Hakan Çalhanoğlu ( turkish pronunciation : [ ˈhaːkan ˈtʃaɫhanoːɫu ], born 8 February 1994 ) is a turkish master football player who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Turkey national team. He began his career at german second division baseball club Karlsruher SC in 2010 and moved to top-flight side Hamburg two years late, spending another season back at his first cabaret on loan. His performance in his first gear Bundesliga season earned him a €14.5 million transfer to Bayer Leverkusen in 2014. He played for three seasons there, totalling 28 goals in 115 official appearances. In 2017, he signed for Milan for an initial €20 million fee.
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Born in Germany, Çalhanoğlu opted to represent Turkey at international tied, from under-16 degree onwards. He made his aged introduction in 2013 and was region of their team at UEFA Euro 2016 and Euro 2020 .
Club career [edit ]
Karlsruher SC [edit ]
Born in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Çalhanoğlu began his career with Karlsruher SC in the 2. Bundesliga in February 2012 after he was promoted from the under-19 team, although they were relegated to the 3. Liga at the end of his inaugural temper. He signed a four-year bargain to join Hamburger SV in the 2012 summer transportation window, being loaned back to Karlsruhe for another season. [ 1 ] In that season on loanword, he helped the team win the third division and return to the moment grade .
Hamburger SV [edit ]
Çalhanoğlu made his Hamburg and Bundesliga debut on 11 August 2013, as the team opened the season with a 3–3 away draw at Schalke 04. He started the match, and was replaced by Dennis Aogo after 74 minutes. [ 2 ] He scored his first goals for the club on 31 August, in a 4–0 home acquire over Eintracht Braunschweig ; after replacing goalscorer Rafael van five hundred Vaart in the 79th hour, he scored a minute late and then netted again with a unblock kick. [ 3 ] On 5 February 2014, Çalhanoğlu signed a biennial extension to his Hamburg sign, to keep him at the club until 2018. [ 4 ] On 20 February, he scored a 41-yard release kick, against Borussia Dortmund in a 3–0 win, which ended Hamburg ‘s bad run. As he saw no defensive wall or teammates to pass, he struck a shot that swerved viciously to find the spinal column of the net. A delight Çalhanoğlu said afterwards : ‘I hit the free-kick the lapp way I do in training all the time. I ‘m delighted that I pulled it off ! ‘. [ citation needed ] He was sent off for the first time in his career on 22 March, for his second book in the 53rd hour of a 1–0 kill away to VfB Stuttgart. [ 5 ] In his entirely full temper at Hamburg, the team finished in 16th, and won a play-off against Greuther Fürth on away goals to maintain their honor as the alone team to feature in every season of the top escape. [ 6 ]
Bayer Leverkusen [edit ]
Çalhanoğlu warming up with Leverkusen before a friendly in July 2014 Hamburg were initially unwilling to sell Çalhanoğlu to other german teams, but their leverage of Pierre-Michel Lasogga from Hertha Berlin made such an exception no longer financially viable. [ 7 ] On 4 July 2014, he left Hamburg for league rivals Bayer Leverkusen, signing a five-year contract [ 8 ] for a transplant fee of €14.5 million. [ 9 ] His actions leading up to the transportation caused some controversy, including taking sick leave from Hamburg ; he justified the bequeath by saying that he was stressed by aggression from fans, including vandalism of his cable car. He besides criticised Hamburg ‘s director Oliver Kreuzer, accusing him of treachery. [ 10 ] The be active was late criticised by Son Heung-min, as a reaction to Çalhanoğlu calling his former Leverkusen teammate ‘s transfer to Tottenham Hotspur “ badly advised ”. [ 11 ] He made his debut for the club on 19 June, starting in a 3–2 away win at Copenhagen in the first base leg of a UEFA Champions League qualification play-off. [ 12 ] Four days late, he played his first league game for his new club, a 2–0 win away to Borussia Dortmund on the opening day of the new season. [ 13 ] On 27 August he scored his first Leverkusen finish, netting his team ‘s irregular in a 4–0 win in the second leg of their european play-off. [ 14 ] He scored his first league goal for the club on 12 September, Leverkusen ‘s second in a 3–3 home draw against Werder Bremen. It was the first game in any competition that season which they did not win. [ 15 ] Çalhanoğlu was nominated for the 2014 Golden Boy Award in October. [ 16 ]
