He played for the biggest clubs in the world in his football career: Who is Nuri Şahin?

He worked with famous coaches such as Mourinho, Tuchel and Klopp. He learned something from all of them. He constantly improved himself. He studied at Harvard University and became the head coach of Dortmund in return for his efforts.

Borussia Dortmund appointed Nuri Şahin as coach. Nuri Şahin, who is proud to be appointed as the coach of Dortmund, one of the most successful clubs in the world and the last finalist of the Champions League, said, "We will do everything with great passion to achieve success."

HE STARTED COACHING AT ANTALYASPOR

Stating that he was very happy to be appointed as the coach of Dortmund, 35-year-old Şahin said, “It is a great honor for me. I would like to thank all those responsible at the club for the trust they have placed in me. I am looking forward to my role at BVB. “We will passionately do everything we can to maximize our success.” said. Nuri Şahin, who started his coaching career in Antalyaspor in 2022, was appointed as Edin Terzic's assistant in Dortmund during the half-time of this season.

Nuri Şahin (born 5 September 1988) is a Turkish-German football manager and former professional player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the head coach of Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund.

Who is Nuri Şahin?

He was born on September 5, 1988, in Lüdenscheid, Germany.

He started playing football in the youth team of RSV Meinerzhagen, one of the teams of his hometown.

He improved himself by transferring to Borussia Dortmund youth team in 2001.

In the 2005-2006 season, he was selected for the Dortmund A team, playing in the Intertoto Cup and becoming the youngest player of his team to play in European cups.

Nuri Şahin, who started playing football in RSV Meinerzhagen, one of the local teams of his birthplace, was transferred to Borussia Dortmund's infrastructure in 2001.

Şahin's first professional match, whose star rose in Borussia at the beginning of the 2005-06 season, was the away match against Sigma Olomouc in the Intertoto Cup.

Şahin entered the game in the 66th minute and became Borussia Dortmund's youngest player to play in European matches.

On 6 August 2005, at the age of 16 years and 334 days, Nuri played in the away game of VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga and became the youngest player to start a match in the first 11 of this league.

He appeared in front of his fans for the first time in the Schalke 04 match on 13 August. Nuri, who was not in the squad for a while after this match, started to take part in the team again from the 10th week.

On 26 November 2005, he scored a goal in a match against Nuremberg and became the youngest player to score a goal in the Bundesliga. Nuri had a performance of 1 goal and 6 assists for Dortmund, which was 7th in the league that season.

In the following season, Nuri played in the first-week match against Bayern Munich and played in Borussia Dortmund II for the next few weeks. Nuri, who later returned to the first team, generally appeared as a substitute player entering the game in the second half.

Feyenoord

Nuri Şahin was loaned to Feyenoord by his club Borussia Dortmund on July 5, 2007.

Nuri, who immediately entered the first 11 of this team, made a glorious start to his Feyenoord career by contributing two goals to the 5-0 victory in the NAC Breda match, which was his team's second league match and his first official match with the team.

Even though his club finished the season in 6th place, Nuri achieved the best performance of his career up to that period by scoring 6 goals during the season.

II. Dortmund era

Nuri, who started the 2008-09 season in Borussia Dortmund II, was promoted to the first team again after he completed his good performance with a goal in his first match.

Although his team finished 6th with the result they got in the last week and lost the right to participate in the European cups, Nuri showed an effective performance with 2 goals and 4 assists.

Nuri, who played in the UEFA Cup for the first time in the 2008-09 season, scored his team's first goal in the penalty shoot-out against Udinese in the second match of the 1st round, but Dortmund was eliminated by their opponent on penalties, ending their European adventure that season.

Nuri, one of Borussia's constant players in the 2009-10 season, played in 33 of 34 matches and recorded 4 goals and 8 assists.

Nuri Şahin became one of Borussia's indispensable players in the 2010-11 season.

