Şuacan Pişkin

Şuacan Pişkin — Biography

Şuacan Pişkin is a Turkish basketball guard best known for his years with Galatasaray. He stands about 1.90 meters tall, plays in the backcourt and is listed with Galatasaray Liv Hospital. His most visible spell at the club came in 2013-14, when he was part of the squad that reached the Turkish Basketball League final, and again in February 2015, when he rejoined the team to replace the injured Carlos Arroyo.

He took up basketball in the İTÜ youth system in 2003 and moved up to the first team in 2006, aged only 16, staying three seasons. In 2009 he went on loan to Yeşilyurt, averaging 4.8 points and 1.7 assists, then returned to İTÜ and signed for Mersin BŞB in 2011, playing eight games there. At İstanbulspor from 2012 he left after wages went unpaid, joining third-division side Basketspor.

In the summer of 2013 he came to Galatasaray as a training player but stayed on for the whole season. The club announced in summer 2014 that he would continue, yet he ended up signing with Adanaspor instead; after one season there he went back to Galatasaray in February 2015. When his arrival at the club drew comment, he answered publicly, saying his transfers came through his agent and coaches who knew his game.