İlyas Kahraman (born March 31, 1976) is a Turkish retired professional soccer player. He was a midfielder and in the 2000-01 season he was suspended from football for six months after failing a doping test.

Biography

After being promoted from

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...

's youth club to senior club, Ilyas played for

. His career dramatically changed after he missed a crucial penalty in a historical

Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup () is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası''. Now Ziraat Bankası is ...

match against Gençlerbirliği on November 28, 1996. After leaving

, he played for

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 matc ...

Yimpaş Yozgatspor Yozgatspor was a Turkish sports club based in Yozgat, Turkey. The football club played in the TFF Third League. They played in the Süper Lig between 2000 and 2002 and relegated to the Third League in the 2008–09 season. They finally relegated ...

Denizlispor Denizlispor is a Turkish sports club based in Denizli. It is known by its distinct green and black colors. The club's branches include football, volleyball, basketball, table tennis, and gymnastics. The Denizli Atatürk Stadium, which has a seati ...

Malatyaspor Malatya Spor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club based in Malatya, mainly concentrated on football. History Prior to 1984 the club colors were yellow and black. They played for 11 seasons on the top-level of Turkish football. Their best result ...

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and

Diyarbakırspor Diyarbakırspor is a Turkish football club located in the city of Diyarbakır. Formed in 1968, they are nicknamed ''Diyar'' ("Land"). Domestically, Diyarbakırspor have finished runners-up for the 1.Lig (Second Division) in 1976–77, and in ...

. After

were relegated Kahraman has been transferred to recently promoted

Antalyaspor Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional multi-sport club based in Antalya, southern Turkey. The club's colours are red and white. The association football, football side play their home matches at the Antalya Stadium. In Turkey, the cl ...

. On 2000-01 season he was suspended from football for six months after failing a doping test.Turkish sportspeople in doping case
/ref> Kahraman made his debut for Antalyaspor in

Çaykur Rizespor Çaykur Rizespor Kulübü is a Turkish professional Association football, football club based in Rize, a city on the eastern Black Sea region, Black Sea coast. The team competes in the Süper Lig, the top tier of Football in Turkey, Turkish footba ...

match on 6 August 2006. He also played in

İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K., shortly Istanbul BB SK or IBBSK, is a multi-sports club of the Istanbul Province, metropolitan municipality of Istanbul in Turkey. Branches *İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi (volleyball team), Volley ...

between 2007 and 2009.

External links

Profile at TFF

References

1976 births Living people Turkish men's footballers Antalyaspor footballers Bursaspor footballers Galatasaray S.K. footballers Malatyaspor footballers Denizlispor footballers Diyarbakırspor footballers İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. players Süper Lig players Boluspor footballers Footballers from Istanbul Doping cases in association football Turkish sportspeople in doping cases Turkey men's youth international footballers {{Turkey-footy-midfielder-stub Men's association football midfielders