Ayhan Gezen

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Ayhan Gezen
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-06-23) 23 June 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth Istanbul, Turkey
Position(s) Midfielder/Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1996 Hertha BSC II
1992–1994Hertha BSC 14 (1)
1996–1999 FC Berlin 81 (8)
1999–2000 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 19 (3)
2000–2001 BFC Dynamo
2001–2004 SV Altlüdersdorf
2004–2006 Spandauer SV
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ayhan Gezen (born 23 June 1972) is a Turkish-German former footballer. [1] He was part of the Hertha BSC reserve team who reached the 1993 DFB-Pokal final and made 14 appearances for Hertha's first team in the 2. Bundesliga.

Gezen played for BFC Dynamo from 1996 to 1999 and then again from 2000 to 2001. He scored one goal when BFC Dynamo defeated Berlin Türkspor 1965 4–1 in the final of the 1998-99 Berlin Cup at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark on 11 May 1999 and captured its first Berlin Cup title. [2]

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References

  1. "Gezen, Ayha". Kicker (in German). Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  2. Jahn, Michael (11 May 1999). "Cupfinale endet mit häßlichen Szenen". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Berlin: Berliner Verlag GmbH. Retrieved 16 April 2024.