Selim Aydemir

Selim Aydemir — Biography

Selim Aydemir was born on October 26, 1990, in Kiel to a family that had emigrated to Germany, and is a retired German-Turkish professional footballer who played as a winger and holds dual Turkish and German citizenship. He began playing at TuS Gaarden before moving through the youth ranks of Holstein Kiel (until 2004) and SV Werder Bremen (until 2007). He joined Eintracht Braunschweig in 2007, turned professional with the club's reserve side a year later, and also made appearances for the first team that same season.

At Hallescher FC, which he joined in 2009, his performances over two seasons drew comparisons to İlkay Gündoğan; he then moved to Chemnitzer FC in 2011 and to VfR Aalen in 2012, where he struggled to get playing time and was taken on trial by Eskişehirspor during the 2013-14 mid-season transfer window. He signed with Bosnian club NK Čelik Zenica for the rest of the 2018-19 season, announced his retirement for health reasons in July 2020, and returned in January 2021 as both a player and assistant coach at fifth-tier Rot-Weiß Erfurt.