Ayhan Akman

Ayhan Akman
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*
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 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

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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

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

Retirement

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

International career

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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

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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

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup[a] 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
1999–2000 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

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
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

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Beşiktaş
Galatasaray
Turkey

References

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  1. ^ a b c "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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