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

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'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

Club

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
  1. ^ Includes Atatürk Cup and Turkish Super Cup.

International

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

Beşiktaş
Galatasaray
Turkey

References

  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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