Hakan Arıkan

Hakan Arıkan
Personal information
Date of birth	17 August 1982 (age 42)
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
2002–2006	Kocaelispor
2006–2007	Ankaraspor
2007–2011	Beşiktaş
2011–2012	Mersin İdman Yurdu
2012–2014	Antalyaspor
2014–2015	Kayserispor
2015	→ Trabzonspor (loan)
2016–2018	Osmanlıspor
2018–2019	Gençlerbirliği
2019–2020	Kayserispor
International career
2007–2011	Turkey
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Club career

Raising to fame

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

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

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

^ Hakan Arıkan’a Doğum Günü Kutlaması Archived 2009-08-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
^ Günün Adamı Hakan Arıkan (Hakan is man of the day)^{[permanent dead link]} (in Turkish)
^ "Hakan Arıkan Beşiktaş'ta" (in Turkish). ntvmsnbc.com. 4 June 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2008. 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.
^ "Ay Yıldız Farkı" (in Turkish). milliyet.com.tr. 6 June 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2008.

Hakan Arıkan ile yollar ayrıldı, fanatik.com.tr, 30 November 2015
Osmanlıspor'da çifte transfer, 12 January 2016

External links

Hakan Arıkan at the Turkish Football Federation
Hakan Arıkan at Soccerway

[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)

[AJANSLAR-3] "Hakan Arıkan Beşiktaş'ta" (in Turkish). ntvmsnbc.com. 4 June 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2008. 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.

[milliyet-4] "Ay Yıldız Farkı" (in Turkish). milliyet.com.tr. 6 June 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2008.

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