Kaan Ayhan

Kaan Ayhan (born 10 November 1994) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre back as well as operating as a right back for the Serie A club Sassuolo[1] and the Turkish national team.

Kaan Ayhan
Ayhan in 2019
Personal information
Full name Kaan Ayhan
Date of birth (1994-11-10) 10 November 1994
Place of birth Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender / Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Sassuolo
Number 5
Youth career
1999–2013 Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Schalke 04 II 3 (0)
2013–2016 Schalke 04 30 (1)
2016 → Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) 2 (0)
2016–2020 Fortuna Düsseldorf 113 (8)
2020– Sassuolo 13 (0)
National team‡
2009 Turkey U17 2 (0)
2009–2010 Germany U16 6 (0)
2010–2011 Germany U17 20 (3)
2012 Germany U18 2 (0)
2013–2015 Turkey U21 8 (1)
2016– Turkey 32 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:30, 10 January 2021 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 December 2020

Club career

Schalke 04

Ayhan joined Schalke 04's youth academy when he was four years old.[2] On 18 January 2012, he signed a professional contract with Schalke 04 that would last until 30 June 2015.[3] Ayhan was assigned a number 24 shirt.[4] Ayhan made his debut against FC Augsburg in a 4–1 win on 5 October 2013, coming on as a substitute for Ádám Szalai.[5] On 3 May 2014, Ayhan scored his first Bundesliga goal in the 13th minute of a 2–0 victory at SC Freiburg.[6]

In January 2016, Ayhan joined Eintracht Frankfurt on loan from Schalke for the second half of the season.[7] Frankfurt secured the option of signing him permanently, however, the fixed transfer fee was reported as being too high for a permanent signing to be likely.[8]

Fortuna Düsseldorf

On 31 August 2016, Ayhan left Schalke 04 after 17 years at the club to join 2. Bundesliga side Fortuna Düsseldorf.[9]

On 13 May 2017 Ayhan scored the third goal in a 3-2 for win over 1. FC Nürnberg, securing the 2017–18 2. Bundesliga title for Fortuna Düsseldorf.[10][11]

International career

A Turkish-German, Ayhan has been capped by both Germany and Turkey junior national teams. In October 2013, Ayhan was selected for the Turkey under-21 squad.[12] He was called up by manager Fatih Terim for Turkey's friendly match against Russia on August 31, 2016 and subsequent World Cup 2018 qualifier against Croatia.[13] Kaan Ayhan gave his debut for the Turkish national football team on August, the 31st of 2016 in a friendly against Russia.[14]

International goals
Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first.[15]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.25 March 2019Eskişehir Stadium, Eskişehir, Turkey Moldova4–04–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
2.8 June 2019Büyükşehir Stadium, Konya, Turkey France1–02–0
3.14 October 2019Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France1–11–1

Style of play

Although Ayhan can play in several positions, he is most often used as a central defender.

Statistics

Club
As of match played on 10 January 2021
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Schalke 04 2012–13[16] Bundesliga 0000—00
2013–14[16] Bundesliga 141001[lower-alpha 1]0151
2014–15[16] Bundesliga 150004[lower-alpha 1]0190
2015–16[16] Bundesliga 10004[lower-alpha 2]050
Total 3010091391
Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) 2015–16[16] Bundesliga 2000—20
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2016–17[16] 2. Bundesliga 23110—241
2017–18[16] 2. Bundesliga 31110—321
2018–19[16] Bundesliga 28430—314
2019–20[16] Bundesliga 31230—342
Total 113880—1218
Sassuolo 2020–21[16] Serie A 130003 0160
Career total 1589809117810
  1. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours
Fortuna Düsseldorf

Germany U17

References
  1. https://twitter.com/SassuoloUS/status/1294937310551838720
  2. "Kaan Ayhan" (in German). Schalke 04. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  3. "Schalke-Talent Kaan Ayhan erhält Profi-Vertrag" (in German). Der Westen. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  4. "Kaan Ayhan ist der dienstälteste Knappe" (in German). Schalke 04. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  5. "Schalke 4 Augsburg 1". Soccerway. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  6. "Job almost done for Schalke". Bundesliga. 3 May 2014. Archived from the original on 4 May 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  7. Walsh, Jonathan. "Kaan Ayhan swaps Schalke for Frankfurt". Vavel. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  8. Lieto, Toni (3 January 2015). "Ayhans Ziel: Mit Spielpraxis zurück zum FC Schalke". Kicker Online (in German). Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  9. "Ayhan moves to Fortuna Düsseldorf". Schalke 04. 31 August 2016. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  10. Janning, Falk. "Fortuna Düsseldorf: Kaan Ayhan sucht sein Trikot – und findet es bei Bibiana Steinhaus". rp-online.de.
  11. "Nürnberg vs. Fortuna Düsseldorf - 13 May 2018 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  12. "Ümit Milli Takım'ın Yunanistan ve Polonya maçları aday kadrosu belli oldu" (in Turkish). TFF. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  13. "Fatih Terim'den sürpriz kadro!". spor.haber7.com. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  14. "Turkey vs. Russia".
  15. "Ayhan, Kaan". National Football Teams. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  16. "Kaan Ayhaan". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  17. "IFA U-17 World Cup Mexico 2011". FIFA.com. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
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