İlhan Şahin

İlhan Şahin — Biography

İlhan Şahin was born on August 30, 1980, in the Kartal district of Istanbul. He started out in Beşiktaş's youth academy and signed his first professional contract in 1999, joining the first-team squad; he made his official debut on August 15, 1999, in a Süper Lig match against Samsunspor and spent three seasons at Beşiktaş.

In the 2002-03 season he was loaned out to Göztepe on coach Mircea Lucescu's decision, then moved to İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor in 2003-04, where he played for five seasons; in 2006-07 the team finished second in the league and won promotion to the Süper Lig. After one season in the Süper Lig he transferred to Boluspor in 2008-09, then returned to Göztepe mid-season in 2009-10, winning the second-division title with the club in his first season there and earning promotion to the first division.

He moved to Kartalspor mid-season in 2012-13, and at the end of the 2015-16 season he retired from playing to become team manager at his former club Göztepe. During his career he was called up to the Turkey U-18 national team twice and won one cap.