 Ayhan with Fortuna Düsseldorf in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kaan Ayhan | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 November 1994 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gelsenkirchen, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back, right back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Galatasaray | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2013 | Schalke 04 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Schalke 04 II | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Schalke 04 | 30 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | → Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2020 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 113 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Sassuolo | 52 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | → Galatasaray (loan) | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Galatasaray | 40 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Turkey U17 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Germany U16 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Germany U17 | 20 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Germany U18 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Turkey U21 | 8 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Turkey | 66 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:57, 21 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Kaan Ayhan (born 10 November 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back or a right back for Süper Lig club Galatasaray. Born in Germany, he plays for the Turkey national team.
- ^ "Kaan Ayhan". U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. Archived from the original on 2 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.