Gökhan Şirin

Gökhan Şirin — Biography

Osman Gökhan Şirin is a Turkish power forward who played for years in the Turkish Basketball League and has more recently played for KB Bora in the Kosovo Superleague. Raised in Darüşşafaka's youth system, he went through high school and college in the United States before playing for long-established clubs such as Anadolu Efes and Beşiktaş.

In his final year of school he moved to the US, where he averaged 17 points and 7 rebounds at St. Mary's Ryken, and in 2009-10 he joined the Charlotte 49ers in the NCAA, averaging 2.9 points in his first season and 3.3 in his second. In July 2011 he was in the Turkey B national team squad assembled for events in China, and in August 2011 he signed a three-year contract with Anadolu Efes. After two years he moved in the summer of 2013 to Beşiktaş, which was building a young squad, and in 2013-14 he averaged 4 points and 1.8 rebounds in nine minutes a game.

At the start of 2014-15 he signed a two-year deal with Gaziantep Basketbol, which was aiming for a strong squad under Jure Zdovc, and in January 2016 he moved to Yeşilgiresun Belediyespor. He later also played for Trabzonspor and Türk Telekom, and press reports in May 2018 had him returning to Efes. After leaving Beşiktaş he joined Fenerbahçe's training camp in July 2020. He later continued his career in Kosovo.