# Ayhan Akman

Ayhan Akman (Turkish pronunciation:; born 23 February 1977) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was suspended from football for six months after doping testing positive for a banned substance. He is the assistant manager of Galatasaray.

## Club career

Akman played for İnegölspor, Gaziantepspor and Beşiktaş.
He was suspended from football for six months after doping testing positive for banned for using banned Anabolik Steroid-Metenolone. His transfer from Gaziantepspor to Besiktas in 1998 for $8.75 million, as requested by manager John Toshack made Ayhan the most expensive internal transfer in Turkish football history, until recently.

### Galatasaray

On 15 February 2012, he announced that he will retire at the end of the 2011–2012 season.

### Retirement

Akman retired from his professional football career as of 13 May 2012.

## International career

He was called up to Turkey's Euro 2008 squad and played his first match of the tournament in the semi-final against Germany in Basel.

## Personal life

Akman's sons Hamza and Efe Akman are both professional footballers at Galatasaray. He is also the uncle of the Turkish professional footballer Ali Akman.

## Career statistics
### Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | National cup | National cup | League cup | League cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Gaziantepspor | 1994–95 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 21 | 4 |
| Gaziantepspor | 1995–96 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 35 | 9 |
| Gaziantepspor | 1996–97 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 30 | 6 |
| Gaziantepspor | 1997–98 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 26 | 8 |
| Gaziantepspor | Total | 98 | 23 | 14 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 112 | 27 |
| Beşiktaş | 1998–99 | 29 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 10 |
| Beşiktaş | 1999–2000 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 26 | 7 |
| Beşiktaş | 2000–01 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 2 |
| Beşiktaş | Total | 71 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 84 | 19 |
| Galatasaray | 2001–02 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Galatasaray | 2002–03 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 2 |
| Galatasaray | 2003–04 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| Galatasaray | 2004–05 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 3 |
| Galatasaray | 2005–06 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 3 |
| Galatasaray | 2006–07 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 1 |
| Galatasaray | 2007–08 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 2 |
| Galatasaray | 2008–09 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 45 | 3 |
| Galatasaray | 2009–10 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| Galatasaray | 2010–11 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| Galatasaray | 2011–12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Galatasaray | Total | 237 | 10 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 327 | 17 |
| Career total | Career total | 406 | 49 | 60 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 55 | 2 | 523 | 63 |
* ↑ Includes Atatürk Cup and Turkish Super Cup.

### International

Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Turkey | 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| Turkey | 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| Turkey | 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| Turkey | 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey | 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey | 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey | 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey | 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| Turkey | 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey | 2007 | 2 | 0 |
| Turkey | 2008 | 8 | 0 |
| Turkey | 2009 | 5 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 22 | 0 |

## Honours
### Beşiktaş

* Türkiye Kupası: 1997–98
* Atatürk Kupası: 2000

### Galatasaray

* Süper Lig: 2001–02, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2011–12
* Türkiye Kupası: 2004–05
* Süper Kupa: 2007–08

### Turkey

* UEFA European Championship bronze medalist: 2008