Türkiye A National Team captain Hakan Çalhanoğlu's football career started in Germany. He has been one of the important players of the Turkish National Team for 10 years since 2013.
Hakan Çalhanoğlu was born on February 8, 1994 in Mannheim, Germany. Hakan Çalhanoğlu is originally from Bayburt on his father's side. Born in Mannheim, Çalhanoğlu first started working in the Waldhof Mannheim infrastructure. In 2009, he was transferred to Karlsruher's infrastructure and started playing in the U-17 team. The next season he also started playing in the U-19 team.
The football player, who trained with the A team in the 2011-12 season, played for the first team for the first time in the friendly match against FC Schaffhausen in November. On February 5, 2012, he played the first official match of his career in Karlsruhe.
Hakan Çalhanoğlu started the 2012-13 season by scoring the first two official goals of his career for FC Heidenheim. On 14 August 2012, he was transferred to the Bundesliga team Hamburg, but it was decided that he would finish the season on loan in Karlsruhe. While Karlsruhe was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga, Çalhanoğlu was chosen as the best 3rd Liga player of the year.
Hakan Çalhanoğlu signed a contract with Hamburg on August 14, 2012, and joined the team in the 2013-14 season. The footballer, who took the number 9, wore the Hamburg jersey for the first time in the DFB-Pokal match against SV Schott Jena on 4 August 2013.
Hakan Çalhanoğlu signed a 5-year contract with Bayer Leverkusen on July 4, 2014. He scored his first goal for Bayer Leverkusen in the 4-0 win against Copenhagen in the UEFA Champions League playoff match. He attracted the attention of many big clubs with his game intelligence and free-kick goals. According to Bild newspaper, he was listed as one of the 10 best free-kick takers in Bundesliga history. Trabzonspor complained to FIFA about Hakan Çalhanoğlu, who signed a contract with them when he was 16 and later transferred to Hamburg. CAS approved the decision made by FIFA in 2016 on February 3, 2017, and Çalhanoğlu was banned for 4 months.
Hakan Çalhanoğlu signed a 4-year contract with Milan on July 2, 2017. In his statement to the press on June 21, 2021, Hakan Çalhanoğlu announced that he was transferred to the last Italian champion, Inter. He signed a 3-year contract on June 22.
IN WHICH TEAMS DID HAKAN ÇALHANOĞLU PLAY FOOTBALL?
Infrastructure Career;
2001-2009 Waldhof Mannheim
2009-2011 Karlsruher
Professional Career;
2011-2013 Karlsruher
2013-2014 Hamburg 32
2014-2017 Bayer Leverkusen
2017-2021 Milan
2021- Inter
HAKAN ÇALHANOĞLU NATIONAL TEAM CAREER
2010 Türkiye U-16
2010-2011 Türkiye U-17
2011-2013 Türkiye U-19
2012-2013 Türkiye U-20
2012-2014 Türkiye U-21
2013- Türkiye