Tanju Kayhan (born 22 July 1989 in Vienna, Austria) is a retired Austrian footballer.[1]
Club career
Kayhan began his career 1999 with Rapid Wien Amateur and was promoted to the first team in November 2008 from and made his debut on 15 November 2008 against LASK Linz. On 30 January 2010 left SK Rapid Wien on loan to SC Wiener Neustadt, he will return on 30 June 2010.[2] He signed a two-year deal with Göztepe SK in June 2016.[1]
In February 2021, Kayhan returned to Austria when he signed with SV Stripfing.[5] However, he was injured with an anterior cruciate ligament injury and was therefore, at the time of the announcement, not fit to play or train at all.[6] He later also revealed, that he never signed a specific agreement with the club and he never really appeared on the teamlist for them.[4]
From February 2022 until the end of the season, Kayhan played for SV Hundsheim alongside his brother, Coskun, scoring five goals in seven league games[7]
In January 2023, Kayhan started as an assistant coach for Admira Wacker's U-16 team.[8][9] At the same time, around August 2024, Kayhan also played a single league game for SC Ostbahn XI, as well as a few friendlies; a club that his brother, Coskun, was managing at the time.[10][11]
Kayhan was born to Turkish parents.[12] He has three brothers who plays football Coskun played for SC Zwettl, Ercan for ASC Götzendorf and Orhan Kayhan for SVR Wolfersberg.[13] He also holds Turkish citizenship.[14]
Kayhan later began a career as a personal football coach. He and his brother Coskun Kayhan founded Football-CTK.[15]