Hakan Bayraktar

Hakan Bayraktar — Biography

Hakan Bayraktar is a former midfielder who spent most of his career in Turkey, played for Fenerbahçe and represented Turkey at national level. Born in Samsun, he began professionally in Belgium, played in both the Süper Lig and the second tier, turned out for Gaziantepspor in three separate spells, and finished his playing days back in Belgium in the amateur leagues.

He took his first professional step with Lommel in Belgium in 1994-95. In 1997 he moved to Gaziantepspor, spent three years in its first team and transferred to Fenerbahçe in 2001. He stayed in Istanbul for two and a half seasons and returned to Gaziantepspor at the mid-season break of 2003-04, having played only one game that season in the yellow and navy shirt. His route then ran through Anatolian clubs: a season with Akçaabat Sebatspor, two with Sivasspor, and one each with Malatyaspor and Diyarbakırspor. After a quite good season at Diyarbakırspor he went back to Gaziantepspor for two more seasons. He also played for Çaykur Rizespor and Karşıyaka.

In 2010-11 he signed for his hometown club Samsunspor, and was named its "Reborn Player" at the end of the season. At the start of 2011-12 he moved on to Mersin İdman Yurdu. Late in his career he returned to Belgium and played in the amateur leagues.