Ayhan Akman
Ayhan Akman (Turkish pronunciation: [ajhan akman], born 23 February 1977) is a retired Turkish footballer who last played for Galatasaray. He was suspended from football for six months after doping testing positive for a banned substance. He is currently the assistant manager of Galatasaray.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ayhan Akman | ||
| Date of birth | 23 February 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | İnegöl, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club 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) | |
| National team | |||
| 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) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2013–2014 | Galatasaray A2 (assistant)[1] | ||
| 2014 | Kayseri Erciyesspor (assistant)[1] | ||
| 2015 | Karşıyaka[1] | ||
| 2015–2016 | Sarıyer[2] | ||
| 2016–2017 | Galatasaray (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2019 | Antalyaspor (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
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
In the 2008–2009 season, he was a player under head coach Michael Skibbe.
On 12 August Galatasaray coach Fatih Terim has announced that their new captain is Ayhan Akman.
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, at the age of 35, after winning his fourth and last Turkish League title. He, on a side note, was wearing the number 18, when Galatasaray SK won its 18th League title.
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.
Statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup[7] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 1999–00 | 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 | |
International
| Turkey national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 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
- Beşiktaş
- Türkiye Kupası (1): 1997–98
- Atatürk Kupası (1): 2000
- Galatasaray
- Süper Lig (4): 2001–02, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2011–12
- Türkiye Kupası (1): 2004–05
- Süper Kupa (1): 2007–08
- Turkey
- UEFA European Championship bronze medalist: 2008[8][9][10]
References
- "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
- 29.08.2009 - 00:00, Son Güncelleme: 28.08.2009 - 21:43. "Beşiktaş'ın transfer yıldızı Gaziantep oldu, 10 yılda 37 milyon dolar ödedi - Sondakika Ekonomi Haberleri". Hurriyet.com.tr. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- "Ayhan: Sezon sonunda futbolu bırakıyorum". 15 February 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
- Includes Atatürk Cup and Turkish Super Cup
- "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
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ayhan Akman. |
- Profile at Galatasaray.org
- Statistics at TFF.org (in Turkish)
- Ayhan Akman – FIFA competition record
- Ayhan Akman at FootballDatabase.eu
- Ayhan Akman at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ayhan Akman at Soccerbase
- Ayhan Akman at IMDb
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