A career in kits

Nuri Sahin gives us an insight into his shirt collection
Nuri Sahin gives us an insight into his impressive shirt collection (Photo: nordphoto).
First Team
Wednesday, 22.04.2020 / 18:15

Nuri Sahin’s kit collection can take you through a journey of football history. Numerous trademark names bring back memories from throughout the midfielder’s illustrious career, that began over 15 years ago. His collection is decorated with names of players that he has shared the pitch with throughout his successful career, with names from all around the footballing world. The 31-year-old shares his story with WERDER.DE.

Born in Lüdenscheid, Nuri Sahin began his professional career at the age of 16 at Borussia Dortmund in the 2005/06 season. He obtained his first ever Werder kit during his time there, swapping shirts with striker Miroslav Klose. He also went on to collect kits from Torsten Frings and Mesut Özil later on in his career. Lots of the kits featured in his collection are from friends that Sahin made during his long career as a professional. Examples of these include the Altintop brothers, Marcel Schmelzer and current teammate Ömer Toprak, which are the most important ones for Sahin. Of course it’s difficult for him to pick a favourite, however Sahin is particularly proud of World Champion Andrea Pirlo’s kit, with whom he exchanged shirts with during a Champions League game against Juventus, “A great player and a great guy.”

 

Just a small sample of the kits Nuri Sahin has collected throughout his 16-year career as a professional (Photo: privat).

Despite collecting a huge amount of kits throughout his career, Nuri Sahin has never thrown one away. Nevertheless, the collection that Sahin’s mother shared with WERDER.DE was far from the finished product. The shirt of former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo is missing, along with many others. “I have a very big family. A few of them will take a couple of shirts. Lots of them will be in circulation I’m sure,” said Werder’s #17 with a smile.

However, his own jerseys are kept in honour, “I hang my shirts on the wall in my house, above all out of respect for the clubs.” Along with former kits from Borussia Dortmund, Feyenoord, Rotterdam, Real Madrid, Liverpool and the Turkish national team, hangs one of SV Werder’s limited-edition Christmas tree kits. Former teammate and current BVB captain Marco Reus owns one of Sahin’s kits from his time at the club, which he is, “particularly proud of,” the 31-year-old admits.

Sahin had never been a collector, however, especially in the early days of his career, he was always desperate to obtain shirts from his idols. But there was one shirt that he was never able to get his hands on: Fernando Redondo. The former Real Madrid and AC Milan midfielder retired in 2004, a year before Nuri Sahin exploded onto the scene.

 
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