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Hakan Balta
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Turkish association football player (born 1983)
OverviewAI-generated
Hakan Balta is a Turkish association football player born in Berlin on March 23, 1983. He holds Turkish citizenship and speaks Turkish as his native language. Balta plays as a centre-back or full-back and wears the number 22 shirt.
He has represented the Turkey men's national football team in international competitions, including UEFA Euro 2008 and UEFA Euro 2016. His club career includes stints with Manisaspor and Galatasaray S.K. Balta began his professional work period in 2005.
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Key facts
- 2025
- Turkey (assistant)
- Full name
- Hakan Kadir Balta
- Date of birth
- ( 1983-03-23 ) 23 March 1983 (age 43)
- Place of birth
- Berlin , West Germany
- Height
- 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Positions
- Centre back left back
- 2000 2003
- Hertha BSC II
- Years
- Team
- 2003 2007
- Manisaspor
- 2007 2018
- Galatasaray
- 2006 2016
- Turkey
- 2020 2022
- Galatasaray (assistant)
- 2022 2025
- Galatasaray U19
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Centre-Back
- Nationality
- Turkey
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kadir
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Turkey
- Place of birth
- Berlin
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Turkish
- Native language
- Turkish
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 2016
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Turkey men's national football team
- Position played
- full-back
- Country for sport
- Turkey
- Image
- Hakanbalta.jpg
- Height
- 184
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- Commons category
- Hakan Balta
- date of birth
- 1983-03-23
- sport number
- 22
- start of work period
- 2005-00-00
- name in native language
- Hakan Balta
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Hakan Kadir Balta ( Turkish pronunciation: [haːkan kadiɾ baɫta]; born 23 March 1983) is a retired Turkish professional footballer who played as a defender for Galatasaray in the Süper Lig. At the start of the 2018/19 season he was released from his contract after over 10 years with the club.
Club career
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