Kaan Ayhan

Kaan Ayhan

Ayhan playing for Turkey U21 in 2013
Personal information
Full name Kaan Ayhan
Date of birth (1994-11-10) 10 November 1994
Place of birth Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defender / Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Number 5
Youth career
1999–2013 Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Schalke 04 II 3 (0)
2013–2016 Schalke 04 30 (1)
2016 → Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) 2 (0)
2016– Fortuna Düsseldorf 0 (0)
National team
2009 Turkey U17 2 (0)
2009–2010 Germany U16 6 (0)
2010–2011 Germany U17 20 (3)
2012 Germany U18 2 (0)
2013– Turkey U21 8 (1)
2016– Turkey 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 July 2016.


Kaan Ayhan (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈkʰaːn ˈäj.hän], born 10 November 1994) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre back as well as operating as a right back for Fortuna Düsseldorf and the Turkish national team.

Club career

Schalke 04

Ayhan joined Schalke 04's youth academy when he was four years old.[1] On 18 January 2012, he signed a professional contract with Schalke 04 that would last until 30 June 2015.[2] Ayhan was assigned a number 24 shirt.[3] Ayhan made his debut against FC Augsburg in a 4–1 win on 5 October 2013, coming on as a substitute for Ádám Szalai.[4] On 3 May 2014, Ayhan scored his first Bundesliga goal in the 13th minute of a 2–0 victory at SC Freiburg.[5]

In January 2016, Ayhan joined Eintracht Frankfurt on loan from Schalke for the second half of the season.[6] Frankfurt secured the option of signing him permanently, however, the fixed transfer fee was reported as being too high for a permanent signing to be likely.[7]

Fortuna Düsseldorf

On 31 August 2016, Ayhan left Schalke 04 after 17 years at the club to join 2. Bundesliga side Fortuna Düsseldorf.[8]

International career

A Turkish-German, Ayhan has been capped by both Germany and Turkey junior national teams. In October 2013, Ayhan was selected for the Turkey under-21 squad.[9] He was called up by manager Fatih Terim for Turkey's friendly match against Russia on August 31, 2016 and subsequent World Cup 2018 qualifier against Croatia.[10] Kaan Ayhan gave his debut for the Turkish national football team on August, the 31st of 2016 in a friendly against Russia.Kaan Ayhans debut for Turkey

Style of play

Although Ayhan can play in several positions, he is most often used as a central defender.

Statistics

Club

As of 8 March 2015[11]
Club League Season League Cup Europe Total
App. Goals App. Goals App. Goals App. Goals
Schalke 04 Bundesliga 2013–14 1410010151
2014–15 1500040190
2015–16 10004050
Total 3010090391
Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) 2015–16 10000010
Career total 3110090401

References

  1. ↑ "Kaan Ayhan" (in German). Schalke 04. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Schalke-Talent Kaan Ayhan erhält Profi-Vertrag" (in German). Der Westen. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Kaan Ayhan ist der dienstälteste Knappe" (in German). Schalke 04. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Schalke 4 Augsburg 1". Soccerway. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Job almost done for Schalke". Bundesliga. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  6. ↑ Walsh, Jonathan. "Kaan Ayhan swaps Schalke for Frankfurt". Vavel. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Lieto, Toni (3 January 2015). "Ayhans Ziel: Mit Spielpraxis zurück zum FC Schalke". Kicker Online (in German). Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Ayhan moves to Fortuna Düsseldorf". Schalke 04. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Ümit Milli Takım'ın Yunanistan ve Polonya maçları aday kadrosu belli oldu" (in Turkish). TFF. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  10. ↑ "Fatih Terim'den sürpriz kadro!". spor.haber7.com. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "Kaan Ayhan". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
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