Tanju Kayhan

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Date of birth (1989-07-22) 22 July 1989 (age 36)
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)
Tanju Kayhan
Kayhan with SK Sturm Graz in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-07-22) 22 July 1989 (age 36)
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
Admira Wacker (U16 assistant)
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)
2010Wiener Neustadt (loan) 18 (0)
2011–2014 Beşiktaş 10 (0)
2012–2013Mersin İdmanyurdu (loan) 11 (0)
2013Eskişehirspor (loan) 1 (0)
2014Elazığspor (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)
2022 SV Hundsheim 7 (5)
2024 SC Ostbahn XI 1 (0)
International career
2009 Austria U21 1 (0)
Managerial career
2023– Admira Wacker (U16 assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Later career

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.

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]

In February 2021, Kayhan returned to Austria when he signed with SV Stripfing.[5] However, he was injured with an anterior cruciate ligament injury and was therefore, at the time of the announcement, not fit to play or train at all.[6] He later also revealed, that he never signed a specific agreement with the club and he never really appeared on the teamlist for them.[4]

From February 2022 until the end of the season, Kayhan played for SV Hundsheim alongside his brother, Coskun, scoring five goals in seven league games.[7]

In January 2023, Kayhan started as an assistant coach for Admira Wacker's U-16 team.[8][9] At the same time, around August 2024, Kayhan also played a single league game for SC Ostbahn XI, as well as a few friendlies; a club that his brother, Coskun, was managing at the time.[10][11]

International career

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

References

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