Yasin Pehlivan (born 5 January 1989) is an Austrian professional

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who plays as a

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. He is also part of the Austria national team. Since his debut in 2009, he was capped 17 times.

Club career

Pehlivan began his career 1998 with Breitensee/Wat 16 (WS Ottakring) and signed in 2000 a loan deal with

First Vienna FC First Vienna FC is an Austrian football club based in the Döbling district of Vienna. Established on 22 August 1894, it is the country's oldest team and has played a notable role in the history of the game there. It is familiarly known to Aust ...

. Than after two years turned back for a short stint and moved now on loan to

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after two seasons with good performance for Rapid sold the club him. His good performance brought him the call to the first team in January 2009 from

and made his debut on 22 February 2009 against Red Bull Salzburg, on 14 March 2009 scored his first goal against

Kapfenberger SV Kapfenberger SV is an Austrian association football club from Kapfenberg, Styria. They won the 2007–08 Austrian Football First League and were promoted to the Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1919 as ''Kapfenberger SC''. The nam ...

. He moved to Turkish

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side

Gaziantepspor Gaziantepspor was a Turkish football club located in the city of Gaziantep. Formed in 1969 and dissolved in 2020, Gaziantepspor were nicknamed the ''Şahinler'' (The Falcons). The club colours were black and red, and they played their home matc ...

on 27 May 2011, signing a five-year contract. At the end of the season, he signed a three-year contract with another

side

Bursaspor Bursaspor Kulübü Derneği, commonly known as Bursaspor, is a Turkey, Turkish professional sports club based in the city of Bursa. Founded in 1963, the club is best known for its football team, which has a rich history in Football in Turkey, Turk ...

on 21 June 2013. On 22 August 2015, Pehlivan signed for

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on a one-year deal.

International career

Pehlivan received his first call-up for

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in winter 2008–09 but only made his debut against

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on 11 February 2009. He played also his one and only game for Austria U-20 against Germany on 12 October 2008. He made two games in the Year 2009 for the Austria national team with new coach Didi Constantini.

Personal life

Pehlivan was born to Turkish parents. He also holds Turkish citizenship.

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg *

Austrian Bundesliga The Bundesliga ( , "Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Austria and the highest level of the Austrian football league system. The competition decides the A ...

: 2015–16 *

Austrian Cup The Austrian Cup (), known as UNIQA ÖFB Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB. During the 2008–09 season, Austria Wien won the tournament for a record 27th time. Wo ...

: 2015–16 Spartak Trnava *

Slovak Super Liga The Slovak First Football League (), officially known as Niké liga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Slovakia and the highest level of the Football in Slovakia, Slovak football league system. It was formed ...

: 2017–18

References

External links

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Rapid stats
- Rapid Site * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pehlivan, Yasin 1989 births Footballers from Vienna Austrian sportspeople of Turkish descent Living people Austrian men's footballers Austria men's youth international footballers 21st-century Austrian sportsmen Austria men's under-21 international footballers Austria men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders First Vienna FC players SK Rapid Wien players Gaziantepspor footballers Bursaspor footballers Kayseri Erciyesspor footballers FC Red Bull Salzburg players FC Spartak Trnava players Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers Çaykur Rizespor footballers Manisa F.K. footballers Sakaryaspor footballers Austrian Football Bundesliga players Süper Lig players Slovak First Football League players TFF 1. Lig players TFF Second League players Austrian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia