Ayhan Akman
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 23 February 1977 | ||
Place of birth | İnegöl, Turkey | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Galatasaray (assistant) | ||
Youth career | |||
1987–1993 | İnegölspor | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993–1994 | İnegölspor | 21 | (4) |
1994–1998 | Gaziantepspor | 98 | (23) |
1998–2001 | Beşiktaş | 71 | (16) |
2001–2012 | Galatasaray | 237 | (10) |
Total | 427 | (53) | |
International career | |||
1991–1992 | Turkey U15 | 4 | (0) |
1992–1993 | Turkey U16 | 8 | (0) |
1993 | Turkey U17 | 5 | (0) |
1994–1995 | Turkey U18 | 15 | (2) |
1995–1998 | Turkey U21 | 12 | (1) |
1998–2009 | Turkey | 22 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2013–2014 | Galatasaray A2 (assistant)[1] | ||
2014 | Kayseri Erciyesspor (assistant)[1] | ||
2015 | Karşıyaka[1] | ||
2015–2016 | Sarıyer[2] | ||
2016–2017 | Galatasaray (assistants) | ||
2019–2019 | Antalyaspor (assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ayhan Akman (Turkish pronunciation: [ajhan akman]; born 23 February 1977) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was suspended from football for six months after doping testing positive for a banned substance. He is the assistant manager of Galatasaray.
Club career
[edit]Akman played for İnegölspor, Gaziantepspor and Beşiktaş.
He was suspended from football for six months after doping testing positive for banned for using banned Anabolik Steroid-Metenolone.[3][4] His transfer from Gaziantepspor to Besiktas in 1998 for $8.75 million, as requested by manager John Toshack made Ayhan the most expensive internal transfer in Turkish football history,[5] until recently.
Galatasaray
[edit]On 15 February 2012, he announced that he will retire at the end of the 2011–2012 season.[6]
Retirement
[edit]Akman retired from his professional football career as of 13 May 2012.[citation needed]
International career
[edit]He was called up to Turkey's Euro 2008 squad and played his first match of the tournament in the semi-final against Germany in Basel.[citation needed]
Personal life
[edit]Akman's sons Hamza and Efe Akman are both professional footballers at Galatasaray.[7] He is also the uncle of the Turkish professional footballer Ali Akman.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Gaziantepspor | 1994–95 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 21 | 4 | ||
1995–96 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 35 | 9 | |||
1996–97 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 30 | 6 | |||
1997–98 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 26 | 8 | |||
Total | 98 | 23 | 14 | 4 | – | – | 112 | 27 | |||
Beşiktaş | 1998–99 | 29 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | 37 | 10 | |
1999–2000 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 7 | |||
2000–01 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 2 | |
Total | 71 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 84 | 19 | |
Galatasaray | 2001–02 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
2002–03 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 2 | |
2003–04 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 1 | |
2004–05 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 26 | 3 | ||
2005–06 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 23 | 3 | ||
2006–07 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 1 | |
2007–08 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 2 | |
2008–09 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 45 | 3 | |
2009–10 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
2010–11 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
2011–12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
Total | 237 | 10 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 327 | 17 | |
Career total | 406 | 49 | 60 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 55 | 2 | 523 | 63 |
- ^ Includes Atatürk Cup and Turkish Super Cup.
International
[edit]National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Turkey | 1998 | 2 | 0 |
1999 | 3 | 0 | |
2000 | 1 | 0 | |
2001 | 0 | 0 | |
2002 | 0 | 0 | |
2003 | 0 | 0 | |
2004 | 0 | 0 | |
2005 | 1 | 0 | |
2006 | 0 | 0 | |
2007 | 2 | 0 | |
2008 | 8 | 0 | |
2009 | 5 | 0 | |
Total | 22 | 0 |
Honours
[edit]- Beşiktaş
- Türkiye Kupası: 1997–98
- Atatürk Kupası: 2000
- Galatasaray
- Turkey
- UEFA European Championship bronze medalist: 2008[9][10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Karşıyaka yeni Teknik Direktörü Ayhan Akman oldu". 24 February 2015.
- ^ "Sarıyer'in yeni hocası Akman". 9 July 2015.
- ^ Turkish footballers in doping case
- ^ "Turkish sportspeople in doping case". Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- ^ 29 August 2009 - 00:00, Son Güncelleme: 28 August 2009 - 21:43. "Beşiktaş'ın transfer yıldızı Gaziantep oldu, 10 yılda 37 milyon dolar ödedi - Sondakika Ekonomi Haberleri". Hurriyet.com.tr. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Ayhan: Sezon sonunda futbolu bırakıyorum". 15 February 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
- ^ "Divan'da bir baba iki evlat". Habertürk.
- ^ "Ayhan Akman, yeğeni Ali Akman ile ilgili konuştu" (in Turkish). Sporx.com. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "Regulations of theUEFA European Football Championship" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ "Germany-Turkey | Line-ups | UEFA EURO". UEFA.com. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ "UEFA EURO 2008™ squad lists announced" (PDF). UEFA.com. 28 May 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Profile at Galatasaray.org
- Statistics at TFF.org (in Turkish)
- Ayhan Akman – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Ayhan Akman at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ayhan Akman at Soccerbase
- Ayhan Akman at IMDb
- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from İnegöl
- Sportspeople from Bursa Province
- Turkish men's footballers
- İnegölspor footballers
- Gaziantepspor footballers
- Beşiktaş J.K. footballers
- Galatasaray S.K. footballers
- Süper Lig players
- Turkey men's international footballers
- Turkey men's under-21 international footballers
- UEFA Euro 2000 players
- UEFA Euro 2008 players
- Doping cases in association football
- Turkish sportspeople in doping cases
- Turkey men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders