Hakan Şükür

Hakan Şükür

Şükür playing for Galatasaray in 2006
Born (1971-09-01) 1 September 1971
Adapazarı, Turkey
Occupation Footballer (retired), politician
Years active 1987–present
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Political party Independent Deputy
Spouse(s) Beyda Şükür (neé Sertbaş) (m. 1999)
Esra Elbirlik (m. 1995)
Awards State Medal of Distinguished Service (2002)[1]
Website www.hakansukur.com.tr
Association football career
Playing position Striker
Youth career
Sakaryaspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1990 Sakaryaspor 41 (19)
1990–1992 Bursaspor 54 (11)
1992–1995 Galatasaray 90 (54)
1995 Torino 5 (1)
1995–2000 Galatasaray 156 (108)
2000–2001 Inter Milan 24 (5)
2002 Parma 15 (3)
2002–2003 Blackburn Rovers 9 (2)
2003–2008 Galatasaray 146 (55)
Total 540 (260)
National team
1987–1988 Turkey U16 6 (2)
1988–1990 Turkey U18 13 (1)
1990–1993 Turkey U21 16 (5)
1992–2007 Turkey 112 (51)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Hakan Şükür (born 1 September 1971) is a Turkish retired footballer who played as a striker. Nicknamed the "Bull of the Bosphorus" and Kral (king),[2][3][4][5] he spent the majority of his professional career with Galatasaray, being a three-time Gol Kralı (Goal King, title and award given to the annual top goalscorer of the Süper Lig),[6] representing the club in three different spells and winning a total of 14 major titles.[7][8][9]

Şükür represented Turkey a total of 112 times, scoring 51 goals, making him the nation's top goalscorer[10][11] and 19th in the world at the time of his retirement. One of the most prolific strikers of the modern era, he netted 383 goals throughout his club career as well as the fastest ever in a World Cup, in 2002.[12] He retired from football in 2008, only scoring once in single digits for his main team in 13 seasons; he was renowned for his heading ability.[13]

In the 2011 general elections, he was elected as an Istanbul MP for the Justice and Development Party. He resigned from the party in December 2013, continuing to serve as an independent.[14]

Club career

Born in Adapazarı, Sakarya Province, Şükür began his football career with local club Sakaryaspor, making his professional debut shortly after his 17th birthday. His first goal came in a match against Eskişehirspor on 26 February 1989: with the match tied 2–2, he entered the pitch as a substitute and scored the winning goal;[15] he went on to score a further 18 Süper Lig goals in his three-year spell with the club.

In the summer of 1990, Şükür joined fellow first division side Bursaspor. He scored six goals in 27 games in his second season, helping the team to a sixth-place finish,[16] and making his Turkish national team debut shortly after.

Subsequently, Şükür signed for national giants Galatasaray SK.[15] Nicknamed the Bull of the Bosphorus,[17] he scored 19 goals in 30 matches in his first year with the club, helping it lift both the league and cup titles, adding 16 and 19, respectively, in the next two seasons, and attracting the attention of Torino FC. In 1995 he moved to the Italian club, becoming the second Turkish player to ever play in the Serie A, but returned to his country and Galatasaray in the following winter transfer window, failing to settle and only netting once in the league.

Upon his return to Galatasaray, Şükür regained his scoring form, scoring 16 goals in the league and helping the club win the cup. The following season, he collected 38 goals in the league, tying him for second-most goals scored in a season with Metin Oktay, one goal behind record holder Tanju Çolak; both players were playing for Galatasaray when they broke the record.[15] Şükür also finished third in the ESM Golden Boot rankings with 57 points, behind Mário Jardel (60) and Ronaldo (68).[18] He won the Gol Kralı award the following two seasons, netting 33 and 18 goals respectively, with the Istanbul side winning the title in all three seasons.[6][19]

In the 1999–2000 season, Şükür's last with Galatasaray in his second stint, the team completed a domestic double for the second year in succession, and added the year's UEFA Cup, becoming the first Turkish side to win a European title; in the 4–1 penalty shootout win against Arsenal he scored on his attempt, having netted 10 times in 17 games during the campaign.

Şükür in 2008

Şükür then moved to Italy again, this time to Inter Milan, scoring six goals in 35 official games. His appearances were limited by the presence of Ronaldo and Christian Vieri in the team's attack[20] and January 2002, after one-and-a-half seasons, he signed with another team in the country, Parma FC, but was unable to produce again, only finding the net three times. Having been released, on 9 December he joined Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League for the remainder of the campaign, signed by former Galatasaray manager Graeme Souness.[20] His spell began with him sustaining a broken leg in training which ruled him out for two months,[21] after which made his debut for the club on 1 March 2003, replacing the injured Egil Østenstad at half time in a 1–0 home win over Manchester City;[22] he scored twice from nine appearances, both goals coming in a 4–0 defeat of Fulham at Loftus Road on 7 April.[23]

