Berkant Göktan

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Personal information


Full name	Berkant Göktan
Date of birth	December 12, 1980 (1980-12-12) (age 27)
Place of birth	Munich, West Germany
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	TSV 1860 München
Number	10
Youth clubs
	Bayern Munich
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998 1999 1999–2000 2000–2001 2001–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–present	Bayern Munich → Borussia Mönchengladbach (loan) → Arminia Bielefeld (loan) Bayern Munich Galatasaray SK Beşiktaş J.K. 1. FC Kaiserslautern TSV 1860 München	01 0(0) 05 0(0) 14 0(1) 01 0(0) 41 0(9) 04 0(1) 07 0(1) 32 (18)
National team
	Turkey	3 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 20, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Berkant Göktan (born 12 December 1980 in Munich) is a Turkish-German footballer.

He was considered one of the hottest prospects in Germany during the late 1990s.^[1] Giovanni Trapattoni called him up to train with Bayern's senior squad when he was 16 years old,^[1] while Ottmar Hitzfeld granted him his professional debut at age 17. He replaced Hasan Salihamidzic in a 1998–99 UEFA Champions League game against Manchester United with 30 minutes left when the score was 21 for Manchester. Bayern ended up tying the game.^[1] In January 2005, he negotiated a loan deal to Borussia Mönchengladbach.^[1] After playing four years in his “adoptive” Turkey, he is now displaying his best football in 2.Bundesliga's TSV 1860 München, since September 2006 and become a star of the team.