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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.

Ayhan Akman

Personal information
Full name	Ayhan Akman
Date of birth	(1977-02-23) 23 February 1977 (age 45)
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

На других языках

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- [en] Ayhan Akman

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[es] Ayhan Akman

Ayhan Akman (İnegöl, Turquía, 23 de febrero de 1977), es un exfutbolista turco. Jugaba de centrocampista y su primer equipo fue el Gaziantepspor.

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[fr] Ayhan Akman

Ayhan Akman (né le 23 février 1977 à İnegöl, Bursa) est un footballeur turc qui évoluait autrefois au poste de milieu défensif au Galatasaray SK.

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[it] Ayhan Akman

Ayhan Akman (İnegöl, 23 febbraio 1977) è un allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore turco, di ruolo centrocampista.

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[ru] Акман, Айхан

Айха́н Акма́н (тур. Ayhan Akman; 23 февраля 1977, Инегёль, Турция) — турецкий футболист, полузащитник, длительное время выступал за «Галатасарай».

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