Nuri Şahin

Who is Nuri Şahin?

Nuri Şahin is a Turkish volleyball player. He is 1.97 m tall at 91 kg, and plays as libero. He capped 155 times for the Turkey men's national volleyball team. As of 2012-13 season, Şahin plays for Halkbank Ankara and wears number 5. He studied at Marmara University.

Born on January 1, 1980 in Tokat, Şahin began playing volleyball already in the primary school. In 1994, he became professional at Eczacıbaşı. He was then member of Galatasaray, Emlakbank, Arçelik, Fenerbahçe and lately of Arkas Spor Izmir before he transferred in July 2012 to Halkbank Ankara.

Nuri Şahin is married since 2006 and has a son, Alp Toğan Şahin, born in 2011.

He was member of the Turkey men's national volleyball team, which became champion at the 2005 Summer Universiade held in İzmir, Turkey. He won the Men's CEV Cup 2012–13 with Halkbank Ankara and was named "Best Receiver" of the tournament.