Turgut Doğan Şahin

Turgut Doğan Şahin — Biography

Turgut Doğan Şahin was born on February 2, 1988, in Tarsus. A Turkish footballer who plays as a winger, he has represented Turkey at under-21 and A2 international level.

He began playing football at age 11 with Yeşilova Yeni Ufukspor, moved to Sefaköy Özmuratspor in 1999 and joined Samsunspor's youth setup in 2004, signing a five-year professional contract with the club on November 16, 2006. In the 2009-10 season he drew attention with a hat-trick against Kayseri Erciyesspor on November 21, 2009, and finished the campaign with 15 goals in 29 matches, ranking third in the league's scoring race. Facing financial difficulty, Samsunspor sold him to Ankaragücü at season's end for $900,000 plus two players; he marked his debut for the new club with a goal in a 4-2 win over Galatasaray on October 17, 2010.

He moved to Bursaspor in January 2012 and to Gaziantepspor ahead of 2012-13; he then joined Trabzonspor on a free transfer but was frozen out of the squad after a falling-out with coach Vahid Halilhodžić. In the closing days of the 2014-15 window he moved to Kayserispor for a €250,000 fee, going on to play for Yeni Malatyaspor (2017), Karagümrük (2018), Kayserispor again (summer 2020), Altay (left in September 2020), Ceyhanspor (2021) and Kuşadasıspor (September 2021). Called up to the Turkey under-21 side at the end of 2008, Şahin made his U-21 debut against Ukraine on February 10, 2009; he never earned an official senior cap but did take the field in a 2014 friendly against Kosovo under then-coach Fatih Terim.