüş (born 15 January 1994) is a German professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a forward for Turkish

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

Eyüpspor Eyüpspor is a Turkish professional football club that is located in the Eyüp district of Istanbul. The team colours are lavender and yellow. Their home ground is Eyüp Stadium, which has a capacity of 2,500. History Eyüpspor played in the Ist ...

Club career

Early years

Born in

Pfullendorf Pfullendorf is a small town of about 13,000 inhabitants located north of Lake Constance in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was a Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire for nearly 600 years. The town is in the district of Sigmaringen south of ...

to Turkish parents, Gümüş is a youth product of TSV Aach-Linz and

SC Pfullendorf SC Pfullendorf is a German sports club based in Pfullendorf, Baden-Württemberg. The 700-member club is best known for its football department, but also has departments for chess, table tennis and ice stock sport, a winter sport similar to cu ...

. In 2011, after having spent ten years there, he moved to

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB S ...

's youth academy, signing a three-year contract. After the contract had expired, he left the club.

Galatasaray

In July 2014, Gümüş joined Turkish club

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 ...

on a free transfer, signing a five-year contract. Other Turkish teams had also been interested in signing him. He made his first-team debut in the

Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup ( Turkish: ''Türkiye Kupası'') is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupas� ...

on 16 December 2014, coming on in the second half with one goal and assist in a 9–1 win. He made his league debut on 12 September 2015 and scored his first goal in the league on 27 December 2015. He continued his goalscoring run both in the league and the cup; scoring six goals plus one assist in seven games between December 2015 and January 2016. He scored his first hat-trick for the club in a 4–1 cup win against

Kastamonuspor Kastamonu Spor Kulübü was a Turkish football club founded in 1966. The club was located in Kastamonu, Turkey. History Kastamonuspor began to compete at the second level in the 1967 – 1968 season. They was relegated to the amateur level ...

on 26 January 2016. On 19 May 2016, Gümüş scored another hat-trick in the last match of the season. On 11 March 2018, Sinan Gümüş came on as a sub for Ryan Donk against

Konyaspor Konyaspor Kulübü (, Konya Sports Club) is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya. They are better known as Konyaspor. In 1922 Konyaspor were founded with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği and have played at their current home stadium ...

in the second half when the score was 0–1 to the opponent, he went on to contribute one goal and one assist consequently winning the game 2–1 and being awarded man of the match.

Genoa

On 2 July 2019, Gümüş signed with Italian

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club

Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of ...

Loan to Antalyaspor

On 20 January 2020, Gümüş joined

Antalyaspor Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Antalya. The club's colours are red and white. They play their home matches at the Antalya Stadium. In Turkey, the club won the First League twice in 1982 and ...

on loan until 30 June 2020.

Fenerbahçe

On 19 August 2020, Gümüş signed with another

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 ...

club Fenerbahçe. He made his debut with the club in a 2–1 away win over

Çaykur Rizespor Çaykur Rizespor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Rize. The club play in the TFF First League. The club was founded on May 19, 1953, with green-yellow as club colours, but later changed to blue-green. Since 1990, the team ...

as a substitute for

Ferdi Kadıoğlu Ferdi Erenay Kadıoğlu (born 7 October 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or winger for Fenerbahçe in the Süper Lig. Born in the Netherlands, Kadıoğlu plays for the Turkey national team. Club career NEC Kadıo� ...

in the 65th minute on 11 September 2020. He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 home win against

Alanyaspor Alanyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Alanya in Antalya Province. Formed in 1948, the club colours are orange and green. Home matches are played at Kırbıyık Holding Stadium. The most recent club ma ...

on 7 January 2021. On 8 February 2022, his contract with Fenerbahçe was terminated.

Return to Antalyaspor

On 8 February 2022, Gümüş signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with

International career

In October 2013, Gümüş earned three caps for the Germany U20 team.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Galatasaray *

: 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19 * Türkiye Kupası: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19 * Süper Kupa: 2015,

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References

External links

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Player profile
at kicker.de (in German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Gümüş, Sinan Living people 1994 births People from Pfullendorf Footballers from Tübingen (region) German sportspeople of Turkish descent German men's footballers Men's association football forwards Germany men's youth international footballers 3. Liga players Süper Lig players Serie A players TFF First League players VfB Stuttgart II players Galatasaray S.K. footballers Genoa CFC players Antalyaspor footballers Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers Eyüpspor footballers German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy