Hakan Şükür
1 September 1971 – present
Hakan Şükür is a Turkish former footballer who played as a striker, principally for Galatasaray, and is the record goalscorer for the Turkey national team with 51 goals. He won the UEFA Cup with Galatasaray in 2000 and scored the fastest goal in World Cup history, after eleven seconds, in the 2002 third-place match. He was elected to the Turkish parliament in 2011 and moved to the United States in 2015.
Lived at the same time
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- Adonis (1930–present) Overlapped 55 years →
- Ai Weiwei (1957–present) Overlapped 55 years →
- Akira Yoshino (1948–present) Overlapped 55 years →
- Alex Ferguson (1941–present) Overlapped 55 years →
- Ali Daei (1969–present) Overlapped 55 years →
Life events
He became the club's record goalscorer across several spells in Istanbul.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe later played for Parma and Blackburn Rovers before returning to Galatasaray in 2003.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgGalatasaray beat Arsenal on penalties in the final in Copenhagen.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe scored after eleven seconds against South Korea in the third-place match at the 2002 World Cup.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe entered parliament as a deputy for Istanbul on the Justice and Development Party list.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe left the party amid the dispute between the government and the Gülen movement and sat as an independent.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe settled in California after prosecutors in Turkey opened proceedings against him.
Source: en.wikipedia.org