Levent Şahin (born 20 September 1973) is a Turkish football manager and former player who last managed Süper Lig club Gençlerbirliği[1].

Levent Şahin
Şahin in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-09-20) 20 September 1973 (age 52)
Place of birth Edremit, Turkey
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1996 Yeni Yolspor
1996 Şekerbank Ankara
Managerial career
2000–2002 Ankaragücü (youth)
2003 Hacettepe (assistant)
2003–2004 Kahramanmaraşspor (assistant)
2004–2005 Keçiörengücü (assistant)
2005 Osmanlıspor (youth)
2006 Gaziantepspor (youth)
2007 Çaykur Rizespor (assistant)
2007–2008 Bursaspor (assistant)
2008–2009 Gençlerbirliği (assistant)
2009 Osmanlıspor (assistant)
2009–2010 Bugsaşspor
2011 Ankaragücü (assistant)
2012–2013 Turkey youth
2013–2017 Turkey (assistant)
2017 Adanaspor
2017–2021 Galatasaray (assistant)
2023 İskenderunspor
2024–2025 Al Shabab (assistant)
2026 Gençlerbirliği
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Levent was born in Edremit. He was an amateur footballer, playing for Yeni Yolspor and Şekerbank Ankara.[2]

Managerial career

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Levent began his managerial career as the assistant for Ankaragücü. He was the assistant coach for various teams in the lower divisions of Turkey, before gaining his first head coach experience at Bugsaşspor in 2009 for the TFF Second League.[3] He became the coach for various youth team for the Turkish Football Federation in 2012,[4] and then became an assistant coach for the senior Turkey national team in 2016.[5] in January 2017, Levent became the head coach for Adanaspor in the Süper Lig, simultaneously remaining assistant coach for the Turkey national team.[6] He left this job on 9 April 2017.[7] In December 2017, Levent became the assistant coach for Galatasaray.[8]

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