Serkan Şahin

Serkan Şahin — Biography

Serkan Şahin is a defender whose biggest honor came at FC Basel, in the squad that won the Swiss league and cup double in 2010, before he moved to Turkey. He played mostly in defense and, when needed, as a defensive midfielder, and represented Turkey at under-21 level. He retired from football in the summer of 2019.

As a child he played for the local club FC Bubendorf and soon joined FC Basel's youth system. When he could not find a place in the U-18 team in 2005 he was loaned to the third-tier club SC Dornach; after 24 games and 3 goals there he returned to Basel's U-21 side. In the first team he made his league debut on February 15, 2009, in a goalless draw with Grasshopper. He scored his first goal on July 16, 2009, a long-range left-footed shot against Santa Coloma in a UEFA Europa League qualifier that Basel won 3-0. He played in five of Basel's twelve European games that season. In total he played 55 games for Basel and won both the Swiss Super League and the Swiss Cup, a 6-0 final against Lausanne-Sport, in 2009-10.

In 2009 he chose Turkey of his own accord. He joined Konyaspor in June 2010 and moved to the second-division club Fethiyespor in January 2014. A 1. Lig play-off title came in 2013. In January 2015 he returned to Switzerland and played for the third-tier side BSC Old Boys.