İlhan Mansız
İlhan Mansız in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 August 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Kempten, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1989 | SV Lenzfried | ||
| 1989–1992 | FC Kempten | ||
| 1992–1994 | FC Augsburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1995 | 1. FC Köln | 1 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Gençlerbirliği | 2 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | SV Türk Gücü München | 24 | (11) |
| 1997–1998 | Kuşadası Gençlikspor | 37 | (19) |
| 1998–2001 | Samsunspor | 89 | (26) |
| 2001–2004 | Beşiktaş | 66 | (36) |
| 2004 | Vissel Kobe | 3 | (0) |
| 2005 | Hertha BSC | 1 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | MKE Ankaragücü | 9 | (4) |
| Total | 198 | (78) | |
| National team | |||
| 2001–2003 | Turkey | 21 | (7) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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İlhan Mansız (born 10 August 1975, Germany) is a German-born Turkish former football player and current competing figure skater. He played as a forward.
He gained international recognition at Istanbul's Beşiktaş J.K., and was later acquired by the Vissel Kobe football club in Japan.
After his Japan journey, he signed a contract with Hertha BSC but because of his injury, he never had a chance to play for the first team. His contract was cancelled due to a clause in the contract saying that if his knee was injured again, they would release him. After his short stint with Hertha BSC, İlhan signed a one-year contract with Turkish club Ankaragücü. He was slowly but surely coming back from his plague of injuries and helping Ankaragücü in the Turkcell Super League.
Before 2006–07 season, he declared his decision to retire from football. As of 2007 there were rumors that he was getting training in Los Angeles, USA to make a come back to football. These rumors are revealed by İlhan Mansız and he declared to sign contract with Ankaragücü again. However, this final comeback attempt was abandoned before the 2007/08 season, as he announced his retirement.
After a car accident in 2007, it seemed the career of İlhan Mansız had ended. In July 2009, after seven knee operations, he tried to make a comeback by training with German second division side TSV 1860 München.
İlhan made his debut for Turkey as a substitute during their final group-stage qualifier against Moldova in October 2001. The speedy striker earned his way onto coach Şenol Güneş' squad on the strength of an outstanding 2001–2002 season for Beşiktaş, when he led the Süper Lig in scoring and helped the squad to a third-place finish.
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