Ayhan Akman

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Ayhan Akman
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Personal information
Date of birth (1977-02-23) 23 February 1977 (age 47)
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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1994 İnegölspor 21 (4)
1994–1998 Gaziantepspor 98 (23)
1998–2001 Beşiktaş 71 (16)
2001–2012 Galatasaray 237 (10)
Total427(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: [ajhanakman] ; 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.

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Club career

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

On 15 February 2012, he announced that he will retire at the end of the 2011–2012 season. [6]

Retirement

Akman retired from his professional football career as of 13 May 2012.[ citation needed ]

International career

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

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

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cup [lower-alpha 1] EuropeTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gaziantepspor 1994–95 19321––214
1995–96 31841––359
1996–97 25551––306
1997–98 23731––268
Total9823144––11227
Beşiktaş 1998–99 2977310–3710
1999–2000 25710––267
2000–01 172001030212
Total71168320308419
Galatasaray 2001–02 230100060300
2002–03 212100040262
2003–04 231200060301
2004–05 2115200–263
2005–06 1725110–233
2006–07 311400060411
2007–08 171301051262
2008–09 3114100101453
2009–10 19060–110360
2010–11 261500040351
2011–12 8011000091
Total237103752052232717
Career total4064960116155252363

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Turkey 199820
199930
200010
200100
200200
200300
200400
200510
200600
200720
200880
200950
Total220

Honours

Beşiktaş
Galatasaray
Turkey

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Karşıyaka yeni Teknik Direktörü Ayhan Akman oldu". 24 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Sarıyer'in yeni hocası Akman". 9 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Turkish footballers in doping case
  4. ↑ "Turkish sportspeople in doping case". Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  5. ↑ 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)
  6. ↑ "Ayhan: Sezon sonunda futbolu bırakıyorum". 15 February 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  7. ↑ "Divan'da bir baba iki evlat". Habertürk.
  8. ↑ "Ayhan Akman, yeğeni Ali Akman ile ilgili konuştu" (in Turkish). Sporx.com. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  9. ↑ "Regulations of theUEFA European Football Championship" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  10. ↑ "Germany-Turkey | Line-ups | UEFA EURO". UEFA.com. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  11. ↑ "UEFA EURO 2008™ squad lists announced" (PDF). UEFA.com. 28 May 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
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