When his club declared the Bundesliga championship two weeks before the end of the league, he experienced the joy of a championship in the Bundesliga and achieved the most important success of his career.

The football player, who was one of the most important trump cards of his team on the way to Borussia's league championship, scored 6 goals and made 8 assists in 30 league matches throughout the season.

He was described as the architect of the championship by his teammates. He was also chosen as the best player of the season in a survey among all football players playing in the Bundesliga.

Real Madrid

Nuri Şahin confirmed the rumors in the press about his transfer to Real Madrid during the press conference he held at Signal Iduna Park on May 9, 2011.

Real Madrid announced on its official website that a 6-year contract was signed with the football player and €10,000,000 was paid for his transfer fee. The annual salary that the football player will receive is announced as 4,000,000 € gross and 2,500,000 € net.

He played his first official match for Real Madrid, coming on in the 66th minute of the match against Osasuna on 6 November 2011.

In the Real Madrid - Dinamo Zagreb match played at Santiago Bernabéu on 22 November 2011, he played in the starting eleven for the first time and stayed on the field for 90 minutes.

He scored his first official goal for Real Madrid in the 44th minute of the Spanish King's Cup match against Ponferradina on 20 December 2011, which was won 5-1.

Şahin won the La Liga championship in his first season with the club.

Liverpool

The football player, who could not make a good start to his Real Madrid career due to his injury in the 2011-12 season, was on the agenda to leave the team at the end of the season.

After the separation allegations in the media, Real Madrid Coach José Mourinho announced in an interview that the football player would spend the 2012-13 season on loan in another team. Following this statement, there were reports in the media that Şahin's new club was Arsenal. However, on 25 August 2012, Liverpool Coach Brendan Rodgers announced in his statement that the football player's transfer was almost completed. The next day, Nuri Şahin officially signed for Liverpool on loan.

Nuri Şahin wore his first national jersey at the under-16 level in the friendly match against Germany on 14 October 2003. His second and last match at the under-16 level was against Germany on 16 October 2003.

Nuri played for the under-17 team in two friendly matches against Romania and Bulgaria in August 2004 and September 2004. Nuri could not score a goal in these four matches, in which Turkey scored a total of 8 goals against its opponents.

Nuri Şahin played his first official match with the national jersey at the under-17 level.

Nuri could not score a goal in the 2005 European Under-17 Football Championship Group Qualification match against Armenia. However, he played in six qualifying rounds and three elite round matches and was one of the names that took the national team to the finals in Italy.

He played in five matches in the finals and contributed significantly to the Turkish Under-17 National Football Team becoming champions of the tournament. He also scored 1 goal during the tournament.

He also took part in the team that qualified for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup held in Peru the same year and scored 4 goals as one of the most notable players of the tournament.

While they beat Australia 1-0 in the first match of the qualifiers, Nuri scored the only goal. Nurili finished Group B in the finals with three wins in three matches, and Nuri also scored a goal as Turkey beat China 5-1 in the quarter-finals.

While Türkiye lost 4-3 to Brazil in the semi-final, Nuri scored again. While Netherlands beat Turkey 2-1 in the third-place match of the tournament, Nuri scored Turkey's last goal of the tournament. With these results, Türkiye finished the tournament in fourth place.

Nuri, who also played in the Meridyen Cup, competed at the under-18 level in this cup. He could not score a goal in the tournament matches in which he had the chance to play 4 times.

Nuri Şahin, who also played with the Ümit national team, also took part in the Toulon Tournament. He played in three matches in this tournament and scored one goal.

National team

Nuri, who started to be called to the national team after his successes in the youth national teams, his first match at this level was the special match played against Germany on October 8, 2005.

Nuri, who was included in the match in the 86th minute in this first national match, scored a goal in his first national match with the goal he scored in the 89th minute.

He also won the title of the youngest football player to wear the Turkish National Football Team uniform and the youngest football player to score a goal in the Turkish National Football Team in this match.