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Kaan Ayhan
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Kaan Ayhan, born on 10 November 1994 in Gelsenkirchen, is an association football player who holds citizenship of Turkey and Germany. He plays as a defender, primarily at centre-back or full-back, wearing squad number 3. Ayhan has played for Schalke 04, FC Schalke 04 II, Eintracht Frankfurt, Galatasaray, and the Turkey national under-17 football team, in competitions including the 2. Bundesliga. His career began in 2013, and he speaks German and Turkish.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, Thesportsdb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- 2009
- Turkey U17
- 2012
- Germany U18
- 2013
- Schalke 04 II
- 2016
- → Eintracht Frankfurt (loan)
- 2023
- → Galatasaray (loan)
- Full name
- Kaan Ayhan
- Date of birth
- ( 1994-11-10 ) 10 November 1994 (age 31)
- Place of birth
- Gelsenkirchen , Germany
- Height
- 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
- Position
- Defender
- Current team
- Galatasaray
- 1999 2013
- Schalke 04
- Years
- Team
- 2013 2016
- Schalke 04
- 2016 2020
- Fortuna Düsseldorf
- 2020 2023
- Sassuolo
- 2009 2010
- Germany U16
- 2010 2011
- Germany U17
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Galatasaray
- Position
- Centre-Back
- Nationality
- Turkey
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Gelsenkirchen
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Turkish
- Native language
- Turkish
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Germany national under-18 football team
- Position played
- defender
- League
- 2. Bundesliga
- Country for sport
- Turkey
- Mass
- 84
- Image
- Kaan-Ayhan-08-2019.jpg
- Height
- 184
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1994-11-10
- Commons category
- Kaan Ayhan
- sport number
- 3
- start of work period
- 2013-00-00
- name in native language
- Kaan Ayhan
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 June 2025
Kaan Ayhan (born 10 November 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Süper Lig club Galatasaray. Born in Germany, he plays for the Turkey national team.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kaan Ayhan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.