Hakan Arıkan (born 17 August 1982) is a Turkish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Hakan Arıkan
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-08-17) 17 August 1982 (age 41)[1]
Place of birth Karamürsel, Kocaeli, Turkey
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1999–2001 Petkimspor
2001–2002 Kocaelispor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Kocaelispor 87 (0)
2006–2007 Ankaraspor 32 (0)
2007–2011 Beşiktaş 34 (0)
2011–2012 Mersin İdman Yurdu 11 (0)
2012–2014 Antalyaspor 38 (0)
2014–2015 Kayserispor 24 (0)
2015Trabzonspor (loan) 17 (0)
2016–2018 Osmanlıspor 16 (0)
2018–2019 Gençlerbirliği 21 (0)
2019–2020 Kayserispor 0 (0)
International career
2007–2011 Turkey 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career edit

Raising to fame edit

Arıkan had begun his career at Petkimspor, an amateur team based in western Turkish city of İzmit. He then joined Kocaelispor in 2001. During his time with Kocaeli, he played both for senior and youth teams for almost three seasons until he began to play regularly as the number one keeper.

Arıkan joined Ankaraspor in 2006. He was called up to the Turkey national team, for his first time, during a friendly game, after he had shown an impressive performance for Ankaraspor, by saving two penalties in a 1–1 draw against Galatasaray on the very first match day in 2006/07 Season.[2] Arıkan finished that season off with conceding 27 goals in 26 matches.

Beşiktaş era edit

He joined Beşiktaş in exchange with keeper Ramazan Kurşunlu plus 0.7 million Euros.[3] He has played alternately with Rüştü Reçber in 2007/08 Season.After a couple of years of being Rüştü Reçber's under study he finally became a regular for his team in the 2010-11 season along with Cenk Gönen making important saves several times including a back to back save in the same second against Rapid Wien.

International career edit

Arıkan was initially called up for the national team before the match against Georgia in February 2007. He made his debut on 5 June 2007 against Brazil, in a game dedicated to Tugay Kerimoğlu's last cap for national team.[4] He could not find a place in Euro 2008 selection.

References edit

  1. ^ Hakan Arıkan’a Doğum Günü Kutlaması Archived 2009-08-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
  2. ^ Günün Adamı Hakan Arıkan (Hakan is man of the day)[permanent dead link] (in Turkish)
  3. ^ "Hakan Arıkan Beşiktaş'ta" (in Turkish). ntvmsnbc.com. June 4, 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2008-06-04. İSTANBUL - Beşiktaş, Ankaraspor'un genç kalecisi Hakan Arıkan ile 3 yıllık sözleşme imzaladı.Beşiktaş Futbol Yatırımları Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş, İstanbul Menkul Kıymetler Borsası'na (İMKB) gönderdiği yazıda, Ankaraspor Kulübü kalecisi Hakan Arıkan ile 3 yıllık sözleşme imzaladığını duyurdu.
  4. ^ "Ay Yıldız Farkı" (in Turkish). milliyet.com.tr. June 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-06-04.

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