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Hamza Çakır
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-09-30) 30 September 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Cologne,[1] West Germany
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2000–2004 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2010 Fortuna Düsseldorf 142 (4)
2010 Fortuna Düsseldorf II 2 (1)
2010–2011 Kayserispor 19 (0)
2011–2012 Karabükspor 11 (0)
2013 Fortuna Düsseldorf II 3 (0)
2014 KFC Uerdingen 05
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hamza Çakır (born 30 September 1985) is a German former footballer. He played in the 2. Bundesliga for Fortuna Düsseldorf and in the Süper Lig for Kayserispor and Karabükspor.

Career

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Çakır began playing football with the youth side of Fortuna Düsseldorf. He signed a professional contract with the club in 2004, and would captain the side to promotion from the 3. Liga during the 2008–09 season. Due to injury, he would only play nine league matches during the following season, and could not agree to terms on a new contract.[2] At age 24, after 10 years with Fortuna, Çakır moved to Turkey to play for Kayserispor; after two years he moved back to Düsseldorf. He retired from professional football in 2014.

Personal life

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Çakır is of Turkish descent.[3] He is married and has a son. After his retirement from football, he founded a Turkish café in Cologne with his family.[4]

Career statistics

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Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Total
2004–05 Fortuna Düsseldorf Regionalliga Nord 15 0 0 0 - 15 0
2005–06 30 2 0 0 - 30 2
2006–07 29 0 0 0 - 29 0
2007–08 28 1 0 0 - 28 1
2008–09 3. Liga 31 1 0 0 - 31 1
2009–10 2. Bundesliga 9 0 1 0 - 10 0
2009–10 Fortuna Düsseldorf II Regionalliga West 2 1 0 0 - 2 0
Turkey League Turkish Cup Europe Total
2010–11 Kayserispor Süper Lig 2 0 0 0 - 2 0
Total Germany 144 5 1 0 0 0 145 5
Total Turkey 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Career total 146 5 1 0 0 0 147 5
Statistics accurate as of last match played on 20 August 2010.

References

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  1. ^ "Hamza Çakır". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  2. ^ Deveçeken, İsa (21 May 2010). "Hamza Çakır Düsseldorf'la yollarını ayırdı" (in Turkish). Hurriyet.de. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Ehemaliger Profi von Fortuna: Hamza Cakir nimmt als Familienvater neuen Anlauf". RP ONLINE (in German). 16 January 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  4. ^ Jolitz, Bernd. "Familienbetrieb – Ex-Fortune jetzt in Kölner Café: Das neue Leben des Hamza Cakir". RP ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 31 October 2020.
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