Hakan Şükür

Hakan Şükür
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Personal information
Date of birth 1 September 1971 (1971-09-01) (age 39)
Place of birth Adapazarı, Sakarya, Turkey
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Striker
Youth career
Sakaryaspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1987–1990 Sakaryaspor 38 (19)
1990–1992 Bursaspor 44 (11)
1992–1995 Galatasaray 90 (54)
1995 Torino 5 (1)
1995–2000 Galatasaray 156 (108)
2000–2001 Inter 24 (5)
2001–2002 Parma 15 (3)
2002–2003 Blackburn Rovers 9 (2)
2003–2008 Galatasaray 146 (55)
Total 527 (258)
National team
1987–1988 Turkey U-16 6 (2)
1988–1990 Turkey U-18 13 (1)
1990–1993 Turkey U-21 16 (5)
1991–1993 Turkey Olympic 5 (4)
1992–2007 Turkey 112 (51)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Hakan Şükür (born 1 September 1971) is a Turkish former footballer who spent the majority of his career with Galatasaray. A three time Gol Kralı (Goal King, title and award given to the annual top goalscorer of the Süper Lig),[1] Şükür was born in the town of Adapazarı, in Sakarya Province. His first stint with Galatasaray began in 1992, the same year he earned a cap for the Turkey national football team. Şükür went on to represent Turkey a total of 112 times, scoring 51 goals, making him the nation's top goalscorer and 19th in the world. One of the most prolific strikers of the modern era, Şükür netted 383 goals throughout his club career, as well as the fastest ever in a FIFA World Cup finals in 2002.[2]

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Club career

Born in Adapazarı to a Kosovar father[3], Şükür began his football career with local club Sakaryaspor, making his professional debut shortly after his 17th birthday. His first goal came in a match against Eskişehirspor on 26 February 1989. With the match tied 2-2, Şükür entered the fray as a substitute and scored the winning goal.[4] He went on to score 10 goals in his 41 league matches for the club. In the summer of 1990, he joined fellow Süper Lig outfit Bursaspor. He scored six goals in 27 matches during the 1991–92 season, helping the team to a sixth-place finish.[5] Sepp Piontek selected the lanky forward for a friendly against the Luxembourg national football team. A move to Galatasaray followed at the end of the 1991–92 season.[4]

Nicknamed the Bull of the Bosphorus,[6] Şükür netted 19 in 30 matches in his first season with the club, helping them lift both the Süper Lig and Turkish Cup titles. He scored 16 and 19 goals respectively the next two seasons, attracting the attention of Torino F.C. In 1995, Şükür joined the Italian club, but returned to Galatasaray at the winter transfer window after failing to settle in. He scored one goal in five matches during his first stint in Italy. Upon his return to Galatasaray, Şükür found his form, bagging 16 goals and helping the team win the Süper Lig. The following season, Şükür scored 38 goals in the Süper Lig, tying him for second-most goals scored in a season with Metin Oktay, and one goal behind Tanju Çolak.[4] Both players were playing for Galatasaray when they broke the record. Şükür also finished third in the ESM Golden Boot rankings with 57 points, behind Mário Jardel (60) and Ronaldo (68).[7] Şükür would win the Gol Kralı award the following two seasons, scoring 32 and 19 goals during the 1997–98 and 1998–99 seasons respectively, with Galatasaray winning the title in all three seasons.

The club went on to win the league title for the fourth time in a row, adding a Turkish Cup, UEFA Cup, and UEFA Super Cup. They became the first Turkish club to win a European title. Şükür scored 10 goals in 17 UEFA Cup matches, as well as converting his penalty kick during the finals shootout. Coming off several successful years with many trophies, Şükür moved to Italy once again, this time to F.C. Internazionale Milano. He would go on to score six goals in 35 matches for Inter. Şükür was on the move once again the following season, signing for Parma F.C., but was unable to produce after netting three goals in 16 matches. In December 2002, he joined Blackburn Rovers,[8] scoring twice in nine appearances, both goals coming in a match against Fulham),[9]. Şükür returned to Galatasaray at the beginning of the 2003–04 season, bagging 12 goals in 28 league matches. In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee, he was selected as Turkey's Golden Player by the Turkish Football Federation, as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years.[10] On 3 December 2003, he scored twice in a 2–0 win over Juventus.[11]

The following season saw the prolific goalscorer net 18 goals, but ultimately lose out on all competitions. He helped the club lift the league title at the end of the 2005–06 season, scoring ten goals. After helping Galatasaray win a record-tying seventeenth league title at the end of the 2007–08 season, Şükür decided to hang up his boots. He has since often appeared as a television pundit on TRT. During his career, he scored 38 goals in all European competitions.

International career

Şükür won his first cap for Turkey in a friendly with Luxembourg in March 1992, scoring his first international goal in his next match, against Denmark, and totalling six in his first 11 appearances.

