Hasan Şaş

Football player infobox
playername = Hasan Şaş
fullname = Hasan Gökhan Şaş
height = height|m=1.77
weight = 74kg
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1976|8|1
cityofbirth = Karataş, Adana
countryofbirth = Turkey
currentclub = flagicon|Turkey Galatasaray
clubnumber = 11
position = Right winger, Left winger, Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1995–1998 1998–
clubs = Ankaragücü Galatasaray
caps(goals) = 80 (9) 209 (25)
nationalyears = 1998-2006
nationalteam = Turkey
nationalcaps(goals) = 40 (2)
pcupdate = 10 June, 2006
ntupdate = 10 June, 2006

Hasan Gökhan Şaş (born 1 August 1976 in Karataş, Adana, Turkey) is a Turkish international footballer who is currently a winger with one of Turkey's most famous clubs, Galatasaray, where he is joint team captain with Umit Karan.

The Turkish winger began his career with a bang at club side Ankaragücü in 1995, scoring nearly at will for the unfashionable club. Domestic giants Galatasaray soon took a shine to the prolific young player's considerable talents. In 1998, Hasan signed on with the historic İstanbul giants, but almost immediately upon arrival, he was suspended from football for six months after testing positive for banned substances which was contained in cold medicine A-Ferin. The winger did not allow the sizable bout with adversity to ruin his burgeoning career, as he roundly regained his spot with Galatasaray in the dream season of 1999/2000, in which the club won the first major European trophy for any Turkish club. Galatasaray won the UEFA Cup title in 2000 over Arsenal in a hard-fought final, and went on to win the 2000 European Super Cup.

Hasan also cemented himself as a regular in the increasingly classy Turkish national side. In Champions League competition in 2000/01, the left-sided attacker appeared on 12 separate occasions for Galatasaray. He even managed to grab goals against such giants as Spain's Real Madrid and Italy's AC Milan as well as against Brazilian National Team in 2002 World Cup. After establishing himself for both club and country, both A.C. Milan and French side Nantes expressed interest in the player's services, but on both occasions, terms could not be agreed.

Honours

* Galatasaray
** Turkish League: 5 (1998-99, 1999-00, 2001-02, 2005-06, 2007-08)
** Turkish Super Cup: 1 (2008)
** UEFA CUP 1 (2000)
** UEFA SUPER CUP 1 (2000)
* Turkey
** FIFA World Cup 2002: 3rd place

External links

* [http://www.galatasaray.org/futboltakimi/pages/oyuncu_11.php Profile at galatasaray.org]
* [http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=30&kisiId=26252 Profile at TFF.org]
* [http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/spieler/6102/hasansas/profil.html Profile at transfermarkt.de]