Hamza Çakır
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 September 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Cologne,[1] West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2004 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2010 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 142 | (4) |
| 2010 | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 2 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Kayserispor | 19 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Karabükspor | 11 | (0) |
| 2013 | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 3 | (0) |
| 2014 | KFC Uerdingen 05 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Hamza Çakır (born 30 September 1985) is a German former footballer. He played in the 2. Bundesliga for Fortuna Düsseldorf and in the Süper Lig for Kayserispor and Karabükspor.
Career[edit]
Çakır began playing football with the youth side of Fortuna Düsseldorf. He signed a professional contract with the club in 2004, and would captain the side to promotion from the 3. Liga during the 2008–09 season. Due to injury, he would only play nine league matches during the following season, and could not agree to terms on a new contract.[2] At age 24, after 10 years with Fortuna, Çakır moved to Turkey to play for Kayserispor; after two years he moved back to Düsseldorf. He retired from professional football in 2014.
Personal life[edit]
Çakır is of Turkish descent.[3] He is married and has a son. After his retirement from football, he founded a Turkish café in Cologne with his family.[4]
Career statistics[edit]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2004–05 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Regionalliga Nord | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 15 | 0 | |
| 2005–06 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 30 | 2 | |||
| 2006–07 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2007–08 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 28 | 1 | |||
| 2008–09 | 3. Liga | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 31 | 1 | ||
| 2009–10 | 2. Bundesliga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | Regionalliga West | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | |
| Turkey | League | Turkish Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2010–11 | Kayserispor | Süper Lig | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | Germany | 144 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 5 | |
| Total | Turkey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Career total | 146 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 5 | ||
- Statistics accurate as of last match played on 20 August 2010.
References[edit]
- ^ "Hamza Çakır". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- ^ Deveçeken, İsa (21 May 2010). "Hamza Çakır Düsseldorf'la yollarını ayırdı" (in Turkish). Hurriyet.de. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- ^ "Ehemaliger Profi von Fortuna: Hamza Cakir nimmt als Familienvater neuen Anlauf". RP ONLINE (in German). 16 January 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ Jolitz, Bernd. "Familienbetrieb – Ex-Fortune jetzt in Kölner Café: Das neue Leben des Hamza Cakir". RP ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 31 October 2020.
External links[edit]
- Hamza Çakır at the Turkish Football Federation
- Hamza Çakır at fussballdaten.de (in German)
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