Turkish football player Khalil Altintop

Khalil Altintop is a Turkish football player, now playing for the German Augsburg. This December he turns 34, so, most likely, in the near future he will finish his career. Hamit Altintop plays on the position of an attacking midfielder, but can also rise higher, playing a drawn or even central striker. He has a twin brother, Hamit, who is also a football player.

Carier start

Hamit and Khalil Altintop were born on December 8, 1982 in a Turkish family, who lived in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. From early childhood it became clear that both brothers are very talented and they are waiting for a great career in football. Already at the age of nine, the brothers found themselves in the youth academy of the Schwarz-Weiss Gelsenkirchen club, from which they moved to Rotthausen a year later. Only in 1997 they found themselves in the academy of the professional club "Wattenscheid", with which they signed professional contracts in 2000. In the "Wattenscheid" brothers played three years, and Khalil Altintop went on the field 81 times, scoring 35 goals. However, his brother Hamit was more talented - he went to Schalke, one of the strongest clubs in Germany, in 2003, while Khalil had to be satisfied with the transfer to Kaiserslautern.

Going to Kaiserslautern

Khalil Altintop is a football player who managed to open up so well at Kaiserslautern that eventually he was called to "Schalke" to his brother. For three years he spent 96 matches for the team, scoring 29 goals. When it became known that the Gelsenkirchen club showed interest in him, Khalil refused to renew the contract. And in the summer of 2006 he moved to Schalke as a free agent.

The game for Schalke

Khalil Altintop, however, managed to play with his brother for only one year - already in 2007 Hamita signed one of the strongest clubs in the world, the Munich "Bavaria". Khalil remained in the "Schalke", where he played all three and a half years of his contract. All this time he was a player of the basis, so managed to enter the field as many as 124 times, scoring 21 goals. However, Khalil had no prospects in Schalke, so he had to go down, and in the winter of 2010 he became a player of Eintracht.

Transfer to Eintracht

In the new club Khalila was met with open arms - he spent there only a year and a half, but managed to play in 55 games, scoring six goals. Again, the player did not renew the contract with the club, deciding to go to Turkey, because by nationality Altintop remained a Turk, although he was born in Germany.

Moving to Turkey

In Turkey Khalil received a two-year contract with Trabzonspor, for which he played 84 matches, scoring 16 goals. However, the level of football in Germany has always been higher, so Altintop quickly wanted to return. Fortunately, the demand for it was still in Germany, so in the summer of 2013 he signed a contract with Augsburg.

Return to Germany

In the "Augsburg" Khalil quickly became a player of the foundation and one of the key players on the field. For three years in the club he played 95 matches, scoring 16 goals. In the current season, Altyntop went on the field for 12 times, marking with two goals scored. His contract with the club expires in the summer of 2017, and it is still unknown whether the agreement will be extended and whether the Turkish striker will continue to play football.

National team appearances

In the national team of Turkey Khalil Altintop made his debut in March 2005, going out for two minutes in a match against Georgia. When he was allowed to play the whole time with Kazakhstan, he scored the first goal scored. Altintop was not so often called into the national team, so all he has is only 38 matches and 8 goals scored. Unfortunately, Khalil for all his career never took part in any major tournament for the national team of Turkey. His last match took place in November 2011, where Khalil left for 19 minutes against Croatia.