Ayhan Akman

Ayhan Akman

Personal information
Full name	Ayhan Akman
Date of birth	(1977-02-23) 23 February 1977 (age 44)
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

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 the assistant manager of Galatasaray.

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 is the uncle of the Turkish professional footballer Ali Akman.^[7]

Statistics[]

Club[]

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup[8]		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^[9][10][11]

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ayhan Akman.

• Profile at Galatasaray.org
• Statistics at TFF.org (in Turkish)
• Ayhan Akman – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Ayhan Akman at FootballDatabase.eu
• Ayhan Akman at National-Football-Teams.com
• Ayhan Akman at Soccerbase
• Ayhan Akman at IMDb