Hasan Gökhan Şaş (; born 1 August 1976) is a Turkish

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coach and former player, who played as a winger. He is known for his time at

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and for his performance with the Turkey national team at the FIFA World Cup 2002, where he was voted into the All-Star Team. During both assignments, he played as a winger. He was suspended from football for six months in 1998 after doping testing returned a positive result for the banned substance

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Club career

Born in

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, Şaş began his club career with Ankaragücü in 1995.

Galatasaray

In 1998, Şaş signed with

for $4.4 million, but almost immediately upon arrival, he was suspended from football for six months after doping testing returned a positive result for the banned substance

. Şaş regained his spot with Galatasaray in the 1999–2000 season, in which Galatasaray won the

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title in 2000 over

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, and went on to win the

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. In the Champions League competition in 2000–01, Şaş made 12 appearances for Galatasaray. He scored against Spain's

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and Italy's

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as well as against the Brazil national team in

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. At the end of the 2008–09 Super Lig season it was announced that Galatasaray would not be renewing his contract and after declining many contracts to play in Qatar and Saudi Arabia, Şaş announced his retirement from professional football.

International career

Hasan made 40 appearances for the Turkey national team from 1998 to 2006.

Coaching career

Şaş resigned from duty of assistant manager of

on 11 May 2020.

Personal life

Şaş married Sibel Yalçın on 29 June 2003. They divorced in February 2014. The couple have two children.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Şaş goal.''

Honours

;Turkey *

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third place:

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;Galatasaray *

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: 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2007–08 *

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: 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2004–05 *

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;Individual *

All Star Team: 2002 ;Order * Turkish State Medal of Distinguished Service

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sas, Hasan 1976 births Living people People from Karataş Sportspeople from Adana Province Footballers from Adana Men's association football midfielders Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's international footballers Turkey men's under-21 international footballers Süper Lig players Adana Demirspor footballers MKE Ankaragücü footballers Galatasaray S.K. footballers 2002 FIFA World Cup players Doping cases in association football Turkish sportspeople in doping cases Galatasaray S.K. (football) non-playing staff Turkish Arab people UEFA Europa League–winning players Turkish football managers