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Bahattin Şimşek
Football referee who made his Süper Lig debut in the 2017 Gençlerbirliği–Kasımpaşa match.
Life and work
The story behind the role.
Born in Aydın in 1988, he trained in football coaching at Adnan Menderes University, graduating in 2010. His sporting background includes Aydınspor youth football, club basketball and licensed swimming.
His father Selami Şimşek also refereed in the Süper Lig. His own TFF interview records an assistant-referee assignment in the Denizlispor–Gençlerbirliği PAF match on 25 October 2008 and a first refereeing assignment in 2012.
His first Süper Lig match as referee was Gençlerbirliği–Kasımpaşa on 2 June 2017. The 2018 interview describes additional English-language study in Malta and his continuing referee education.
Career and education
Teams and organisations
Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu
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