Halil Altıntop

Halil Altıntop

Personal information
Full name	Halil Altıntop
Date of birth	8 December 1982 (1982-12-08)
Place of birth	Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Forward / Centre Forward
Club information
Current club	Trabzonspor
Number	9
Youth career
1991–1992	Schwarz-Weiß Gelsenkirchen-Süd
1992–1997	TuS Rotthausen
1997–2000	Wattenscheid 09
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000–2003	Wattenscheid 09	81	(35)
2003–2004	1. FC Kaiserslautern II	3	(4)
2003–2006	1. FC Kaiserslautern	91	(28)
2006–2010	Schalke 04	96	(16)
2010–2011	Eintracht Frankfurt	49	(3)
2011–	Trabzonspor	21	(4)
National team‡
2000	Turkey U-18	2	(0)
2001	Turkey U-20	1	(0)
2003	Turkey U-21	9	(1)
2004	Turkey A2	1	(0)
2004–	Turkey	37	(8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 February 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 October 2010

Halil Altıntop (born 8 December 1982) is a German-born Turkish national footballer. He currently plays for Trabzonspor. He is the identical twin brother of Hamit Altıntop who plays for Real Madrid.

Career

Altıntop started his professional career in the local German club Wattenscheid 09 along with his brother. As successful performances grabbed the attention of bigger clubs, Altıntop was transferred to Kaiserslautern, and his brother to Schalke. Altıntop, who plays as a striker, finished third highest scorer in the Bundesliga for the 2005–06 season with 20 goals. At the end of that season he joined his brother at Schalke on a free transfer. However, after only one season, his brother Hamit Altıntop joined Bayern Munich on another free deal. On 27 January 2010, he dissolved his contract with Schalke and joined Eintracht Frankfurt.

After Eintracht Frankfurt were relegated in the 2010–11 season Altıntop was transferred to Turkish side Trabzonspor signing a three-year contract.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	8 June 2005	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	6–0	6–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying
2.	8 October 2005	İstanbul, Turkey	Germany	1–0	2–1	Friendly
3.	2 June 2006	Sittard, Netherlands	Angola	3–2	3–2	Friendly
4.	8 September 2007	Valletta, Malta	Malta	1–1	2–2	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
5.	12 September 2007	İstanbul, Turkey	Hungary	3–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
6.	20 August 2008	İzmit, Turkey	Chile	1–0	1–0	Friendly
7.	2 June 2009	Kayseri, Turkey	Azerbaijan	1–0	2–0	Friendly
8.	14 October 2009	Bursa, Turkey	Armenia	1–0	2–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
Correct as of 14 October 2009

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Wattenscheid 09	2000–01	14	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	5
	2001–02	34	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	14
	2002–03	33	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	16
	Total	81	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	81	35
Kaiserslautern	2003–04	27	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	27	2
	2004–05	30	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	6
	2005–06	34	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	20
	Total	91	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	91	28
Schalke 04	2006–07	34	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	6
	2007–08	25	6	-	-	-	-	7	0	32	6
	2008–09	31	4	-	-	-	-	4	2	35	6
	2009–10	6	0	3	1	-	-	-	-	9	1
	Total	96	16	3	1	0	0	11	2	110	19
Eintracht Frankfurt	2009–10	15	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	18	4
	2010–11	34	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	37	2
	Total	49	3	6	3	0	0	0	0	55	6
Trabzonspor	2011–12	17	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	19	3
	Total	17	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	19	3
Career total		334	85	9	4	0	0	13	2	356	91

As of 14 January 2012

Personal life

He is the identical twin brother of footballer Hamit Altıntop.

External links

• Official website
• Halil Altıntop at National-Football-Teams.com
• Halil Altıntop at Football-lineups.com: player campaign – Bundesliga Top Scorers
• Halil Altıntop at transfermarkt.de (German)
• Halil Altıntop at worldfootball.net
• Halil Altıntop at fussballdaten.de (German)