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Nuri Şahin
Personal information
Full name	Nuri Kazim Şahin[1]
Date of birth	5 September 1988 (1988-09-05) (age 21)
Place of birth	Lüdenscheid, West Germany
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Borussia Dortmund
Number	8
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005– 2007–2008	Borussia Dortmund → Feyenoord (loan)	096 0(7) 029 0(6)
National team2
2005–	Turkey	027 0(2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:50, 27 January 2010 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 3 March 2010. * Appearances (Goals)

Nuri Şahin (born 5 September 1988 in Lüdenscheid) is a German-born Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Borussia Dortmund.

Club career

Borussia Dortmund

On 6 August 2005, at the age of 16 years and 335 days, Sahin set a record by becoming the youngest player to have played in the Bundesliga, and became the youngest player to score in the Bundesliga on 25 November 2005 scoring against Nuremberg.

Feyenoord

On 5 July 2007, Sahin was transferred to Feyenoord on a one-year loan agreement, where he was reunited with Bert van Marwijk, his former coach at Borussia Dortmund.

International career

He won the bronze ball prize at the 2005 U-17 World Cup in Peru after a successful tournament finishing in fourth place, and is also the youngest player to have played and scored for the Turkish national team, ironically scoring against Germany, the country of his birth.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	8 October 2005	Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadı, İstanbul, Turkey	Germany	2-0	2-1	Friendly

Honours

• Feyenoord
  • Dutch Cup - 2008 Winner^[2]

References

External links

• Official website
• Feyenoord huurt Turks talent Nuri Sahin (Dutch)
• Career stats at Fussballdaten.de (German)
• VI Profile