Halil Altıntop

Halil Altıntop

Personal information
Full name	Halil Altıntop
Date of birth	(1982-12-08) 8 December 1982
Place of birth	Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
Height
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	FC Augsburg
Number	7
Youth career
1991–1992	Schwarz-Weiß Gelsenkirchen-Süd
1992–1997	TuS Rotthausen
1997–2000	Wattenscheid 09
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2003	Wattenscheid 09	81	(38)
2003–2004	1. FC Kaiserslautern II	3	(4)
2003–2006	1. FC Kaiserslautern	91	(28)
2006–2010	Schalke 04	96	(16)
2010–2011	Eintracht Frankfurt	49	(3)
2011–2013	Trabzonspor	61	(13)
2013–	FC Augsburg	74	(13)
International career‡
2000	Turkey U18	2	(0)
2001	Turkey U20	1	(0)
2003	Turkey U21	9	(1)
2004	Turkey A2	1	(0)
2005–2011	Turkey	38	(8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 June 2015

Halil Altıntop (Turkish pronunciation: [häˈlil äɫˈtɯnto̞p], born 8 December 1982) is a Turkish footballer who plays for FC Augsburg. He is the identical twin brother of Hamit Altıntop. He can be deployed as a centre-forward or as a winger or attacking midfielder.

Career

Altıntop started his professional career in the local German club Wattenscheid 09 along with his brother. As successful performances grabbed the attention of bigger clubs, Altıntop was transferred to Kaiserslautern, and his brother to Schalke. Altıntop, who plays as a striker, finished third highest scorer in the Bundesliga for the 2005–06 season with 20 goals. At the end of that season he joined his brother at Schalke on a free transfer. However, after only one season, his brother Hamit Altıntop joined Bayern Munich on another free deal. On 27 January 2010, he dissolved his contract with Schalke and joined Eintracht Frankfurt.

After Eintracht Frankfurt were relegated in the 2010–11 season Altıntop was transferred to Turkish side Trabzonspor signing a three-year contract.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	8 June 2005	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	6–0	6–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying
2.	8 October 2005	İstanbul, Turkey	Germany	1–0	2–1	Friendly
3.	2 June 2006	Sittard, Netherlands	Angola	3–2	3–2	Friendly
4.	8 September 2007	Valletta, Malta	Malta	1–1	2–2	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
5.	12 September 2007	İstanbul, Turkey	Hungary	3–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
6.	20 August 2008	İzmit, Turkey	Chile	1–0	1–0	Friendly
7.	2 June 2009	Kayseri, Turkey	Azerbaijan	1–0	2–0	Friendly
8.	14 October 2009	Bursa, Turkey	Armenia	1–0	2–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
Correct as of 14 October 2009.

Career statistics

As of 1 January 2016.

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Wattenscheid 09	2000–01	14	5			—		14	5
	2001–02	34	14			—		34	14
	2002–03	33	16			—		33	16
	Total	81	35			—		81	35
1. FC Kaiserslautern	2003–04	27	2	1	0	1	0	29	2
	2004–05	30	6	1	0	—		31	6
	2005–06	34	20	2	1	—		36	21
	Total	91	28	4	1	1	0	96	29
Schalke 04	2006–07	34	6	2	1	2	0	38	7
	2007–08	25	6	2	0	7	0	34	6
	2008–09	31	4	4	1	8	2	43	7
	2009–10	6	0	3	1	—		9	1
	Total	96	16	11	3	17	2	124	21
Eintracht Frankfurt	2009–10	15	3	3	1	—		18	4
	2010–11	34	0	3	2	—		37	2
	Total	49	3	6	3	—		55	6
Trabzonspor	2011–12	34	6	1	0	3	0	38	6
	2012–13	27	7	10	2	9	1	46	10
	Total	61	13	11	2	12	1	84	16
FC Augsburg	2013–14	34	10	3	1	—		37	11
	2014–15	31	3	1	0	—		32	3
	2015–16	9	0	2	0	3	1	14	1
	Total	74	13	6	1	3	1	83	15
Career total		452	108	38	10	33	4	533	122

Personal life

He is the identical twin brother of footballer Hamit Altıntop.

External links

• Official website
• Halil Altıntop – UEFA competition record
• Halil Altıntop – FIFA competition record
• Halil Altıntop at National-Football-Teams.com
• Halil Altıntop at Football-lineups.com: player campaign – Bundesliga Top Scorers
• Halil Altıntop at worldfootball.net
• Halil Altıntop profile at Fussballdaten