Volkan Kahraman (10 October 1979 – 8 February 2023) was an Austrian
football player and manager.
Club career
Kahraman made his professional debut for
Eredivisie
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side
Feyenoord
Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club (association football), football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names bef ...
in November 1997 against
De Graafschap and then scored 11 goals in 58 games on loan at city rivals
Excelsior
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Volkan Kahraman (43), oud-speler van Feyenoord en Excelsior, doodgeschoten in Wenen
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International career
Born in Austria, Kahraman was of Turkish descent. He played for the Austria national team three times in 2002.
Death
On 8 February 2023, Kahraman, aged 43, was shot and killed by his former friend, Orhan, in a murder-suicide after an argument broke out in Vienna
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, Austria.
Career statistics
References
External links
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OEFB Profile
1979 births
2023 deaths
Footballers from Vienna
Austrian people of Turkish descent
Men's association football midfielders
Austrian men's footballers
Austria men's youth international footballers
Austria men's international footballers
Feyenoord players
Excelsior Rotterdam players
Erzurumspor footballers
ASKÖ Pasching players
FK Austria Wien players
FC Red Bull Salzburg players
Xanthi F.C. players
LASK players
SK Schwadorf players
SC Eisenstadt players
First Vienna FC players
Favoritner AC players
Eredivisie players
Eerste Divisie players
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
2. Liga (Austria) players
Süper Lig players
Super League Greece players
Austrian football managers
1. Simmeringer SC managers
Austrian expatriate men's footballers
Austrian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
People murdered in Austria
Murder–suicides in Europe
Deaths by firearm in Austria
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