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Football Biography

Hakan Şükür

Turkish · Born 1971

TurkeyFastest World Cup GoalGalatasaray
Centre Forward
112
caps
51
goals

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Turkey's all-time leading scorer and owner of the fastest goal in World Cup history — 11 seconds against South Korea in 2002.

Hakan Şükür is Turkey's all-time leading scorer with 51 international goals in 112 appearances. He is best remembered internationally for scoring the fastest goal in World Cup history — after just 11 seconds against South Korea in the third-place play-off at the 2002 World Cup. He won four Süper Lig titles and two Turkish Cup titles with Galatasaray and was a key figure in Turkey's best-ever World Cup campaign.

He scored after just 11 seconds against South Korea in 2002 — the fastest goal in World Cup history, a record that still stands.

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Career Honours

  • Süper Lig 4x
  • Turkish Cup 2x
  • 51 Turkey goals in 112 caps
  • World Cup 3rd Place 2002