Şamil Çinaz

Şamil Çinaz — Biography

Şamil Çinaz is a retired midfielder who came up through German youth football and spent the defining years of his career in Turkey, at Bursaspor and Kayserispor. Born in Nuremberg, Germany, he holds both Turkish and German citizenship. In 2014 the Turkish Football Federation devoted a profile to him headed "the hard-tackling conductor of midfield".

He started in the youth ranks of Greuther Fürth, moved to the youth set-up of 1. FC Nürnberg in 2000, and was promoted to the first team on a professional contract in 2005. He then played three seasons at FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt and captained the side in the last two. A transfer to the 2. Bundesliga club FSV Frankfurt followed; he stayed two seasons and became captain in the second. In June 2012 he signed for Orduspor, then coached by Héctor Cúper. When Orduspor were relegated at the end of 2012-13, he was a free agent and agreed terms with Bursaspor before the 2013-14 season.

While at Bursaspor he said in a statement in January 2015 that Bursa was "my home". He transferred to Kayserispor in July 2017 and renewed his contract in August 2019 and began the new season's preparations with the squad, but left the club that December; after the departure he told Hürriyet that his conscience was clear.