Anıl Aydın (born 10 January 2000) is a German-Turkish professional

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who plays as an

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for Austrian Football Second League squad

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Career

Aydın played for the youth teams of VfL Leverkusen,

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Viktoria Köln Viktoria usually refers to Viktoria, a name which is the same as Victoria (name), but may also refer to: Places * FK Viktoria Stadion, stadium of Viktoria Žižkov * Viktoria-Luise-Platz, building in Berlin * Viktoriastadt, now known as Victo ...

and

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., better known as simply 1. FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English language, English, is a German professional association football, football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 ...

, before joining

1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern (), K'lautern or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to Association football, football ...

in 2019, beginning with the second team. He made his professional debut for Kaiserslautern's senior team in the

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on 9 January 2021, starting in the home match against former club Viktoria Köln. He was substituted out in the 65th minute for Hendrick Zuck, with the match finishing as a 0–0 draw.

Personal life

Aydın's older brother, Okan Aydın, is also a professional footballer.

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* * * 2000 births Living people German sportspeople of Turkish descent German men's footballers Turkish men's footballers Footballers from Aachen Men's association football midfielders 3. Liga players Oberliga (football) players 1. FC Kaiserslautern II players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players SSVg Velbert players 21st-century German sportsmen 21st-century Turkish sportsmen {{Germany-footy-midfielder-2000s-stub