Hakan Arıkan

Hakan Arıkan
Personal information
Full name Hakan Arıkan
Date of birth (1982-08-17) 17 August 1982[1]
Place of birth Karamürsel, Kocaeli, Turkey
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Gençlerbirliği
Number 1
Youth career
1999–2001 Petkimspor
2001–2002 Kocaelispor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Kocaelispor 87 (0)
2006–2007 Ankaraspor 32 (0)
2007–2011 Beşiktaş 34 (0)
2011–2012 Mersin İdman Yurdu 11 (0)
2012–2014 Antalyaspor 38 (0)
2014–2015 Kayserispor 24 (0)
2015Trabzonspor (loan) 17 (0)
2016–2018 Osmanlıspor 16 (0)
2018– Gençlerbirliği 0 (0)
National team
2007–2011 Turkey 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 May 2018

Hakan Arıkan (born 17 August 1982) is a Turkish footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Gençlerbirliği.

Career

Raising to fame

Arıkan had begun his career at Petkimspor, an amateur team based in western Turkish city of İzmit. He then joined Kocaelispor in 2001. During his time with Kocaeli, he played both for senior and youth teams for almost three seasons until he began to play regularly as the number one keeper.

Arıkan joined Ankaraspor in 2006. He was called up to the Turkish National Team squad, for the very first time, during a friendly game, after he had shown an impressive performance for Ankaraspor, by saving two penalties in a 1–1 draw against Galatasaray on the very first match day in 2006/07 Season.[2] Arıkan finished that season off with conceding 27 goals in 26 matches.

Beşiktaş era

He joined Beşiktaş in exchange with keeper Ramazan Kurşunlu plus 0.7 million Euros.[3] He has played alternately with Rüştü Reçber in 2007/08 Season.After a couple of years of being Rüştü Reçber's under study he finally became a regular for his team in the 2010-11 season along with Cenk Gönen making important saves several times including a back to back save in the same second against Rapid Wien.

National team

Arıkan was initially called up for the national team before the match against Georgia in February 2007. He made his debut on 5 June 2007 against Brazil, in a game dedicated to Tugay Kerimoğlu's last cap for national team.[4] He could not find a place in Euro 2008 selection.

Stats

Note: Stats were obtained from TFF official website.[5]

Last update: 7 June 2008

SeasonTeamLeag. Apps.GoalsCup Apps.Goals
01/02Kocaelispor7010
02/03Kocaelispor6020
03/04Kocaelispor22020
04/05Kocaelispor25020
05/06Kocaelispor16020
05/06Ankaraspor12000
06/07Ankaraspor31040
07/08Beşiktaş24050

References

  1. Hakan Arıkan’a Doğum Günü Kutlaması (in Turkish)
  2. Günün Adamı Hakan Arıkan (Hakan is man of the day) (in Turkish)
  3. "Hakan Arıkan Beşiktaş'ta" (in Turkish). ntvmsnbc.com. 04-06-2007. Retrieved 2008-06-04. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. "Ay Yıldız Farkı" (in Turkish). milliyet.com.tr. 05-06-2007. Retrieved 2008-06-04. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. League and Cup Appearances (in Turkish)
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