He represented the nation at UEFA Euro 1996 (three matches, no goals), Euro 2000 (scoring twice for the quarterfinalists, in a 2–0 group stage win against hosts Belgium) and the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

In the latter competition, held in South Korea and Japan, he scored once for Turkey in seven matches, as the national team finished in third place: on 29 June, Şükür scored the fastest ever goal in a FIFA World Cup, netting against South Korea in 10.8 seconds (3–2 win).[6] Of his 112 senior appearances, he captained Turkey in 30; after appearing in some Euro 2008 qualifiers, notably scoring four against Moldova in a 5–0 win in Frankfurt, Germany,[12] he was not selected for the finals in Switzerland and Austria, his final game being a 0–1 home loss against Greece, at the age of 36 (17 October 2007).

International goals

Statistics

Club

Club Season League Cup[13] Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sakaryaspor 1987–88 3 0 2 1 - - 5 1
1988–89 11 5 - - - - 11 5
1989–90 27 5 - - - - 27 5
Total 41 10 2 1 0 0 43 11
Bursaspor 1990–91 27 4 - - - - 27 4
1991–92 27 7 7 3 - - 34 0
Total 54 11 7 3 0 0 61 14
Galatasaray 1992–93 30 19 8 5 6 2 47 3
1993–94 27 16 7 4 9 0 43 3
1994–95 33 19 7 1 8 5 48 4
Total 90 54 22 10 23 7 135 71
Torino 1995–96 5 1 - - - - 5 1
Total 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 1
Galatasaray 1995–96 25 16 7 2 - - 32 18
1996–97 32 38 3 6 4 4 39 48
1997–98 34 32 9 2 7 0 50 34
1998–99 33 19 9 2 7 6 49 27
1999-00 32 14 5 1 17 10 54 25
Total 156 119 33 15 35 20 224 154
Internazionale 2000–01 24 5 1 0 9 1 34 6
2001–02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 24 5 1 0 9 1 35 6
Parma 2001–02 15 3 - - 1 0 16 3
Total 15 3 0 0 1 0 16 3
Blackburn Rovers 2002–03 9 2 - - - - 9 2
Total 9 2 0 0 0 0 9 2
Galatasaray 2003–04 28 12 1 0 9 6 38 18
2004–05 33 18 3 4 - - 35 22
2005–06 31 10 4 2 2 1 37 13
2006–07 26 4 2 0 6 1 34 5
2007–08 28 11 4 1 9 2 41 14
Total 146 55 14 7 26 10 186 72
Career total 540 260 79 34 94 38 709 334

European Cup goals

International

National team Year Apps Goals Assists
Turkey 1992 8 5 -
1993 3 1 -
1994 5 3 -
1995 7 4 -
1996 12 3 -
1997 5 6 -
1998 4 1 -
1999 7 3 -
2000 9 3 -
2001 10 6 -
2002 10 2 -
2003 9 4 -
2004 8 5 -
2005 5 0 -
2006 5 4 -
2007 5 1 -
Total 112 51 -

Honours

Club

Country

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Ligin Gol Kralları" (in Turkish). tff.org. http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=405. Retrieved 29 August 2010. 
  2. ↑ "Meet Hakan Sukur". guardian.co.uk. 4 December 2010. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2002/dec/04/newsstory.sport11. Retrieved 29 August 2010. 
  3. ↑ "Thaçi priti legjendën Şükür" (in Albanian). 21 August 2010. http://www.telegrafi.com/?id=5&a=16353. Retrieved 21 August 2010. "Hakkan Şükür, ish-futbolisti i Interit dhe i Galatasarayt është me prejardhje nga Kosova. Babai i tij ka lindur në Prishtinë, ndërsa më vonë është shpërngulur në Turqi" 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Hakan Şükür" (in Turkish). galatasaray.org. http://www.galatasaray.org/tarih/pages/hakansukur.php. Retrieved 29 August 2010. 
  5. ↑ "1991-1992 Sezonu" (in Turkish). tff.org. http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageID=561. Retrieved 29 August 2010. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Hakan Sukur Biography". FootballTeamPlayers. http://www.footballteamplayers.com/hakan-sukur-biography.html. Retrieved 29 August 2010. 
  7. ↑ "Golden Boot ("Soulier d'Or") Awards". rsssf.com. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/gboot.html. Retrieved 29 August 2010. 
  8. ↑ "Blackburn sign Sukur". BBC Sport. 4 December 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/2544127.stm. Retrieved 15 July 2010. 
  9. ↑ "Blackburn overpower Fulham". BBC Sport. 7 April 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/2895729.stm. Retrieved 20 October 2009. 
  10. ↑ "Golden Players take centre stage". UEFA.com. 29 November 2003. http://www.uefa.com/uefa/news/Kind=256/newsId=130150.html. Retrieved 16 March 2009. 
  11. ↑ "Sukur double sinks Juventus". BBC Sport. 3 December 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/champions_league/3252904.stm. Retrieved 15 July 2010. 
  12. ↑ "Round-up of Euro 2008 qualifiers". BBC Sport. 11 October 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/6041768.stm. Retrieved 15 July 2010. 
  13. ↑ Includes Atatürk Cup, Chancellor Cup, President Cup, TSYD Cup, Turkish Cup and Turkish Super Cup

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Bülent Korkmaz		 Galatasaray Captain
2005–2008		 Succeeded by
Ümit Karan