Hakan Arıkan

Football player infobox
playername = Hakan Arıkan


fullname = Hakan Arıkan
height = height|m=1.92
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1982|8|17
cityofbirth = Karamürsel
countryofbirth = Turkey flagicon|TUR
currentclub = Beşiktaş J.K.
clubnumber = 84
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears = 1999–2001
2001–2002
youthclubs = Petkimspor
Kocaelispor
years = 2002–2006
2006–2007
2007–
clubs = Kocaelispor
Ankaraspor
Beşiktaş
caps(goals) = 76 (0)
43 (0)
24 (0)

nationalyears = 2007–"present"
nationalteam = Turkey
nationalcaps(goals) = 6 (0)
pcupdate = 4 June 2008
ntupdate = 4 June 2008

Hakan Arıkan (born in 17 August 1982, Karamürsel, Kocaeli) is a Turkish footballer currently playing for Beşiktaş. His role is goalkeeper.

Career

Raising to fame

Arıkan had begun his career at Petkimspor, an amateur team based in western Turkish city of İzmir. Then he joined Kocaelispor in 2001. During his Kocaeli era 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 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. [ [http://www.sporx.com/detail.php?Type=1&kategori=29&go=29560 Günün Adamı Hakan Arıkan (Hakan is man of the day)] tr icon] Hakan 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.cite news
title = Hakan Arıkan Beşiktaş'ta
url = http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/409997.asp
publisher = ntvmsnbc.com
date = 04-06-2007
accessdate = 2008-06-04 tr icon] He has played alternately with Rüştü Reçber in 2007/08 Season.

National team

Arıkan was initially called up for the national team before the match against Georgia in February 2007. He made his debut on 05 June 2007 against Brazil, in a dedicated match for Tugay Kerimoğlu's very last cap for national team.cite news
title = Ay Yıldız Farkı
url = http://www.milliyet.com.tr/2007/06/06/spor/aspo.html
publisher = milliyet.com.tr
date = 05-06-2007
accessdate = 2008-06-04 tr icon] He could not find a place in Euro 2008 selection.

Controversy

Hakan is regarded as a very promising keeper who is capable enough to keep the goal of National Team; however, he was criticised his lack of handling ability which also costed him to allow 3 goals in his net against English side Liverpool during the Champions League match in 2007. His recent mistakes led Turkish media to have a pressure on coach Ertuğrul Sağlam to cover him with Rüştü in European Cup mathes such as Porto in Group A and also im some league matches in 2007/08 season.

tats

Note: Stats were obtained from TFF official website. [ [http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=30&kisiID=336983 League and Cup Appearances] tr icon]

Last update: 7 June 2008

External links

* [http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=30&kisiID=336983 Profile on Turkish Football Federation website] tr icon
* [http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/spieler/16693/hakanarikan/default/2007/leistungsdaten.html Transfermarkt Profile including league caps] de icon

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