Hakan Balta

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Hakan Kadir Balta
Personal information
Full name	Hakan Kadir Balta
Date of birth	March 23, 1983 (1983-03-23) (age 25)
Place of birth	Berlin, Germany
Height	1.84m
Playing position	Left-back
Club information
Current club	Galatasaray S.K.
Number	22
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005-2007 2007-present	Manisaspor Galatasaray	69 (11) 27 0(3)
National team2
2007-	Turkey	08 0(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 22:57, 29 May 2008 (CET). * Appearances (Goals)

Hakan Kadir Balta (born March 23, 1983 in Berlin, Germany) is a Turkish football player who plays as a defender for Galatasaray.

He formerly played for Manisaspor before moving to Galatasaray in September 2007. As part of the transfer deal Galatasaray exchanged Ferhat Öztorun and loaned Aydın Yılmaz, and Anıl Karaer. He has recently been called up to the Euro 2008 qualifiers against Norway and Bosnia-Herzegovia. He currently has 4 caps for the national team. In the last game of the season he scored an amazing goal from distance that secured the title for Galatasaray and he won Turkcell Super League 2007-08 with Galatasaray.

[edit] Honours

• Galatasaray
  • Turkish League: 1 (2007-08)

[edit] Turkey Goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	20 May 2008	Bielefeld, Germany	Slovakia	1-0	1-0	Friendly

[edit] External links

• Profile at galatasaray.org
• Profile at TFF.org
• Profile at transfermarkt.de

v • d • e Turkey squad - UEFA Euro 2008 1 Rüştü • 2 Servet • 3 Hakan • 4 Gökhan • 5 Emre • 6 Mehmet • 7 M. Aurélio • 8 Nihat • 9 Semih • 10 Gökdeniz • 11 Tümer • 12 Tolga • 13 Emre Güngör • 14 Arda • 15 E. Aşık • 16 Uğur • 17 Tuncay • 18 C. Kazım • 19 Ayhan • 20 Sabri • 21 Mevlüt • 22 Hamit Altıntop • 23 Volkan • Coach: Fatih Terim

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