Halil Altıntop (; born 8 December 1982) is a Turkish former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

. He is a trainer scout for Bayern Munich. During his playing days, he was deployed as an

attacking midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

centre-forward Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role ...

, or winger. Halil is the identical twin brother of

Hamit Altıntop Hamit Altıntop (; born 8 December 1982) is a Turkish former professional footballer and current board member of the Turkish Football Federation. He was a versatile midfielder who could play either in a defending or attacking role and on both ...

Career

Altıntop started his professional career in the local German club Wattenscheid 09 along with his brother. As successful performances grabbed the attention of bigger clubs, Altıntop was transferred to

1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern () or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to football, the club also operates in severa ...

, and his brother to

Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhi ...

. Altıntop, who played as a striker, finished third highest scorer in the

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footbal ...

for the 2005–06 season with 20 goals. At the end of that season he joined his brother at Schalke 04 on a free transfer. However, after only one season, his brother

joined Bayern Munich on another free deal. On 27 January 2010, he terminated his contract with Schalke 04 and joined

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...

. After Eintracht Frankfurt were relegated in the 2010–11 season Altıntop was transferred to Turkish side

Trabzonspor Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Trabzon. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, the men's football team has won seven Süper Lig championships. Trabzonspor also have a women's football team, ...

signing a three-year contract. Altıntop joined

FC Augsburg Fußball-Club Augsburg 1907 e. V., commonly known as FC Augsburg () or Augsburg, is a German football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. FC Augsburg play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. The team was founded ...

in summer 2013. He finished the 2016–17 season with 6 goals and 2 assists in 31 matches. At the end of the season he announced his decision not to renew his contract with club. In this time at Augsburg, he made 116 appearances in the

scoring 20 goals and contributing 12 assists. In June 2017, Altıntop moved to

SK Slavia Prague Sportovní klub Slavia Praha – fotbal (Sports Club Slavia Prague – Football, ), commonly known as Slavia Praha or Slavia Prague, is a Czech professional football club in Prague. Founded in 1892, they are the second most successful club in ...

of the

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. On 31 January 2018, Altintop returned to 1. FC Kaiserslautern on a year-and-a-half contract until 2019.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

upAltıntop playing for the Turkish national team, 2010

Managerial statistics

''As of 30 June 2020''

References

External links

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Altintop, Halil 1982 births Living people Association football forwards Citizens of Turkey through descent Turkish footballers Turkey international footballers Turkey youth international footballers Turkey B international footballers Turkey under-21 international footballers German footballers German people of Turkish descent Turkish expatriate footballers SG Wattenscheid 09 players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players FC Schalke 04 players Eintracht Frankfurt players Trabzonspor footballers FC Augsburg players SK Slavia Prague players Bundesliga players Süper Lig players 2. Bundesliga players Czech First League players Identical twins Sportspeople from Gelsenkirchen Expatriate footballers in Germany German twins Twin sportspeople Turkish twins Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia