Samuel Şahin-Radlinger (born Radlinger; 7 November 1992) is an Austrian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Austria Wien Fußballklub Austria Wien AG (), known in English as Austria Vienna, and Austria Wien in German-speaking countries, is an Austrian professional association football club from the capital city of Vienna. It has won the most trophies of any Aust ...

Club career

Şahin-Radlinger was developed by the youth system of

SV Ried SV Ried, commonly known as SV Guntamatic Ried for sponsorship reasons, is an Austrian association football club based in Ried im Innkreis, Upper Austria. The team plays its home matches at Josko Arena, a stadium with a capacity of 7,680. The t ...

, and his first experience of first-team football came during a loan spell at Union St. Florian of the

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during the 2010–11 season. Shortly afterwards, in June 2011, Şahin-Radlinger was signed by German club

Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96 (), is a German professional association football, football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony. They played in the Bundesliga for a total of 30 years between 19 ...

. He spent the next two years as first-choice goalkeeper for Hannover's reserve team in the

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before joining

Rapid Wien Sportklub Rapid (), commonly known as Rapid Wien or Rapid Vienna in English, is an Austrian professional football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid has won the most Austrian championship titles (32), including the f ...

on a two-year loan deal in the summer of 2013. He made his

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debut in a 0–0 draw with

Wiener Neustadt Wiener Neustadt (; Lower_Austria.html" ;"title=".e. Lower Austria">.e. Lower Austria , ) is a city located south of Vienna, in the state of Lower Austria, in northeast Austria. It is a self-governed city and the seat of the district administr ...

on 15 December 2013. On 30 January 2018, Şahin-Radlinger joined Norwegian top-tier team

SK Brann Sportsklubben Brann is a Norwegian professional football club based in Bergen. Founded on 26 September 1908, Brann has played in the first tier of Norwegian football for 67 out of 80 seasons, the second most of any club. They play their hom ...

on loan for rest of the 2018 season. Brann were given an option to sign him permanently at the end of the loan; however, the club decided against pulling the option and Şahin-Radlinger returned to Hannover 96 at the end of the season. On 26 June 2019, English side

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confirmed that Samuel had signed a permanent contract with Daniel Stendel's side. On 13 August 2020, he returned to his first club

. On 1 September 2023, Şahin-Radlinger signed a three-year contract with

and was immediately loaned out to Almere City in the Netherlands.

International career

Şahin-Radlinger has represented Austria at every level from under-18 to under-21 and was the first-choice goalkeeper of the Austrian

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at the 2011 FIFA Under-20 World Cup.

Personal life

In June 2016, he married actress

Sıla Şahin Sıla Şahin-Radlinger ( Şahin, born 3 December 1985) is a German actress, best known for her portrayal of Ayla Özgül in the soap opera ''Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten''. German ''Playboy'' Şahin-Radlinger posed nude for the German editi ...

, taking on the joint name "Şahin-Radlinger".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sahin-Radlinger, Samuel 1992 births Living people People from Ried im Innkreis District Men's association football goalkeepers Austrian men's footballers SV Ried players Hannover 96 players Hannover 96 II players 1. FC Nürnberg players 1. FC Nürnberg II players SK Rapid Wien players SK Brann players Barnsley F.C. players FK Austria Wien players Almere City FC players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Eliteserien players Regionalliga players English Football League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Austria men's youth international footballers Austria men's under-21 international footballers Austrian expatriate men's footballers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Austrian expatriate sportspeople in England Austrian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Footballers from Upper Austria 21st-century Austrian sportsmen