Hakan Şükür

Hakan Şükür (Albanian: Shykyr; born 1 September 1971) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Nicknamed the "Bull of the Bosphorus" and Kral (king), he spent the majority of his professional career with Galatasaray, being a three-time Gol Kralı (Goal King, title and award given to the annual top goalscorer of the Süper Lig), representing the club in three different spells and winning a total of 14 major titles.

Hakan Şükür
Şükür playing for Galatasaray in 2006
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office
12 June 2011  23 June 2015
Constituencyİstanbul (III)
Personal details
Born (1971-09-01) 1 September 1971
Sapanca, Turkey
Political partyIndependent (2013–present)
Other political
affiliations
Justice and Development Party (2011–2013)
Spouses
Esra Elbirlik
(m. 1995; div. 1995)
    Beyda Sertbaş
    (m. 1999)
    Children3
    ResidenceUnited States
    AwardsState Medal of Distinguished Service (2002) (later revoked)
    Websitewww.hakansukur.com.tr

    Association football career
    Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
    Position(s) Striker
    Youth career
    Sakaryaspor
    Senior career*
    Years Team Apps (Gls)
    1987–1990 Sakaryaspor 41 (19)
    1990–1992 Bursaspor 54 (11)
    1992–1995 Galatasaray 90 (54)
    1995 Torino 5 (1)
    1995–2000 Galatasaray 156 (108)
    2000–2002 Inter Milan 24 (5)
    2002 Parma 15 (3)
    2002–2003 Blackburn Rovers 9 (2)
    2003–2008 Galatasaray 146 (55)
    Total 540 (258)
    International career
    1987–1988 Turkey U16 6 (2)
    1988–1990 Turkey U18 13 (1)
    1990–1993 Turkey U21 16 (5)
    1992–2007 Turkey 112 (51)
    Medal record
    Men's football
    Representing  Turkey
    Mediterranean Games
    1993 Languedoc-Roussillon
    FIFA World Cup
    2002 South Korea-Japan
    *Club domestic league appearances and goals

    Şükür represented Turkey a total of 112 times, scoring 51 goals, making him the nation's top goalscorer and 19th in the world at the time of his retirement. One of the most prolific strikers of the modern era, he netted 383 goals throughout his club career as well as the fastest ever in a World Cup, in 2002. He retired from football in 2008.

    In the 2011 general elections, he was elected as an Istanbul MP for the Justice and Development Party. He resigned from the party in December 2013, to serve as an independent. He is wanted for arrest in Turkey since August 2016 for being a member of Gülen movement and has lived in exile in the United States since mid 2016. On July 14, 2017, a decree was issued stating that all medals awarded to Hakan Şükür were to be revoked.

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