Şükür returned to Galatasaray on 7 July 2003, after failing to negotiate a new contract with Blackburn.[21] He scored 12 times in 28 league games in his first season, and 18 in the following, with the team winning the 2005 Turkish cup during that timeframe. Also, on 3 December 2003, he found the net twice in a 2–0 home defeat of Juventus F.C. for the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League.[24] In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee, he was selected as Turkey's Golden Player by the Turkish Football Federation, as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years.[25]

In the 2005–06 season, Şükür again scored in double digits (ten) as Galatasaray again won the league. After helping the club win a record-tying seventeenth first division title in 2007–08, netting 11 goals, he decided to retire from the game, aged nearly 37. Subsequently, he often appeared as a television pundit on TRT. During his career, he scored 38 goals in all European competitions.

International career

Şükür won his first cap for Turkey in a friendly with Luxembourg in March 1992 – his debut being awarded by German manager Sepp Piontek – scoring his first international goal in his next match, against Denmark, and totalling six in his first 11 appearances. He netted seven in qualification for UEFA Euro 1996 and started all of the matches at the finals in England, in which they were eliminated in the group stage without scoring a single goal.

Şükür scored eight times in qualification for the 1998 FIFA World Cup: half of those in a 6–4 home win over Wales on 20 August 1997,[26] but Turkey did not reach the play-offs. At Euro 2000 he netted twice for the quarterfinalists, in a 2–0 group stage win against co-hosts Belgium.[27][28]

During the 2002 World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan, Şükür scored once for Turkey in seven matches as the national team finished in third place. On 29 June he scored the fastest ever goal in a FIFA World Cup, netting against South Korea 10.8 seconds into the third-place play-off (3–2 win).[17]

Of his 112 senior appearances, Şükür captained Turkey in 30. After appearing in some Euro 2008 qualifiers, notably scoring four against Moldova in a 5–0 win in Frankfurt, Germany,[29] he was not selected for the finals, his last game being a 0–1 home loss to Greece at the age of 36 (17 October 2007).[30]

Personal life

Şükür is of Kosovar Albanian origin.[7][8][9][31] His first wife, Esra Elbirlik, married him in a ceremony broadcast live on television,[32] initiated by prime minister Tansu Çiller and performed by mayor of Istanbul Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

The coupled divorced after four months, and she and her family died in the 1999 İzmit earthquake. He fathered three children with his second spouse, Beyda.[33]

Politics

On 18 June 2011, Şükür was elected as a Member of Parliament to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in the 2011 general elections, from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), representing the 2nd electoral district of Istanbul Province.[34]

On 16 December 2013, Şükür, known for his links to the Islamic Gülen movement of the Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen,[14] resigned from his position in protest after the interdiction of the group's "dershane" system, and decided to continue working as an independent MP.[14][35] He subsequently went on to work as a football pundit for Turkish Radio and Television Corporation.[36]

In February 2016, Şükür was charged with insulting president Erdoğan on Twitter.[37] In August, a warrant was issued for his arrest as he was charged with "being a member of an armed terror group".[38]

Statistics

Club

[39]

Club Season League Cup[40] Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sakaryaspor 1987–88 3021—51
1988–89 115——115
1989–90 275——275
Total 411021—4311
Bursaspor 1990–91 274——274
1991–92 27773—3410
Total 541173—6114
Galatasaray 1992–93 301985624726
1993–94 271674904320
1994–95 331971854825
Total 9054221023713571
Torino 1995–96 51——51
Total 51——51
Galatasaray 1995–96 251672—3218
1996–97 323834443946
1997–98 343292705034
1998–99 331992764927
1999–2000 32145117105425
Total 15611933153520224152
Inter Milan 2000–01 2451091346
Total 2451091356
Parma 2001–02 153—10163
Total 153—10163
Blackburn Rovers 2002–03 92——92
Total 92——92
Galatasaray 2003–04 281210963818
2004–05 331834—3522
2005–06 311042213713
2006–07 2642061345
2007–08 281141924114
Total 14655147261018672
Career total 54026079349438709332

European Cup goals

International

[41]

National teamYearAppsGoals
Turkey 199285
199331
199453
199574
1996123
199756
199841
199973
200093
2001106
2002102
200394
200485
200550
200654
200751
Total11251

International goals

[30]

Honours

Club

Sakaryaspor
Bursaspor
Galatasaray
Inter
Parma

Country

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "A Milli Futbol Takımımıza Devlet Üstün Hizmet Madalyası Verilmesi Töreni" [National football team honoured by state in medal ceremony] (in Turkish). Presidency of Turkey. 9 October 2002. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Kral'ın vasiyeti" [The king's legacy]. Hürriyet (in Turkish). 12 November 1998. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
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  30. 1 2 "Hakan Sükür – Century of International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
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  40. ↑ Includes Atatürk Cup, Chancellor Cup, President Cup, TSYD Cup, Turkish Cup and Turkish Super Cup
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