Robin Yalçın (born 25 January 1994) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for Turkish club Eyüpspor.

Club career

On 25 September 2012, Yalçın made his debut for VfB Stuttgart II 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 t ...

against Hansa Rostock. Yalçın made his

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...

debut for

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

on 9 February 2014 against

FC Augsburg Fußball-Club Augsburg 1907 e. V., commonly known as FC Augsburg (), is a Football in Germany, German professional football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. FC Augsburg play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. T ...

. In March 2014 Yalçın signed a professional contract until June 2016 with VfB Stuttgart. For the 2015–16 season Yalçın moved to

Çaykur Rizespor Çaykur Rizespor Kulübü is a Turkish professional Association football, football club based in Rize, a city on the eastern Black Sea region, Black Sea coast. The team competes in the Süper Lig, the top tier of Football in Turkey, Turkish footba ...

. After terminating his contract with Çaykur Rizespor, he joined

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...

side

Yeni Malatyaspor Yeni Malatyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Malatya. The club plays in the TFF First League, which is the second tier of football in the country. History Founded in 1986 as Malatya Belediyespor. Its primary colo ...

on 10 January 2019. On 28 August 2020, Yalçın joined

Sivasspor Sivasspor Kulübü, known as Net Global Sivasspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish sports club based in Sivas. The primary department of the club is men's football. Formed in 1967, its football department has competed in Süper Lig since t ...

for free, on a one-year deal. On 20 June 2022, Yalçın returned to

after one year in Germany.

International career

Yalçın made his first appearance for the Germany national under-15 team on 21 May 2009 against the USA. With the Germany national under-17 team he became vice-champion of the 2011 European U-17 Championship and won the bronze medal in the

2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the 14th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth association football, football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was h ...

Personal life

Yalçın's father Barbaros Yalçın is the manager of SpVgg Grün-Weiss Deggendorf, and is of Turkish descent.

References

External links

Robin Yalçın
at fifa.com

at uefa.com

at VfB-Stuttgart.de * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yalcin, Robin 1994 births Living people German men's footballers German sportspeople of Turkish descent People from Deggendorf Footballers from Lower Bavaria Men's association football midfielders VfB Stuttgart II players VfB Stuttgart players Çaykur Rizespor footballers Yeni Malatyaspor footballers Sivasspor footballers SC Paderborn 07 players Eyüpspor footballers Germany men's youth international footballers 3. Liga players Bundesliga players Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players 21st-century German sportsmen