Tanju Kayhan

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Tanju Kayhan
Kayhan with Rapid Vienna in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-07-22) 22 July 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender, Full Back
Youth career
2002–2007 Rapid Wien
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Rapid Wien II 28 (1)
2009–2010 Rapid Wien 36 (0)
2010 → Wiener Neustadt (loan) 18 (0)
2011–2014 Beşiktaş 10 (0)
2012–2013 → Mersin İdmanyurdu (loan) 11 (0)
2013 → Eskişehirspor (loan) 1 (0)
2014 → Elazığspor (loan) 15 (0)
2014–2015 Karabükspor 27 (0)
2015–2016 Sturm Graz 16 (0)
2016–2018 Göztepe 32 (0)
2018–2020 Adana Demirspor 0 (0)
International career
2009 Austria U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tanju Kayhan (born 22 July 1989 in Vienna, Austria) is a retired Austrian footballer.[1]

Club career[edit]

Hulk of F.C. Porto fighting Kayhan for the ball in an UEFA Europa League match in 2010.

Kayhan began his career 1999 with Rapid Wien Amateur and was promoted to the first team in November 2008 from and made his debut on 15 November 2008 against LASK Linz. On 30 January 2010 left SK Rapid Wien on loan to SC Wiener Neustadt, he will return on 30 June 2010.[2] He signed a two-year deal with Göztepe SK in June 2016.[1]

On 30 August 2018, he has signed 2-year contract with Adana Demirspor.[3] However, due to an anterior cruciate ligament injury a week after his arrival, he never played an official game for the club, before leaving the club in March 2020. In May 2020, Kayhan was also operated for a articular cartilage damage.[4]

Later career[edit]

In February 2021, Kayhan returned to Austria when he signed with SV Stripfing.[5] However, he later revealed that he never signed a specific agreement with the club and he never really appeared on the teamlist for the club.[4]

Kayhan later began a career as a personal football coach. Together with is brother, Coskun Kayhan, they founded Football-CTK.[6]

International career[edit]

He received his first call-up for Austria in winter 2008–2009 but only made his debut against Italy national under-21 football team on 11 February 2009.

Personal life[edit]

Kayhan was born to Turkish parents.[7] He has three brothers who plays football Coskun played for SC Zwettl, Ercan for ASC Götzendorf and Orhan Kayhan for SVR Wolfersberg.[8] He also holds Turkish citizenship.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Turkish Football Federation". www.tff.org. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  2. ^ 4–4–2.com – Nr.1 in Sachen Fussballnews: Rapid Wien gibt Tanju Kayhan ab[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Tanju Kayhan Adana Demirspor'da" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  4. ^ a b OHNE VERTRAG AUF DEN SPUREN SEINER BRÜDER, meinfussball.at, 17 February 2021
  5. ^ Österreich-Rückkehr: Tanju Kayhan wechselt zum SV Stripfing, spox.com, 9 February 2021
  6. ^ Tanju Kayhan's Instagram profile, instagram.com, 8 March 2021
  7. ^ UEFA (29 September 2010). "Loyalty test for Rapid's Turkish-tinged trio". Retrieved 2010-11-27.
  8. ^ Groundhopper's Schlussstrich Sommer 09 | ostliga.at
  9. ^ "TANJU KAYHAN - Player Details TFF". TFF.org. Retrieved 12 January 2014.

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