Berkant Göktan

Berkant Göktan ( born December 12, 1980 in Munich) is a German of Turkish football player who is under contract with the Bavarian division side SV Heimstetten since the 2013/14 season.

Career

Clubs

After two years with Helios Munich Göktan joined with nine years in the youth department of FC Bayern Munich and stayed there until he was 18. Thereafter (until 2001 ) he belonged to the senior squad and made his debut on October 4, 1998 ( 7th Round ) in a 2-2 draw against Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga when he came on as a 78th minute for Thorsten Fink. For Bayern, he played his first competitive match - use, however, already on September 30, 1998, when he came on in the 63rd minute for Hasan Salihamidžić in a 2-2 draw against Manchester United in a home match of the second round of the Champions League.

After five league games for Borussia Mönchengladbach ( 21 February to 4 May 1999 ) and 14 for Arminia Bielefeld in the season 1999/2000, for which he was active on loan, he returned to Bayern back and played another league game and 28 Regional games (12 goals) for the amateur team.

From 2001 to 2005 he played in Turkey; first for Galatasaray Istanbul, which he claimed his first season ( 21 games, 5 goals) won the league title since 2004 and for Beşiktaş Istanbul. In August 2005, shortly after the start of the season, he returned to Germany and signed a contract with 1.FC Kaiserslautern.

For the Bundesliga team he played (until 5 April 2006 as a result of early termination ) only seven games and for the second team only one game in the Regionalliga Süd. After six months without a club, he received a valid from 1 September 2006 contract with the second division club TSV 1860 Munich. First, for the second team (until 2008: 14 games, 1 goal) committed with the goal of his body, he pushed with his performances in the first and received from 3 November 2006, his first use in this. In the second round he succeeded with 10 goals in 12 games the breakthrough. At the end of the season he was voted by the fans of 1860 with nearly 50 percent of the vote to the lion of the season 2006/ 07. In the following season - Göktan received in April 2007 a ​​contract extension until 2009 - he came 24 times to use and met ten times. Shortly before his third season, his contract was extended again (until 2011 ), but in July 2008, Göktan injured his foot when he stepped barefoot on a piece of glass. The wound became infected and had to be treated surgically. The injury lasted but at relatively long, so rumors spread about an addiction problem Göktans. On 21 October 2008 Göktans contract was finally terminated without notice due to documented cocaine abuse. In summer 2009 it a return to 1860 was offered, but he refused.

In early 2010 signed Göktan, who is married to a Thai since the fall of 2009, a contract with the first division Thailand Muangthong United. Until the final separation from the club end of July 2012 Göktan played a competitive match - not even the two qualifiers for the AFC Champions League 2010, because he was not yet eligible to play due to the expired deadline on 30 December 2009. After about two years with no use in Thailand, where he was even allowed to train for a long time only with the reserve team of Muangthong United, Göktan returned in the summer of 2012 back to Munich and was initially without a club. After a career end loomed first to Göktan then since autumn 2012 Press was reportedly again plays his club search. In March 2013, Göktan joined the fourth division team SV Heimstetten, with the hope to get the eligibility to play in the foreseeable future. In May 2013 it undertook the SV Heimstetten, for which he on 27 October 2013 ( 20th Round ) in the 0:5 defeat in the away match against FC Bayern Munich II, on as a substitute in the 83rd minute for Marcel Ebeling, debuted. It was his first league game after more than five years (most recently on May 18, 2008) since moving to Thailand.

National

Göktan played 29 times between 1998 and 2001 for the U-21 national team of Turkey and scored 10 goals. He made his debut on 4 September 1998 in a 2-0 victory over Northern Ireland, when he came off the bench for the second half for Nihat Kahveci. His first international goal - scoring on 9 October 1998 in Kocaeli in a 2-0 win over Germany. Against Macedonia 4:1 ( 27 March 2001) and Azerbaijan (3-0, 1 June 2001) he succeeded two goals in a game. His last assignment, he played on 13 November 2001 in a 2-1 victory over Greece.

Achievements

• German Champion 2001
• Turkish Champion 2002