Hayrettin with Braintree Town in 2017
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hakan Hayrettin | ||
Date of birth | 4 February 1970 | ||
Place of birth | Enfield, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Braintree Town (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
–1988 | Leyton Orient | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988–1989 | Leyton Orient | 0 | (0) |
1989–1993 | Barnet | ||
1993 | → Torquay United (loan) | 4 | (0) |
1993 | → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | ||
1993–1994 | Wycombe Wanderers | 19 | (1) |
1994–1995 | Cambridge United | 17 | (0) |
1995–1996 | Doncaster Rovers | 0 | (0) |
1996–199? | Peterborough United | 0 | (0) |
Heybridge Swifts | |||
Hayes | |||
Rushden & Diamonds | |||
199?–1999 | Harrow Borough | ||
1999–2000 | Boreham Wood | ||
2000–2001 | Harrow Borough | ||
Teams managed | |||
2003–2006 | Waltham Forest | ||
2006–2010 | Thurrock | ||
2011–2013 | Grays Athletic | ||
2016– | Braintree Town | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Hakan Hayrettin (born 4 February 1970) is an English former professional footballer and who is the manager of National League club Braintree Town.
Hayrettin was born in Enfield, London to Turkish Cypriot parents.
Hayrettin began his career as an apprentice with Leyton Orient, turning professional in July 1988. He was released without breaking into the first team, joining Barnet in August 1989. In 1990, he almost joined Turkish side Karsiyaka, but his Turkish parentage would have made him eligible for national service, and the prospect of war with the situation deteriorating in the Gulf, so he remained at Barnet who later won the Conference and with it promotion to the Football League. However, Hayrettin made only six appearances (all as a substitute) for Barnet in the league.
He joined Torquay United on loan in January 1993, also playing on loan for Wycombe Wanderers that season as they too won the Conference. He also played in their FA Trophy winning side. He joined Wycombe on a free transfer in July 1993, playing 19 games, and scoring once, a memorable goal against Preston North End, helping Wycombe to a second successive promotion, via the play-offs. In August 1994 he moved to Cambridge United on a free transfer, moving on to Doncaster Rovers on a free transfer in July 1995.
He never made the first team with Doncaster and was released in October 1996. He joined Peterborough United, but a serious injury forced him to retire from full-time football in 1997. He joined Watford as a youth coach, but continued his player career in non-league football with Heybridge Swifts before moving on to Hayes, Rushden & Diamonds and Harrow Borough. He played for Barnet as a trialist on 31 August 1999, making a substitute appearance against Boreham Wood, who he would spend the 1999–2000 season with. He left Boreham Wood in July 2000 to rejoin Harrow Borough, both as a player and a coaching assistant, whilst working as a stock processing manager. He had left Harrow by September 2001.