Kenan Sipahi

Kenan Sipahi — Biography

Kenan Sipahi is a Turkish point guard, 1.97 m tall, who was born in Pristina and spotted in Bursa as a child. Since January 2025 he has played for Bahçeşehir Koleji in the Basketbol Süper Ligi and the EuroCup. In 2013 he was named MVP of the Turkey team that won the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship; he speaks Turkish, Albanian, Serbian and English.

He began playing basketball in Pristina at the age of nine. At 11, shots he took in the Tofaş hall in Bursa caught the attention of club officials and he joined the youth system. He turned professional with Tofaş in 2010-11; in 2012-13 he averaged 7 points and 2.7 assists in 32 games, won a EuroChallenge game against Khimik with a last-second three-pointer, and was named the Erkan İçsel Rising Star of the year. In September 2013 he signed a three-year contract with Fenerbahçe, winning the President's Cup and the 2013-14 league title; in February 2014 he broke his arm and missed the rest of the season. On loan at Karşıyaka in 2015-16 he set career highs in Europe, then played for Beşiktaş, for Real Betis in Spain from 2019, and again for Fenerbahçe in 2020-21.

After a short spell at Zaragoza he returned to Beşiktaş in December 2021, joined Karşıyaka for a second time in 2022, and moved to Bahçeşehir Koleji in January 2025. He won bronze with Turkey's under-18s in 2011 and played for the senior national team at EuroBasket 2017.