Levent Şahin

Levent Şahin — Biography

Levent Şahin is a Turkish football manager and former player, born on 20 September 1973 in the Edremit district of Balıkesir. He played at amateur level, for Yeni Yolspor and Ankara Şekerbank.

He began his coaching career in the early 2000s as a youth-team coach at MKE Ankaragücü, then held a series of coaching roles at Hacettepe, Kahramanmaraşspor, Keçiörengücü, Ankaraspor, Çaykur Rizespor, Bursaspor and Gençlerbirliği. In October 2009 he took charge of Bugsaşspor, his first job as a head coach. In 2012 he worked as a physical-performance coach for Turkey's A2 and youth national sides, and in 2016 he joined Fatih Terim's staff with the senior national team. While still holding that role, he also took over Süper Lig side Adanaspor in late 2016, stepping down in April 2017. From December 2017 to 2021 he was back alongside Terim as a Galatasaray assistant. He managed İskenderunspor in 2023, then spent a season with Saudi Arabian club Al Shabab, again on Terim's staff. In February 2026 he was named head coach of Gençlerbirliği, only to part ways with the club roughly three weeks later, on 6 March 2026.