Nuri Şahin

Nuri Şahin
Şahin with Antalyaspor in 2021
Personal information
Full name Nuri Kazım Şahin
Date of birth (1988-09-05) 5 September 1988
Place of birth Lüdenscheid, West Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2001–2005 Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Borussia Dortmund II 5 (1)
2005–2011 Borussia Dortmund 135 (13)
2007–2008Feyenoord (loan) 29 (6)
2011–2014 Real Madrid 4 (0)
2012–2013Liverpool (loan) 7 (1)
2013–2014Borussia Dortmund (loan) 49 (5)
2014–2018 Borussia Dortmund 39 (3)
2018–2020 Werder Bremen 36 (1)
2020–2021 Antalyaspor 44 (0)
Total 348 (30)
International career
2003 Turkey U16 2 (0)
2004–2005 Turkey U17 21 (5)
2004–2005 Turkey U19 6 (0)
2007–2008 Turkey U21 11 (4)
2005–2017 Turkey 52 (2)
Managerial career
2021–2023 Antalyaspor
2024–2025 Borussia Dortmund
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Turkey
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Winner2005 Italy
FIFA U-17 World Championship
2005 Peru
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

He began his playing career at Dortmund, spending six years there – including a year-long loan at Feyenoord – and winning the Bundesliga in 2011 before signing for Real Madrid in 2011 for €10 million. In August 2012, Şahin agreed to a one-year loan deal with Liverpool, which was terminated in January 2013 to allow him to return to Dortmund on an 18-month loan. This was then made permanent, and he stayed at Dortmund until his transfer to Werder Bremen in August 2018. He retired from football in 2021, after one season at Antalyaspor in the Süper Lig.

Born in Germany, Şahin represented Turkey at international level and did so since the under-16 level. He made his senior international debut in 2005 and earned 52 caps over a 12-year career, being selected for UEFA Euro 2016.

After retiring as a player, Şahin began managing Antalyaspor in 2021, later leading Dortmund but getting sacked on 22 January 2025.