Kaan Ayhan

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Kaan Ayhan
Kaan-Ayhan-08-2019.jpg
Ayhan in 2019
Personal information
Full name Kaan Ayhan
Date of birth (1994-11-10) 10 November 1994 (age 27)
Place of birth Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, Defender
Club information
Current team
 Sassuolo
Number 5
Youth career
1999–2013 Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Schalke 04 II 3 (0)
2013–2016 Schalke 04 30 (1)
2016 → Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) 2 (0)
2016–2020 Fortuna Düsseldorf 113 (8)
2020– Sassuolo 24 (0)
National team‡
2009 Turkey U17 2 (0)
2009–2010 Germany U16 6 (0)
2010–2011 Germany U17 20 (3)
2012 Germany U18 2 (0)
2013–2015 Turkey U21 8 (1)
2016– Turkey 44 (4)
Honours
Representing  Germany
Men's football
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Third place 2011 Mexico
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 October 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 October 2021

Kaan Ayhan (born 10 November 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre back as well as operating as a right back for Serie A club Sassuolo.[1] Born in Germany, he represents the Turkey national team.

Club career[]

Schalke 04[]

Ayhan joined Schalke 04's youth academy when he was four years old.[2] On 18 January 2012, he signed a professional contract with Schalke 04 that would last until 30 June 2015.[3] Ayhan was assigned a number 24 shirt.[4] Ayhan made his debut against FC Augsburg in a 4–1 win on 5 October 2013, coming on as a substitute for Ádám Szalai.[5] On 3 May 2014, Ayhan scored his first Bundesliga goal in the 13th minute of a 2–0 victory at SC Freiburg.[6]

In January 2016, Ayhan joined Eintracht Frankfurt on loan from Schalke for the second half of the season.[7] Frankfurt secured the option of signing him permanently, however, the fixed transfer fee was reported as being too high for a permanent signing to be likely.[8]

Fortuna Düsseldorf[]

On 31 August 2016, Ayhan left Schalke 04 after 17 years at the club to join 2. Bundesliga side Fortuna Düsseldorf.[9]

On 13 May 2017 Ayhan scored the third goal in a 3-2 for win over 1. FC Nürnberg, securing the 2017–18 2. Bundesliga title for Fortuna Düsseldorf.[10][11]

International career[]

A Turkish-German, Ayhan has been capped by both Germany and Turkey junior national teams. In October 2013, Ayhan was selected for the Turkey under-21 squad.[12] He was called up by manager Fatih Terim for Turkey's friendly match against Russia on August 31, 2016, and subsequent World Cup 2018 qualifier against Croatia.[13] Kaan Ayhan gave his debut for the Turkish national football team on August, the 31st of 2016 in a friendly against Russia.[14]

Personal life[]

In 2021 he tested positive for COVID-19.[15]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 23 May 2021
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Schalke 04 2012–13[16] Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2013–14[16] Bundesliga 14 1 0 0 1[a] 0 15 1
2014–15[16] Bundesliga 15 0 0 0 4[a] 0 19 0
2015–16[16] Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 4[b] 0 5 0
Total 30 1 0 0 9 1 39 1
Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) 2015–16[16] Bundesliga 2 0 0 0 — 2 0
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2016–17[16] 2. Bundesliga 23 1 1 0 — 24 1
2017–18[16] 2. Bundesliga 31 1 1 0 — 32 1
2018–19[16] Bundesliga 28 4 3 0 — 31 4
2019–20[16] Bundesliga 31 2 3 0 — 34 2
Total 113 8 8 0 — 121 8
Sassuolo 2020–21[16] Serie A 19 0 1 0 — 20 0
Career total 164 9 9 0 9 1 182 10
  1. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International goals[]

Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first.[17]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 25 March 2019 Eskişehir Stadium, Eskişehir, Turkey  Moldova 4–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
2. 8 June 2019 Büyükşehir Stadium, Konya, Turkey  France 1–0 2–0
3. 14 October 2019 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France 1–1 1–1
4. 27 May 2021 Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium, Alanya, Turkey  Azerbaijan 2–1 2–1 Friendly

Honours[]

Fortuna Düsseldorf

Germany U17

References[]

  1. ^ @SassuoloUS (16 August 2020). "#Calciomercato: dal Fortuna..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "Kaan Ayhan" (in German). Schalke 04. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Schalke-Talent Kaan Ayhan erhält Profi-Vertrag" (in German). Der Westen. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Kaan Ayhan ist der dienstälteste Knappe" (in German). Schalke 04. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Schalke 4 Augsburg 1". Soccerway. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  6. ^ "Job almost done for Schalke". Bundesliga. 3 May 2014. Archived from the original on 4 May 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  7. ^ Walsh, Jonathan. "Kaan Ayhan swaps Schalke for Frankfurt". Vavel. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  8. ^ Lieto, Toni (3 January 2015). "Ayhans Ziel: Mit Spielpraxis zurück zum FC Schalke". Kicker Online (in German). Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  9. ^ "Ayhan moves to Fortuna Düsseldorf". Schalke 04. 31 August 2016. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  10. ^ Janning, Falk (14 May 2018). "Fortuna Düsseldorf: Kaan Ayhan sucht sein Trikot – und findet es bei Bibiana Steinhaus". rp-online.de.
  11. ^ "Nürnberg vs. Fortuna Düsseldorf - 13 May 2018 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  12. ^ "Ümit Milli Takım'ın Yunanistan ve Polonya maçları aday kadrosu belli oldu" (in Turkish). TFF. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  13. ^ "Fatih Terim'den sürpriz kadro!". spor.haber7.com. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  14. ^ "Turkey vs. Russia".
  15. ^ "Kaan Ayhan è risultato positivo al COVID-19" (in Italian). U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Kaan Ayhaan". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  17. ^ "Ayhan, Kaan". National Football Teams. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  18. ^ "IFA U-17 World Cup Mexico 2011". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on July 23, 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.

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