Hakan Arıkan

Hakan Arıkan

Personal information
Full name	Hakan Arıkan
Date of birth	(1982-08-17) 17 August 1982
Place of birth	Karamürsel, Kocaeli, Turkey
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Kayserispor
Number	1
Youth career
1999–2001	Petkimspor
2001–2002	Kocaelispor
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2006	Kocaelispor	87	(0)
2006–2007	Ankaraspor	32	(0)
2007–2011	Beşiktaş	34	(0)
2011–2012	Mersin İdman Yurdu	11	(0)
2012–2014	Antalyaspor	38	(0)
2014–	Kayserispor	23	(0)
2015	→ Trabzonspor (loan)	17	(0)
International career
2007-2010	Turkey	16	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 October 2015

Hakan Arıkan (born 17 August 1982) is a Turkish footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Kayserispor.

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 Turkish National Team squad, for the very 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. 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. 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.

National team

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. He could not find a place in Euro 2008 selection.

Stats

Note: Stats were obtained from TFF official website.

Last update: 7 June 2008

Season	Team	Leag. Apps.	Goals	Cup Apps.	Goals
01/02	Kocaelispor	7	0	1	0
02/03	Kocaelispor	6	0	2	0
03/04	Kocaelispor	22	0	2	0
04/05	Kocaelispor	25	0	2	0
05/06	Kocaelispor	16	0	2	0
05/06	Ankaraspor	12	0	0	0
06/07	Ankaraspor	31	0	4	0
07/08	Beşiktaş	24	0	5	0
08/09	Beşiktaş

External links

• Profile on Turkish Football Federation website (Turkish)