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 Schalke 04 (), and abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional sports club from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its football team, ...

. In 2006 he moved to the reserve team of

Wuppertaler SV Wuppertaler SV is a Football in Germany, German association football club located in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. The city was founded in the year of 1880 by the union of a number of smaller towns including Elberfeld, Barmen, Vohwinkel, Cr ...

. 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. It is most known for reaching the semifinals of the German Cup in the 2003/2004 season. They played in the 2. Bundesliga from 199 ...

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 t ...

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 (), currently referred to as Trendyol 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 ...

club

Eskişehirspor Eskişehirspor Kulübü is a Turkish football club located in Eskişehir. Founded in 1965, Eskişehirspor competed in the top division of Turkish football for 16 years until they were relegated. After being out of the Süper Lig for 12 years the ...

. 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 Football in Germany, German football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fo ...

. From January 2011, Altin played for VfB Speldorf. In the summer 2012, Altin moved to

in the

Regionalliga Nord The Regionalliga Nord () 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 Regionalliga Bayern, Regionalliga N ...

. 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 Footballers from Mülheim Rot-Weiß Oberhausen players VfB Lübeck players 3. Liga players Men's association football midfielders 21st-century German sportsmen {{turkey-footy-midfielder-stub