 Şahin playing for Turkey in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Selçuk Şahin | ||
| Date of birth | (1981-01-31)31 January 1981 (age 44) | ||
| Place of birth | Tunceli, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2001 | Hatayspor | 41 | (3) |
| 2001–2003 | İstanbulspor | 69 | (7) |
| 2003–2015 | Fenerbahçe | 316 | (18) |
| 2015–2016 | FC Wil | 10 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Gençlerbirliği | 44 | (4) |
| 2017–2018 | Göztepe | 27 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | Gençlerbirliği | 28 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | Bursaspor | 18 | (2) |
| Total | 462 | (31) | |
| International career | |||
| 2001–2003 | Turkey U21 | 24 | (0) |
| 2003–2011 | Turkey | 25 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2021–2023 | Başakşehir (assistant) | ||
| 2023–2025 | Turkey (assistant) | ||
| 2025 | Eyüpspor | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Selçuk Şahin (Turkish pronunciation:[ˈsɛltʃukʃaːˈhin]; born 31 January 1981) is a Turkish professional football coach and former footballer who played as adefensive midfielder. He most recently managedEyüpspor.
Over a professional career spanning more than two decades, he represented several clubs inTurkey andSwitzerland, and earned international caps for theTurkey national team.
Şahin began his senior career withHatayspor before moving toİstanbulspor in 2001. His performances earned him a transfer toGençlerbirliği, where he won theTurkish Cup in 2001. In 2003, he signed forFenerbahçe, becoming a mainstay in their midfield for 12 seasons. During his time at the club, he won sixSüper Lig titles, two Turkish Cups, and threeTurkish Super Cup trophies, and made over 300 official appearances. After leaving Fenerbahçe in 2015, he had spells withFC Wil in Switzerland,Gençlerbirliği,Göztepe, andÜmraniyespor before retiring from playing in 2021.
Internationally, Şahin was capped 25 times for Turkey between 2003 and 2011, scoring two goals. Although part of the extended squad during theUEFA Euro 2008 qualifying campaign, he was not selected for the final tournament squad.
Following his retirement, Şahin began his coaching career as an assistant to former teammateEmre Belözoğlu atİstanbul Başakşehir. In 2023, he joined theTurkey national team as part of head coachVincenzo Montella’s technical staff. In 2025, he was appointed head coach ofEyüpspor, leading the club in theSüper Lig.[1][2]
Şahin turned professional withHatayspor in 1999 before moving toİstanbulspor in 2001, where his performances earned him a transfer toFenerbahçe in the summer of 2003.[3] Between 2003 and 2015 he established himself as a long-serving holding midfielder atFenerbahçe, featuring in title-winning squads across fiveSüper Lig seasons (2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2010–11, 2013–14).[4] He also lifted theTurkish Cup twice (2011–12, 2012–13) and theTurkish Super Cup three times (2007, 2009, 2014), and was part of the team that reached the 2012–13UEFA Europa League semi-finals.[4][5]
In 2015 Şahin moved abroad to the Swiss second tier, signing forWil.[6] He returned to theSüper Lig withGençlerbirliği in July 2016, later extending his stay for a second season.[7][8]
In August 2018 he joinedGöztepe on a one-year deal,[9] before signing forBursaspor in September 2019 to add experience during the club’sTFF 1. Lig rebuild.[10] After featuring through the 2019–20 campaign, Şahin publicly announced his retirement from professional football in early 2021.[3]
Şahin represented theTurkey national team in the early 2000s and won a bronze medal at the2003 FIFA Confederations Cup in France.[11][12]
Following retirement, Şahin joined the technical staff atBaşakşehir in October 2021, working as an assistant under head coachEmre Belözoğlu.[13][14] During his stint the club remained in European qualification contention and made a deep domestic-cup run, culminating in the2022–23 Turkish Cup final.[15]
In September 2023, Şahin joined theTurkey national team as an assistant to head coachVincenzo Montella, serving as part of the coaching staff duringUEFA Euro 2024. He remained with the national side until the start of the 2024–25 season, when he left to pursue club management.[16]
On 27 May 2025 he was appointed head coach ofEyüpspor, succeedingArda Turan.[1][2]
A position-aware, physically strongdefensive midfielder, Şahin was primarily used as a screen in front of the back four and as a game-manager in high-stakes fixtures for club and country.[3]
| Club | Season | League | Domestic | UEFA | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Hatayspor | 1999–00 | 1. Lig | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 34 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 40 | 3 | ||||
| İstanbulspor | 2001–02 | Süper Lig | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | 35 | 2 | ||
| 2002–03 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | 34 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 65 | 6 | 4 | 0 | – | 69 | 6 | ||||
| Fenerbahçe | 2003–04 | Süper Lig | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 27 | 2 | ||
| 2004–05 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 2 | |||
| 2005–06 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |||
| 2006–07 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||
| 2007–08 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 3 | |||
| 2008–09 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 37 | 5 | |||
| 2009–10 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 1 | |||
| 2010–11 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | |||
| 2011–12 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 30 | 1 | ||||
| 2012–13 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 36 | 2 | |||
| 2013–14 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | |||
| Total | 230 | 12 | 52 | 6 | 53 | 2 | 335 | 20 | |||
| FC Wil | 2015–16 | Challenge League | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 12 | 1 | ||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 12 | 1 | ||||
| Gençlerbirliği | 2015–16 | Süper Lig | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 2 | ||
| 2016–17 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | 31 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 44 | 4 | 3 | 0 | – | 47 | 4 | ||||
| Göztepe | 2017–18 | Süper Lig | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 27 | 2 | ||
| Gençlerbirliği | 2018–19 | 1. Lig | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 29 | 2 | ||
| Bursaspor | 2019–20 | 1. Lig | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 18 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 462 | 31 | 62 | 7 | 53 | 2 | 577 | 40 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 2004 | 7 | 0 |
| 2005 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 0 | |
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||||
| Eyüpspor | 25 May 2025 | 5 October 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 012.50 | |||
| Total | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 012.50 | |||||