Çalhanoğlu with Leverkusen in 2015 On 25 February 2015, he scored the only goal as Leverkusen defeated Atlético Madrid in the last 16 inaugural leg in the Champions League. [ 17 ] however, three weeks late in the second base leg, he took their first try in a penalty shoot-out and had it saved by Jan Oblak, as Atlético went on to win. [ 18 ] On 2 May, Çalhanoğlu opened a 2–0 home gain over newly crowned league champions Bayern Munich, with a free kick back. [ 19 ] He opened his second season at the baseball club by scoring a penalty on 8 August in a 3–0 win at fourth-tier Sportfreunde Lotte in the beginning polish of the DFB-Pokal. [ 20 ] Two weeks late, with a free bang, he scored the entirely goal of a league gain at Hannover 96. [ 21 ] On 26 August, he opened a 3–0 gain over Lazio as Bayer came back from a first-leg deficit to qualify for the group stage of the Champions League. [ 22 ] In their first game of the group stage, Çalhanoğlu scored doubly — including a penalty earned by a handball of his free kick — in a 4–1 home rout of BATE Borisov. [ 23 ] He opened his 2016–17 goalscoring explanation on 14 September in the 2–2 dwelling draw against CSKA Moscow in a Champions League group stage game — the fiftieth goal in his senior baseball club career. [ 24 ] On 2 February 2017, Çalhanoğlu received a four-month ban from FIFA for a breach of narrow relating to his time at Karlsruher FC. He received €100,000 from turkish club Trabzonspor in 2011 after agreeing to sign with the club but later extended his contract with Karslruher. Trabzonspor had initially sought refund of the €100,000 paid deoxyadenosine monophosphate well recompense of €1 million but FIFA ruled that €100,000 and a four-month ban would suffice. [ 25 ]
milan [edit ]
On 3 July 2017, Çalhanoğlu signed a four-year contract with Serie A golf club A.C. Milan. [ 26 ] The tip was reported as an initial €20 million, rising to €24 million. [ 27 ] He was assigned the club ‘s esteemed number 10 jersey, previously owned by the likes of Gianni Rivera, Ruud Gullit, Dejan Savićević, Zvonimir Boban, Rui Costa and Clarence Seedorf. [ 28 ] He made his Rossoneri competitive debut a calendar month former in the moment stage of the Europa League third gear qualifying attack, replacing Suso for the concluding 25 minutes of a 2–0 succeed ( 3–0 sum ) over Universitatea Craiova at the San Siro. [ 29 ] He scored his first finish for Milan in a 5–1 away win against Austria Wien in the group phase on 14 September, besides providing two assists. [ 30 ] Domestically, Çalhanoğlu made his league debut on 20 August, playing the full 90 minutes of a 3–0 succeed at Crotone. [ 31 ] He was sent off in a 2–0 home personnel casualty to Roma on 1 October, earning a second yellow tease for a afoul on Radja Nainggolan. [ 32 ] Çalhanoğlu scored his first league goal on 25 October in a 4–1 succeed at Chievo, becoming the first Turk to net in Serie A since Emre Belözoğlu in 2003. [ 33 ]
Inter Milan [edit ]
On 22 June 2021, Çalhanoğlu signed a three-year shrink with Serie A club Inter Milan, the city-rival of his previous golf club, on a free transfer. [ 34 ] Çalhanoğlu scored and assisted a goal on his Inter Milan debut, a 4–0 win over Genoa on the open day of the 2021–22 Serie A season. [ 35 ]
International career [edit ]
It ‘s thanks to the Germans that I became a football player. But playing for the Turkish national team is an honor. I want to be Turkey ‘s Mesut Özil.
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— Çalhanoğlu explaining his decisiveness to represent Turkey to Milliyet. [ 36 ]
Born in Germany, Çalhanoğlu opted to play for Turkey, qualifying for them through his family ‘s origins in Trabzon. [ 1 ] He played for the state at youth external level, including the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup on home dirt. [ 1 ] Turkey reached the last 16 before elimination by France. In their second group game on 28 June, Çalhanoğlu scored Turkey ‘s counterweight in a 2–1 gain over Australia at the Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium in his ancestral city. [ 37 ]
Çalhanoğlu play for Turkey in 2016 He made his senior international debut on 6 September 2013 in a World Cup modifier in Kayseri, replacing Gökhan Töre for the last eight minutes of a 5–0 win against Andorra in Fatih Terim ‘s first base equal back in blame. [ 38 ] He made his first start on 25 May 2014 in a 2–1 friendly succeed against the Republic of Ireland at Dublin ‘s Aviva Stadium, making way for Olcan Adın after 61 minutes. [ 39 ] Çalhanoğlu was sharing a hotel room with national team defender Ömer Toprak in October 2013 after a World Cup qualifying defeat to the Netherlands, when Gökhan Töre and an unknown armed friend entered the board, and threatened both roommates at point, apparently due to Töre ‘s ex-girlfriend dating a ally of Toprak. [ 40 ] The incidental was hidden from turkish media, but Çalhanoğlu revealed it to Germany ‘s ZDF television channel. [ 40 ] Töre did not return to the home team until October 2014, when both Çalhanoğlu and Toprak were injured. The following calendar month, with both players back to fitness and human body, both were left out by Terim for a friendly against Brazil and a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against Kazakhstan while Töre remained. Çalhanoğlu questioned his omission from the team, while Terim defended his own decision and said that Töre deserved to be forgiven. [ 40 ] In June 2015, Çalhanoğlu and Töre