Halil Altıntop

Halil Altıntop
Personal information
Date of birth 8 December 1982 (1982-12-08) (age 29)
Place of birth Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Forward / Centre Forward
Club information
Current club Trabzonspor
Number 9
Youth career
1991–1992 Schwarz-Weiß Gelsenkirchen-Süd
1992–1997 TuS Rotthausen
1997–2000 Wattenscheid 09[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2000–2003 Wattenscheid 09 81 (35)
2003–2004 1. FC Kaiserslautern II 3 (4)
2003–2006 1. FC Kaiserslautern 91 (28)
2006–2010 Schalke 04 96 (16)
2010–2011 Eintracht Frankfurt 49 (3)
2011– Trabzonspor 16 (3)
National team‡
2000 Turkey U-18 2 (0)
2001 Turkey U-20 1 (0)
2003 Turkey U-21 9 (1)
2004 Turkey A2 1 (0)
2004– Turkey 37 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 January 2012.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 October 2010

Halil Altıntop (born 8 December 1982) is a German-born Turkish national footballer. He currently plays for Trabzonspor. He is the identical twin brother of Hamit Altıntop who plays for Real Madrid.

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Career

Altıntop started his professional career in the local German club Wattenscheid 09 along with his brother. As successful performances grabbed the attention of bigger clubs, Altıntop was transferred to Kaiserslautern, and his brother to Schalke. Altıntop, who plays as a striker, finished third highest scorer in the Bundesliga for the 2005–06 season with 20 goals. At the end of that season he joined his brother at Schalke on a free transfer. However, after only one season, his brother Hamit Altıntop joined Bayern Munich on another free deal. On 27 January 2010, he dissolved his contract with Schalke and joined Eintracht Frankfurt.[2]

After Eintracht Frankfurt were relegated in the 2010-11 season Altıntop was transferred to Turkish side Trabzonspor signing a 3 year contract.

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 8 June 2005 Almaty, Kazakhstan  Kazakhstan 6–0 6–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying
2. 8 October 2005 İstanbul, Turkey  Germany 1–0 2–1 Friendly
3. 2 June 2006 Sittard, Netherlands  Angola 3–2 3–2 Friendly
4. 8 September 2007 Valletta, Malta  Malta 1–1 2–2 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
5. 12 September 2007 İstanbul, Turkey  Hungary 3–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
6. 20 August 2008 İzmit, Turkey  Chile 1–0 1–0 Friendly
7. 2 June 2009 Kayseri, Turkey  Azerbaijan 1–0 2–0 Friendly
8. 14 October 2009 Bursa, Turkey  Armenia 1–0 2–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
Correct as of 14 October 2009

Career statistics

Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Wattenscheid 09 2000–01 14 5 - - - - - - 14 5
2001–02 34 14 - - - - - - 34 14
2002–03 33 16 - - - - - - 33 16
Total 81 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 35
Kaiserslautern 2003–04 27 2 - - - - - - 27 2
2004–05 30 6 - - - - - - 30 6
2005–06 34 20 - - - - - - 34 20
Total 91 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 28
Schalke 04 2006–07 34 6 - - - - - - 34 6
2007–08 25 6 - - - - 7 0 32 6
2008–09 31 4 - - - - 4 2 35 6
2009–10 6 0 3 1 - - - - 9 1
Total 96 16 3 1 0 0 11 2 110 19
Eintracht Frankfurt 2009–10 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 3
2010–11 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Total 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 3
Career total 296 82 3 1 0 0 11 2 310 85
As of 25 November 2010

Personal life

He is the identical twin brother of footballer Hamit Altıntop.

References

  1. ^ "Altintop, Halil" (in German). kicker.de. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2006-07/fc-schalke-04-2/26143/spieler_halil-altintop.html. Retrieved 10 January 2010. 
  2. ^ "Eintracht Frankfurt verpflichtet Halil Altintop" (in German). eintracht.de. http://www.eintracht.de/aktuell/29616/. Retrieved 28 January 2010. 

External links

Trabzonspor – current squad