Şeyhmus Erdinç (born 14 August 1992) is a Turkish

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er who plays as a

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. He is a member of the

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Early life and education

Şeyhmus Erdinç was born as the first child of his parents in

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, Turkey on 14 August 1992 with a deformed left leg, which was later amputated below the knee; he started using a

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. His father, who owned an apparel workshop, was an amateur footballer and took Şeyhmus to the football pitch from the age of one. His father died from

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when Şeyhmus was six years old, leaving him and his sister to be raised by their mother Necah and grandfather. Upon finishing high school, he studied at the Vocational School of Physical Education in

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. After passing the Disabled Public Personnel Selection Exam of the Ministry of National Education in 2018, he was appointed in 2019 as a physical education teacher in Ankara. As a teacher, he developed a calm demeanour in order to be a role model for his students, in contrast to his youth, when he was more aggressive.

Sport career

Erdinç played football at home with balls he made out of crumpled paper, after his mother refused to buy him a football because she did not want him playing the sport. He started performance training in amputee football at the youth level, after convincing his mother to change her mind. In 2009, Erdinç met an amputee footballer at the prosthesis repair shop, who invited him to play at Altay SK. He learned to move with a

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, obtained his license, and became an amputee footballer in 2010. Later, during a national team preparation camp, he met the head coach of the club Etimesgut BS, who had been amputated in his thirties. He invited Erdinç to move to Ankara to join his amputee football team. Erdinç agreed and continued his high school study there. After playing six months for Altay, he was called up to the

. In 2011, he became a permanent member of the national team. Since then, he has been playing in the

position, and was part of the team that won the championship title at the

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. He debuted internationally at the 2012 World Cup held in

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, Russia, scoring four goals in four matches. The national team returned home with a bronze medal. His further participations were at the

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in 2014 Culiacán, Mexico (bronze medal), 2016, 2018 San Juan de los Lagos, Mexico (silver medal), 2022 Istanbul, Turkey (gold medal), as well as at the

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s in 2021 Kraków, Poland (gold medal).

Honours

;International :;

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:: ''Winners'' (1):

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:: ''Winners'' (1):

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Erdinc, Seyhmus 1992 births Living people Congenital amputees Footballers from İzmir Gazi University alumni Turkish schoolteachers Turkish amputee football players Men's association football midfielders Association football players not categorized by nationality