Berkant Göktan
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Berkant Göktan (born 12 December 1980) is a Turkish-German former footballer. He was considered one of the hottest prospects in Germany during the late 1990s.[1]
Club career
Göktan was born in Munich. Giovanni Trapattoni called him up to train with Bayern's senior squad when he was 16 years old,[1] while Ottmar Hitzfeld granted him his professional debut at age 17. He replaced Hasan Salihamidžić in a 1998–99 UEFA Champions League game against Manchester United with 30 minutes left when the score was 2–1 for Manchester. Bayern ended up tying the game.[1]
In January 1999, he negotiated a loan deal to Borussia Mönchengladbach.[1]
In September 2006, Göktan joined TSV 1860 Munich in the Bundesliga and became a star of the team. On 21 October 2008, he was released from his contract after being positively tested for cocaine consumption.[2]
On 21 January 2010, he has signed a one-year contract with Thai Premier League champions Muangthong United who were hoping to qualify for their first ever AFC Champions League.[3] Göktan was the club's first signing under new coach René Desaeyere.[4][5] He left the club without featuring in a single match because of fitness.
Personal life
Honours
Bayern Munich
Galatasaray
References
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- Living people
- 1980 births
- German sportspeople of Turkish descent
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Men's association football forwards
- German men's footballers
- Turkish men's footballers
- FC Bayern Munich footballers
- FC Bayern Munich II players
- Borussia Mönchengladbach players
- Arminia Bielefeld players
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern players
- TSV 1860 Munich players
- Muangthong United F.C. players
- Beşiktaş J.K. footballers
- Galatasaray S.K. footballers
- Footballers from Munich
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Regionalliga players
- Süper Lig players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand
- SV Heimstetten players
- 21st-century German sportsmen
- 21st-century Turkish sportsmen