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.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ayhan Akman | ||
| Date of birth | 23 February 1977 | ||
| 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) | ||
| 2019–2019 | 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'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]
Statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup[9] | 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: 1997–98
- Atatürk Kupası: 2000
- Galatasaray
- Turkey
- UEFA European Championship bronze medalist: 2008[10][11][12]
References
External links
- 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
