Hakan Şükür (; born 1 September 1971) is a Turkish former professional

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who played as a striker. Nicknamed the "Bull of the

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" and ''Kral'' (king), he spent the majority of his professional career with

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, being a three-time ''

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'' (Goal King, title and award given to the annual top goalscorer of the

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), representing the club in three different spells and winning a total of 14 major titles. Şükür represented

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a total of 112 times, scoring 51 goals, making him the nation's top goalscorer and 19th in the world at the time of his retirement. One of the most prolific strikers of the modern era, he netted 383 goals throughout his club career as well as the fastest ever in a

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, in

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. He retired from football in 2008. In the 2011 general elections, he was elected as an Istanbul MP for the

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. He resigned from the party in December 2013, to serve as an

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. He is wanted for arrest in Turkey since August 2016 for being a member of

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and has lived in exile in the United States since mid 2016.

Club career

Early years

Born in

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, Şükür began his football career with local club

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, making his professional debut shortly after his 17th birthday. His first goal came in a match against

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on 26 February 1989: with the match tied 2–2, he entered the pitch as a substitute and scored the winning goal; he went on to score a further 18

goals in his three-year spell with the club. In the summer of 1990, Şükür joined fellow first division side

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. He scored six goals in 27 games in his second season, helping the team to a sixth-place finish, and making his Turkish national team debut shortly after.

Galatasaray – Torino

Subsequently, Şükür signed for national giants

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d the ''Bull of the

'', he scored 19 goals in 30 matches in his first year with the club, helping it win both the league and

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titles, adding 16 and 19, respectively, in the next two seasons and attracting the attention of

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. In 1995 he moved to the Italian club, becoming the second Turkish player to ever play in

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, but returned to his country and Galatasaray in the following winter

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, failing to settle and only netting once in the league. Upon his return to Galatasaray, Şükür regained his scoring form, scoring 16 goals in

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and helping the club win the cup. The following season, he collected 38 goals in the league, tying him for second-most goals scored in a season with

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, one goal behind record holder

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; both players were playing for Galatasaray when they broke the record. Şükür also finished third in the ESM Golden Boot rankings with 57 points, behind

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(60) and

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(68). He won the ''Gol Kralı'' award the following two seasons, netting 33 and 18 goals respectively, with the

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side winning the title in all three seasons. In the 1999–2000 season, Şükür's last with Galatasaray in his second stint, the team completed a domestic

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for the second year in succession, and added the year's

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, becoming the first Turkish side to win a European title; in the 4–1

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win against

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he scored on his attempt, having netted ten times in 17 games during the campaign.

Return to Italy – Blackburn

Şükür then moved to Italy again, this time to

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, scoring six goals in 35 official matches. His appearances were limited by the presence of

and

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in the team's attack and January 2002, after one and a half seasons, he signed with another team in the country,

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, but was unable to produce again, only finding the net three times. He helped Parma win the Coppa Italia but only played in the first leg of the

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. Having been released, on 9 December 2002 Şükür joined

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in the

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for the remainder of the campaign, signed by former Galatasaray manager

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. His spell began with him sustaining a broken leg in training which ruled him out for two months, after which made his debut for the club on 1 March 2003, replacing the injured

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at half time in a 1–0 home win over

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; he scored twice from nine appearances, both goals coming in a 4–0 defeat of

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on 7 April.

Third spell at Galatasaray

Şükür returned to Galatasaray on 7 July 2003, after failing to negotiate a new contract with Blackburn. He scored 12 times in 28 league games in his first season and 18 in

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, with the team winning the 2005 Turkish cup during that timeframe. Also, on 3 December 2003, he found the net twice in a 2–0 home defeat of

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for the

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; in November 2003, to celebrate

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's Jubilee, he was selected as Turkey's Golden Player by the

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, as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years. In the 2005–06 season, Şükür again scored in double digits (ten) as Galatasaray again won the league. After helping the club win a record-tying 17th first division title in 2007–08, netting 11 goals, he decided to retire from the game aged nearly 37. Subsequently, he often appeared as a television

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; during his career, he scored 38 goals in all European competitions.

International career

Şükür won his first cap for

in a friendly with

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in March 1992 – his debut being awarded by German manager

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– scoring his first international goal in his next match, against

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, and totalling six in his first 11 appearances. He netted seven in qualification for

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and started all of the matches at the finals in England, in which they were eliminated in the group stage without scoring a single goal. Şükür scored eight times in

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for the

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: half of those in a 6–4 home win over

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on 20 August 1997, but Turkey did not reach the play-offs. At

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he netted twice for the quarterfinalists, in a 2–0 group stage win against co-hosts

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. During the

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, held in South Korea and Japan, Şükür scored once for Turkey in seven matches as the national team finished in third place. On 29 June he scored the fastest ever goal in a

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, netting against

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10.8 seconds into the third-place play-off (3–2 win). Of his 112 senior appearances, Şükür captained Turkey in 30. After appearing in some Euro 2008 qualifiers, notably scoring four against

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in a 5–0 win in

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, Germany, he was not selected for the finals, his last game being a 0–1 home loss to

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at the age of 36 (17 October 2007).

Personal life

Şükür is of

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origin. Both of his parents are immigrants from

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, his father being born in

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, and his mother in

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. His surname is spelled "Shykyr" in Albanian. His first wife, Esra Elbirlik, married him in a ceremony broadcast live on television, initiated by

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and performed by

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. The couple divorced after four months, and Elbirlik and her family died in the

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. Şükür fathered three children with his second spouse, Beyda. In 2010, the football stadium of Sancaktepe was named after him. In April 2014, his name was removed again.

Politics

On 18 June 2011, Şükür was elected as a

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to the

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in the 2011 general elections, from the ruling

(AKP), representing the 2nd electoral district of

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. On 16 December 2013, Şükür, known for his links to the Islamic

of the Turkish cleric

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, resigned from his position in protest after the interdiction of the group's "dershane" system, and decided to continue working as an independent MP. He subsequently went on to work as a football pundit for

Prosecution and exile

In February 2016, Şükür was charged with insulting president

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. In August, a warrant was issued for his arrest as he was charged with being a member of the

, designated as a terrorist organization in Turkey. Şükür fled Turkey in November 2017, taking up self-exile in

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and planning to become a restaurateur in

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. He left this job because "strange people kept coming into the bar". In January 2020, Şükür told Germany's ''

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'' that he was working as an

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driver and selling books in the United States. He also said that his houses, businesses and bank accounts in Turkey had been seized by the government. The Turkish government seems to be still very sensitive to the subject. In December of 2022 during the TRT broadcast of a

match, a commentator (Alper Bakircigil) mentioned a record held by Şükür. He was removed from the broadcast at half-time and fired from his job later that day. News accounts speculated that his firing was due to his employer (state-run TRT) reacting to the mention of the name.

Career statistics

Club

International

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

Honours

Sakaryaspor *

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: 1987–88 Galatasaray *

: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2005–06, 2007–08 * Turkish Cup: 1992–93, 1995–96, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2004–05 * President Cup: 1993, 1997 *

: 1999–2000 Parma *

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: 2001–02 Inter *

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runner-up:

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Turkey *

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: third place

Individual *

: Top Scorer 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99 * IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer: 1997 *

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: Turkey's Golden Player 2004 * Top Scorer of Turkish League of all Times: 249 goals * Top Scoring Turkish Player in Champions League: 22 goals * Golden Foot Legends Award: 2014

References

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