Gökhan Zan

Gökhan Zan
Zan in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-09-07) 7 September 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Hatay, Turkey
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
1997–1998 Hatayspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Hatayspor 12 (2)
2000–2003 Çanakkale Dardanelspor 80 (9)
2003–2009 Beşiktaş 69 (4)
2004–2005 → Gaziantepspor (loan) 29 (0)
2009–2015 Galatasaray 56 (3)
Total 246 (18)
International career
2000 Turkey U19 2 (0)
2002–2003 Turkey U21 7 (0)
2005–2013 Turkey 36 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gökhan Zan (born 7 September 1981[1]) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Club career

Zan was born in Antakya. He started his career with Hatayspor and then moved on to Çanakkale Dardanelspor before joining Beşiktaş in 2003. He needed time to make his mark with the Turkish giants, and spent a spell on loan with Gaziantepspor before returning to the İnönü Stadium.[1]

Galatasaray

Following 2008–09 season-end, Zan could not negotiate a deal with Beşiktaş. On 22 June 2009, it had been announced that Zan made a deal with Galatasaray for a period of two years starting from 2009–10 season.[2] In further rumours, it has been written on papers that Zan had never been called by Beşiktaş in order to negotiate after his contract had been expired, which was dealt for two years within an optional second season. After 20 days with no proposal from the club, Zan have accepted Galatasaray's offer.[3]

On 27 June 2011, Zan signed a new contract, with €700,000 per annum wage plus €20,000 per game.[4] He scored his first goal for the club on the second half of the 2010–11 Süper Lig season which came in the first half as the game ended in a 1–1 draw against Kayserispor. Zan played 12 matches on the 2011–12 Süper Lig season and scored 2 goals, one against Eskişehirspor in 2–0 win and the other in a 4–0 win against Ankaragücü. He was part of Galatasaray's champion squad.

In early April 2013, his contract was extended for another two-years until 2015.

International career

Zan emerged as a key man for Turkey in their Euro 2008 qualifying push, starring in seven games for Fatih Terim's side. At the tournament itself, Zan made three appearances after he was initially injured in the opening game against Portugal. He has appeared in two qualifying matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Career statistics

As of 22 December 2013[5]

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hatayspor 1999–2000 12 2 – – - 12 2
Çanakkale Dardanelspor 2000–01 29 2 2 0 – – 31 2
2001–02 25 3 2 0 – – 27 3
2002–03 26 4 2 1 – – 28 5
Total 80 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 86 10
Beşiktaş 2003–04 2 0 2 0 – – 4 0
2005–06 11 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 17 0
2006–07 24 3 6 0 – 2 0 32 3
2007–08 20 0 1 0 – 4 0 25 0
2008–09 19 1 7 0 – – 26 1
Total 74 4 17 0 1 0 8 0 100 4
Gaziantepspor (loan) 2004–05 29 1 3 1 – – 32 2
Galatasaray 2009–10 9 0 1 0 - 6 0 16 0
2010–11 15 1 2 0 - 0 0 17 1
2011–12 12 2 1 0 0 0 - 13 2
2012–13 10 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 15 0
2013–14 9 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 14 0
Total 55 4 7 0 1 0 12 0 75 4
Career total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Turkey 2006 10 0
2007 6 0
2008 11 0
2009 4 0
2010 2 0
2011 2 0
2012 0 0
2013 1 0
Total 36 0

Honours

Beşiktaş
Galatasaray
Turkey

References

  1. ^ a b c hurriyet.com.tr (13 July 2003). "Luca'nın Prensi" (in Turkish). Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  2. ^ Gökhan Zan Galatasaray’da
  3. ^ "Beşiktaş'tan 4 milyon Euro'luk unutkanlık". Hürriyet Daily News. 30 June 2009. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
  4. ^ "Sözleşmenin Uzatılması Hakkında". Turkish Public Disclosure System (in Turkish). 27 June 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  5. ^ "Gökhan Zan". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Regulations of theUEFA European Football Championship" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Germany-Turkey | Line-ups | UEFA EURO". UEFA. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  8. ^ "UEFA EURO 2008™ squad lists announced" (PDF). UEFA. 28 May 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
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