Kaan Ayhan

Kaan Ayhan (born 10 November 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back as well as operating as a right back for Süper Lig club Galatasaray, on loan from Sassuolo. Born in Germany, he represents the Turkey national team.

Kaan Ayhan
Ayhan with Fortuna Düsseldorf in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-11-10) 10 November 1994
Place of birth Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, defender
Team information
Current team
 Galatasaray
(on loan from Sassuolo)
Number 23
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)
2016–2020 Fortuna Düsseldorf 113 (8)
2020– Sassuolo 52 (1)
2023– → Galatasaray (loan) 1 (0)
International career‡
2009 Turkey U17 2 (0)
2009–2010 Germany U16 6 (0)
2010–2011 Germany U17 20 (3)
2012 Germany U18 2 (0)
2013–2015 Turkey U21 8 (1)
2016– Turkey 51 (5)
Honours
Representing  Germany
Men's football
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Third place2011 Mexico
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 February 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 September 2022

Club career

Schalke 04

Ayhan joined Schalke 04's youth academy when he was four years old.[2] On 18 January 2012, he signed a professional contract with Schalke 04 that would last until 30 June 2015.[3] Ayhan was assigned a number 24 shirt.[4] Ayhan made his debut against FC Augsburg in a 4–1 win on 5 October 2013, coming on as a substitute for Ádám Szalai.[5] On 3 May 2014, Ayhan scored his first Bundesliga goal in the 13th minute of a 2–0 victory at SC Freiburg.[6]

In January 2016, Ayhan joined Eintracht Frankfurt on loan from Schalke for the second half of the season.[7] 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.[8]

Fortuna Düsseldorf

On 31 August 2016, Ayhan left Schalke 04 after 17 years at the club to join 2. Bundesliga side Fortuna Düsseldorf.[9]

On 13 May 2017 Ayhan scored the third goal in a 3-2 for win over 1. FC Nürnberg, securing the 2017–18 2. Bundesliga title for Fortuna Düsseldorf.[10][11]

Sassuolo

On 16 August 2020, Ayhan joined Serie A club Sassuolo.[12]

Galatasaray

On 28 January 2023, Galatasaray announced the official negotiations for the temporary transfer of Kaan Ayhan from Sassuolo till the end of the season.[13] On 30 January 2023, the transfer was confirmed by Sassuolo as an initial loan with an obligation to buy.[14]

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.[15] He was called up by manager Fatih Terim for Turkey's friendly match against Russia on 31 August 2016, and subsequent World Cup 2018 qualifier against Croatia.[16] Kaan Ayhan gave his debut for the Turkey national football team on 31 August 2016 in a friendly against Russia.[17]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 12 April 2023.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Schalke 04 2012–13[18] Bundesliga 0000—00
2013–14[18] Bundesliga 141001[lower-alpha 1]0151
2014–15[18] Bundesliga 150004[lower-alpha 1]0190
2015–16[18] Bundesliga 10004[lower-alpha 2]050
Total 3010091391
Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) 2015–16[18] Bundesliga 2000—20
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2016–17[18] 2. Bundesliga 23110—241
2017–18[18] 2. Bundesliga 31110—321
2018–19[18] Bundesliga 28430—314
2019–20[18] Bundesliga 31230—342
Total 113880—1218
Sassuolo 2020–21[18] Serie A 19010—200
2021–22[18] Serie A 23110—241
2022–23[18] Serie A 10010—110
Total 52130—551
Career total 197101109121711
  1. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International
Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ayhan goal.
List of international goals scored by Kaan Ayhan[19]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
125 March 2019Eskişehir Stadium, Eskişehir, Turkey Moldova4–04–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
28 June 2019Büyükşehir Stadium, Konya, Turkey France1–02–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
314 October 2019Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France France1–11–1UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
427 May 2021Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium, Alanya, Turkey Azerbaijan2–12–1Friendly
514 June 2022Gürsel Aksel Stadium, İzmir, Turkey Lithuania1–02–02022–23 UEFA Nations League C

Honours

Fortuna Düsseldorf

Germany U17

References
  1. "Kaan Ayhan". U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  2. "Kaan Ayhan" (in German). Schalke 04. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  3. "Schalke-Talent Kaan Ayhan erhält Profi-Vertrag" (in German). Der Westen. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  4. "Kaan Ayhan ist der dienstälteste Knappe" (in German). Schalke 04. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  5. "Schalke 4 Augsburg 1". Soccerway. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  6. "Job almost done for Schalke". Bundesliga. 3 May 2014. Archived from the original on 4 May 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  7. Walsh, Jonathan. "Kaan Ayhan swaps Schalke for Frankfurt". Vavel. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  8. Lieto, Toni (3 January 2015). "Ayhans Ziel: Mit Spielpraxis zurück zum FC Schalke". Kicker Online (in German). Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  9. "Ayhan moves to Fortuna Düsseldorf". Schalke 04. 31 August 2016. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  10. Janning, Falk (14 May 2018). "Fortuna Düsseldorf: Kaan Ayhan sucht sein Trikot – und findet es bei Bibiana Steinhaus". rp-online.de.
  11. "Nürnberg vs. Fortuna Düsseldorf - 13 May 2018 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  12. "Calciomercato: dal Fortuna Düsseldorf arriva Kaan Ayhan". U.S. Sassuolo Calcio (in Italian).
  13. "Kaan Ayhan'ın geçici transferi hakkında". Galatasaray S.K. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  14. "CALCIOMERCATO: KAAN AYHAN CEDUTO AL GALATASARAY" (in Italian). U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  15. "Ümit Milli Takım'ın Yunanistan ve Polonya maçları aday kadrosu belli oldu" (in Turkish). TFF. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  16. "Fatih Terim'den sürpriz kadro!". spor.haber7.com. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  17. "Turkey vs. Russia".
  18. "Kaan Ayhaan". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  19. "Ayhan, Kaan". National Football Teams. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  20. "IFA U-17 World Cup Mexico 2011". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
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