Hasan Şaş


Hasan Gökhan Şaş is a Turkish football coach and former international footballer
He is best known for his time at Galatasaray and for his performance with the Turkey national team at the FIFA World Cup 2002, where he was voted into the All-Star Team. During both assignments, he played as a winger with great success.

Club career

Born in Karataş, Adana, Hasan began his club career with Ankaragücü in 1995.

Galatasaray

In 1998, Hasan signed with Galatasaray for $4.4 million, but almost immediately upon arrival, he was suspended from football for six months after doping testing returned a positive result for the banned substance Phenylpropanolamine. The winger did not allow the sizable bout with adversity to ruin his burgeoning career, as he roundly regained his spot with Galatasaray in the 1999–2000 season, in which the club won the first major European trophy for any Turkish club. Galatasaray won the UEFA Cup title in 2000 over Arsenal in a hard-fought final, and went on to win the 2000 UEFA Super Cup.
In the Champions League competition in 2000–01, the left-sided attacker made 12 appearances for Galatasaray. He even managed to grab goals against such giants as Spain's Real Madrid and Italy's A.C. Milan as well as against the Brazilian National Team in 2002 FIFA World Cup. After establishing himself for both club and country, Milan, Arsenal and French side Nantes expressed interest in the player's services, but terms could not be agreed.
At the end of the 2008–09 Super Lig season it was announced that Galatasaray would not be renewing his contract and after declining many lucrative contracts to play in Qatar and Saudi Arabia, Hasan announced his retirement from professional football.
Şaş resigned from duty of Assistant Manager of Galatasaray S.K. on 11 May 2020.

International career

Hasan made 40 appearances for the Turkey national football team from 1998 to 2006.

Personal life

He married Sibel Yalçın on 29 June 2003. They divorced in February 2014. The couple had two children.

Career statistics

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International

International goals

Honours

Club

Galatasaray
Turkey