Levent Şahin (born 20 September 1973) is a Turkish football manager and former player who is assistant manager of

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club Al Shabab.

Playing career

Levent was born in Edremit. He was an amateur footballer, playing for Yeni Yolspor and Şekerbank Ankara.

Managerial career

Levent began his managerial career as the assistant for Ankaragücü. He was the assistant coach for various teams in the lower divisions of Turkey, before gaining his first head coach experience at

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in 2009 for the

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. He became the coach for various youth team for the

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in 2012, and then became an assistant coach for the senior Turkey national team in 2016. in January 2017, Levent became the head coach for

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in the

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, simultaneously remaining assistant coach for the Turkey national team. He left this job on 9 April 2017. In December 2017, Levent became the assistant coach for

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Levent TFF Manager profileLeven Mackolik profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Şahin, Levent 1973 births Living people People from Edremit, Balıkesir Turkish men's footballers Turkish football managers Süper Lig managers Adanaspor managers Men's association football players not categorized by position Galatasaray S.K. (football) non-playing staff