Emre Şahin (football player)

Emre Şahin was born on January 5, 1992 in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium. The football player, who has Turkish and Belgian roots, attracted attention with his performance both in the international arena and in local leagues.

He started playing football at a very young age and continued his infrastructure training in Belgium's KVC Westerlo team. He signed a professional contract in 2009, when he was only 17 years old. Although he had the opportunity to take part in the first team for the first time in the same season, he could not go beyond the bench against Genk. At the end of the season, he went to Portugal for a new adventure and signed with Sporting Braga.

Emre, who played in the A Youth team in his first year in Portugal, scored 7 goals in 14 matches. Even though he was in the squad of the team that reached the final of the Europa League, he did not have the chance to play. The following season, he was loaned to FC Vizela in the third league. The football player, who recorded his first official goal here, took part regularly in the league.

Later, he returned to Türkiye and was transferred to Bucaspor, where he performed effectively. He played an important role in the team's advancement to the play-offs and continued his performance in the 2013-14 season.

Emre, who started his national team career in Belgium's youth teams, played at U-16 and U-17 levels. He played against Türkiye in the Aegean Cup in 2008. In 2011, he was called to the Türkiye under-19 national team by Kemal Özdeş and wore the Turkish jersey for the first time in the friendly match against Italy.