reconciled. [ 41 ] On 31 March 2015, Çalhanoğlu scored his first international finish in a 2–1 friendly win away to Luxembourg, a 30-yard hit with three minutes remaining. [ 42 ] He scored two more in a 4–0 home friendly win over Bulgaria on 8 June, the latter being a complimentary kick. [ citation needed ] His first base competitive goal came on 10 October, a crabbed which secured a 2–0 away win over the Czech Republic in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying event. [ 43 ] Çalhanoğlu became the first Turk to score against England, in the 11th catch between the two nations, a friendly at the City of Manchester Stadium on 22 May 2016. He equalised in the 2–1 kill. [ 44 ] On 22 March 2019, Çalhanoğlu scored the second goal of Turkey ‘s 2–0 victory over Albania in their open UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier. [ 45 ]
vogue of dally [edit ]
Çalhanoğlu has been likened to Mesut Özil, another German-born midfielder of turkish ancestry. [ 46 ] [ 47 ] [ 48 ] [ 49 ] [ 50 ] He expressed a desire to be the equivalent of Özil in the Turkish national team. [ 36 ] A set-piece specialist, he is known for scoring from free kicks, [ 51 ] and models his set-piece proficiency on the knuckleball complimentary kicks of Cristiano Ronaldo and particularly Juninho Pernambucano. [ 46 ] [ 52 ] In addition to his ability to score with power and accuracy from steer unblock kicks with his right foot, [ 53 ] he is besides known for his ability to bend the ball, and his set-piece pitch. [ 54 ] In December 2013, Talksport called him “ a playmaker destined for the top ”, praising his commitment and evanesce ability. [ 46 ] Former England international Owen Hargreaves said on BT Sport in August 2015 that Çalhanoğlu ‘s style of play would fit Liverpool or Tottenham Hotspur. [ 55 ] Despite largely plus reception in his late teens and early twenties, in holocene years, however, he has drawn some criticism as well ; his pace was deemed insufficient for a winger, a placement he adopted due to absence of his natural classic “ number 10 ” attacking midfield function in the prefer formations of his teams, peculiarly A.C. Milan. He has besides been criticized in the media for his miss of physical attributes and overall inconsistency of his performances. however, his dribble, technique, elapse ( both short and long ), crossing, and vision, equally well as his eye for goal and strike ability from distance, have been referred to as his strengths. [ 56 ] [ 57 ] Çalhanoğlu has besides been used in deep midfield positions throughout his career, including in a holding role, in which he normally operates as a deep-lying playmaker, as an offensive–minded central midfielder, known as the mezzala character in italian football jargon, or even in more offensive roles on occasion, as a second base striker, for example. [ 58 ] [ 59 ]
personal life [edit ]
Çalhanoğlu was born in Mannheim, Germany, to Turkish parents in the first place from Bayburt, Turkey. [ 60 ] Çalhanoğlu married his childhood smasher Sinem Gündoğdu, in Mannheim, in 2017. [ 61 ] The couple had alleged marital problems, [ 62 ] because of which Çalhanoğlu decided to file for disassociate, but in 2018, [ 63 ] the couple reportedly made up. [ 64 ] [ 65 ] The copulate welcomed their daughter, Liya, born in Mannheim, in March 2019. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] Muhammed, younger brother of Hakan, is besides a professional football player. [ 68 ] The younger Çalhanoğlu was besides formed at Waldhof Mannheim and Karlsruher SC, and went on to play in the lower divisions of austrian and turkish football. [ 69 ] similarly, his cousin Kerim Çalhanoğlu is besides a football player, and besides played for Waldhof Mannheim. [ 70 ] In January 2017, Çalhanoğlu posted a video recording to Twitter supporting Turkish president of the united states Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ahead of the 2017 Turkish built-in referendum. Bayer Leverkusen spokesman Dirk Mesch confirmed the club discussed the pinch with Çalhanoğlu. [ 71 ] On 11 October 2019, following Cenk Tosun ‘s goal in a 1–0 home succeed over Albania in a Euro 2020 modifier, Çalhanoğlu was one of the turkish players who participated in a “ military salute “ finish celebration. [ 72 ] [ 73 ] [ 74 ] That like day, he stated his assailable support for the turkish dysphemistic into north-eastern Syria with a post on Twitter, which drew criticism from numerous italian football fans on social media. [ 75 ]
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
- As of match played 4 December 2021[76]
International [edit ]
- As of match played 11 October 2021[77]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Turkey
2013
1
0
2014
4
0
2015
10
4
2016
11
4
2017
5
0
2018
7
1
2019
9
1
2020
5
1
2021
12
3
Total
64
14
- As of match played 4 September 2021. Turkey score listed first, score column indicates score after each Çalhanoğlu goal.[77]
Honours [edit ]
individual [edit ]
- Serie A MVP of the Month: December 2020[79]