Ayhan Akman (, born 23 February 1977) is a retired Turkish

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who last played for

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other de ...

. He was suspended from football for six months after doping testing positive for a banned substance. He is the assistant manager of

Club career

Akman played for

İnegölspor İnegölspor is a Turkish sports club located in İnegöl, Bursa Province. The football team currently plays in the TFF Second League TFF 2. Lig (Turkish Football Federation Second League), is the third level in the Turkish football league s ...

Gaziantepspor Gaziantepspor was a Turkish football club located in the city of Gaziantep. Formed in 1969 and dissolved in 2020, Gaziantepspor were nicknamed the ''Şahinler'' (The Falcons). The club colours were black and red, and they played their home matche ...

and Beşiktaş. He was suspended from football for six months after doping testing positive for banned for using banned ''Anabolik Steroid-Metenolone''. His transfer from

to Besiktas in 1998 for $8.75 million, as requested by manager

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made Ayhan the most expensive internal transfer in Turkish football history, until recently.

Galatasaray

On 15 February 2012, he announced that he will retire at the end of the 2011–2012 season.

Retirement

Akman retired from his professional football career as of 13 May 2012.

International career

He was called up to Turkey's

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squad and played his first match of the tournament in the semi-final against Germany in

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Personal life

Akman is the uncle of the Turkish professional footballer Ali Akman.

Statistics

Club

International

Honours

;Beşiktaş * Türkiye Kupası (1): 1997–98 * Atatürk Kupası (1): 2000 ;Galatasaray *

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

(4): 2001–02, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2011–12 * Türkiye Kupası (1): 2004–05 * Süper Kupa (1): 2007–08 ;Turkey *

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bronze medalist:

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References

External links

Profile
at Galatasaray.org
Statistics
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