| Kenan Sipahi | |
| Nationality: | Turkish / Kosovan |
| Position: | Point guard |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 5.75 |
| Weight Lb: | 195 |
| League: | Basketbol Süper Ligi |
| Team: | Pınar Karşıyaka |
| Number: | 55 |
| Birth Date: | 26 May 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Pristina, FR Yugoslavia (modern Kosovo) |
| Draft Year: | 2017 |
| Career Start: | 2010 |
| Years1: | 2010–2013 |
| Team1: | Tofaş |
| Years2: | 2013–2016 |
| Team2: | Fenerbahçe |
| Years3: | 2015–2016 |
| Team3: | →Karşıyaka |
| Years4: | 2016–2019 |
| Team4: | Beşiktaş |
| Years5: | 2019–2020 |
| Team5: | Real Betis |
| Years6: | 2020–2021 |
| Team6: | Fenerbahçe Beko |
| Years7: | 2021 |
| Team7: | Casademont Zaragoza |
| Years8: | 2021–2022 |
| Team8: | Beşiktaş |
| Years9: | 2022–present |
| Team9: | Pınar Karşıyaka |
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Kenan Sipahi (born May 26, 1995) is a Kosovo-born Turkish professional basketball player for Pınar Karşıyaka of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). The point guard descent stands at .
Kenan Sipahi was born in 1995 in Pristina, Kosovo to Xhelal Spahiu and Bisera Spahiu, he has Turkish background.[1] [2] Sipahi started playing basketball in Pristina at the age of nine and became a top-level prospect in Turkey at age 15.
He made his professional debut in the Turkish League with Tofaş Bursa during the 2010–11 season. He was already playing regularly at the age of 16.
Sipahi made his breakthrough in a 2012–13 season. He played plenty of minutes in the league and EuroChallenge. On January 15, 2013, he scored a game winning three-pointer against Khimik. He averaged 7 points and 2.7 assists in 32 league games.
On September 2, 2013, he signed a three-year contract with option to extend for one season with Fenerbahçe.[3] [4] At the age of 19, he made the roster of Fenerbahçe in the Euroleague. In February 2014, he had season-ending injury, after breaking his arm in Turkish Cup game against Trabzonspor.[5] In his first Euroleague season with the team, he averaged 2.7 points, 1.1 assists and 1 rebound over 15 games.
On September 30, 2015, he was loaned to Karşıyaka for one season.[6] Over the season, he averaged 7.6 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game in the Turkish League, while also having career-high averages of 5.3 points and 3.7 assists in the Euroleague. On July 1, 2016, he was released from Fenerbahçe.[7]
On July 13, 2016, Sipahi signed a one-year contract with Beşiktaş.[8] On July 18, 2017, he re-signed with Beşiktaş for two more seasons.[9] On August 6, 2019, Sipahi signed a two-year deal with Spanish club Coosur Real Betis.[10]
On July 16, 2020, he has signed with Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Basketball Super League.[11] On June 17, 2021, Sipahi parted ways with the Turkish club once more.
On September 15, 2021, he has signed with Casademont Zaragoza of the Liga ACB.[12] Sipahi parted ways with the team on December 10.[13]
On December 16, 2021, he has signed with Beşiktaş Icrypex of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).[14]
On June 21, 2022, he has signed with Pınar Karşıyaka of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) for as second stint after six years.[15]
Sipahi is a regular Turkish youth national team player. He helped Turkey's U-18 national team win the gold medal at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where he was named to the MVP and All-Tournament Team, averaging 10.9 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 5.0 assists. Also he played at the EuroBasket 2017 with Turkey's men's basketball national team
Sipahi is fluent in Turkish, Albanian, Serbian and English languages.[16]
He married Albanian model Ilda Abazi in July 2021 in a lavish ceremony at the Ciragan Kempinski palace in Istanbul. [17]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14| style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2| Fenerbahçe| 15 || 8 || 12.6 || .517 || .364 || .700 || 1.0 || 1.1 || .5 || .1 || 2.7 || 2.1|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15| 22 || 11 || 9.8 || .318 || .192 || .750 || .8 || .7 || .4 || .0 || 1.6 || .2|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16| style="text-align:left;"| Karşıyaka| 10 || 5 || 18.9 || .358 || .200 || .688 || 1.1 || 3.7 || .9 || .0 || 5.3 || 6.1|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:left;"| Career| style="text-align:left;"|| 47 || 24 || 12.6 || .381 || .228 || .700 || .9 || 1.4 || .5 || .0 || 2.8 || 2.0
MVP
All-Tournament Team