Hakan Şükür

Hakan Şükür
Personal information
Date of birth 1 September 1971 (1971-09-01) (age 40)
Place of birth Adapazarı, 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)
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)
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 retired Turkish footballer who played as a striker. He spent the majority of his professional career with Galatasaray, being a three-time Gol Kralı (Goal King, title and award given to the annual top goalscorer of the Süper Lig),[1] representing the club in three different spells and winning a total of 14 major titles.

Şükür represented 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, he netted 383 goals throughout his club career, as well as the fastest ever in a World Cup, in 2002.[2] He retired from football in 2008, only scoring once in single digits for his main team in 13 seasons.He got elected as a member of the Turkish parliament from Justice and Development Party in 2011 general elections. [3]

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Club career

Born in Adapazarı, Sakarya Province, 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, he entered the pitch as a substitute and scored the winning goal.[4] He went on to score a further 18 Süper Lig goals in his three-year spell with the club.

In the summer of 1990, Şükür joined fellow first division outfit Bursaspor. He scored six goals in 27 matches in his second season, helping the team to a sixth-place finish,[5] and making his Turkish national team debut shortly after.

Subsequently, Şükür signed for national giants Galatasaray SK.[4] Nicknamed the Bull of the Bosphorus,[6] he scored 19 goals in 30 matches in his first season with the club, helping it lift both the league and cup titles, adding 16 and 19, respectively, in the next two seasons, and attracting the attention of Torino FC. In 1995, he moved to the Italian club, becoming the second Turkish player to ever play in the Serie A, but returned to his country and Galatasaray in the following winter transfer window, failing to settle and only scoring once in the league.

Upon his return to Galatasaray, Şükür regained his scoring form, scoring 16 goals in the league and helping the club win the cup. The following season, he bagged 38 goals in the league, tying him for second-most goals scored in a season with Metin Oktay, one goal behind record holder Tanju Çolak; both players were playing for Galatasaray when they broke the record.[4] Şükür also finished third in the ESM Golden Boot rankings with 57 points, behind Mário Jardel (60) and Ronaldo (68).[7] He won the Gol Kralı award the following two seasons, scoring 32 and 19 goals respectively, with the Istanbul side winning the title in all three seasons.

In the 1999–2000 season, Şükür's last with Galatasaray in his second stint, the team completed a domestic double for the second year in succession, and added the year's UEFA Cup, becoming the first Turkish side to win a European title; in the 4–1 penalty shootout win against Arsenal, he scored on his attempt, having netted 10 times in 17 games during the campaign.

Subsequently, Şükür moved to Italy once again, this time to F.C. Internazionale Milano, scoring six goals in 35 official games. In January 2002, after one 1/2 seasons, he signed with another team in the country, Parma FC, but was unable to produce again, only scoring three times. In December 2002, he joined Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League,[8] scoring twice in nine appearances, both goals coming in a match against Fulham.[9]

Şükür returned to Galatasaray in 2003, scoring 12 times in 28 league games in his first season, and 18 in the following, with the team winning the 2005 Turkish cup during that timeframe. Also, on 3 December 2003, he scored twice in a 2–0 home defeat of Juventus FC, for the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League.[10] 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.[11]

In the 2005–06 season, Şükür again scored in double digits (ten) as Galatasaray again won the league. After helping the club win a record-tying seventeenth first division title in 2007–08, netting 11 goals, he decided to retire from the game, aged nearly 37. Subsequently, he 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 - his debut being awarded by German manager Sepp Piontek - 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 10
Total 54 11 7 3 0 0 61 14
Galatasaray 1992–93 30 19 8 5 6 2 47 26
1993–94 27 16 7 4 9 0 43 20
1994–95 33 19 7 1 8 5 48 25
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
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

Politics

On 18 June 2011, Şükür was elected as an MP to the Turkish Parliament in the 2011 General Elections, from the ruling Justice and Development Party, representing the 2nd Electoral District of İstanbul.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Ligin Gol Kralları [League top scorers]" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=405. Retrieved 29 August 2010. 
  2. ^ "Meet Hakan Sukur". The Guardian. 4 December 2002. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2002/dec/04/newsstory.sport11. Retrieved 29 August 2010. 
  3. ^ "Şükür: Stability needed in football management". Today's Zaman. http://www.todayszaman.com/news-247146-sukur-stability-needed-in-football-management-.html. Retrieved 10 September 2011. 
  4. ^ a b c "Hakan Şükür" (in Turkish). Galatasaray's official website. http://www.galatasaray.org/tarih/pages/hakansukur.php. Retrieved 29 August 2010. 
  5. ^ "1991-1992 Sezonu [Season 1991-1992]" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageID=561. Retrieved 29 August 2010. 
  6. ^ a b "Hakan Sukur Biography". FootballTeamPlayers. http://www.footballteamplayers.com/hakan-sukur-biography.html. Retrieved 29 August 2010. 
  7. ^ "Golden Boot ("Soulier d'Or") Awards". RSSSF. 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. ^ "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. 
  11. ^ "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. 
  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
  14. ^ "The World‘s best Top Division Goal Scorer 1997". IFFHS. 1998. http://www.iffhs.de/?d847e4a952bd814b84d85fe8f55005fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeecf8a3e15. Retrieved 15 October 2010. 
  15. ^ Hakan Sukur becomes MP for Istanbul; Goal.com, 18 June 2011

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Bülent Korkmaz		 Galatasaray Captain
2005–2008		 Succeeded by
Ümit Karan
Preceded by
Vaclav Masek		 Fastest World Cup Goal-Scorer
10.8 seconds
29 June 2002–present		 Incumbent