İlyas Kahraman

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İlyas Kahraman
Personal information
Full name İlyas Kahraman
Date of birth 31/3/1976
Place of birth    İstanbul, Turkey
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Antalyaspor
Number 10
Youth clubs
Galatasaray
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2006-present Antalyaspor 13 (0)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 6 December 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Ilyas Kahraman (born March 31, 1976 in Istanbul) is a Turkish professional soccer player. He is a midfielder and is famous of his powerful freekicks and talented left foot.

After being promoted from Galatasaray's youth club to senior club, Ilyas played for Galatasaray for a while. He was seen as one of the most important players for the future by the club management. However, his career dramatically changed after he missed a crucial penalty in a historical Turkish Cup match against Gençlerbirliği on November 28, 1996. After leaving Galatasaray, he played for Gaziantepspor, Yimpaş Yozgatspor, Denizlispor, Malatyaspor, Bursaspor and Diyarbakırspor. After Diyarbakırspor were relegated Kahraman has been transferred to recently promoted Antalyaspor. Kahraman has made his debut for Antalyaspor in Çaykur Rizespor match on 6 August 2006.


Antalyaspor - Current Squad

1 Córdoba | 2 Levent Y. | 4 Metin | 5 Dziewicki | 6 Levent K. | 7 Bieniuk | 8 Ercan | 9 Coşkun | 10 İlyas | 11 Taner | 12 Suazo | 13 Şenol | 17 Ali | 19 Alican | 20 İdris | 21 Erman | 22 İlker | 23 Mustafa Ö. | 25 Straka | 28 Vahap | 39 Mustafa G. | 67 Uğur | 74 Volkan | 77 Ali Cansun | Manager: Yilmaz