Hakan Çalhanoğlu stands tall at the height of 1.78 m (5 feet 10 inches). He plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Turkey national team, which he captains.
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Hakan Çalhanoğlu made his Hamburg and Bundesliga debut on 11 August 2013, as the team opened the season with a 3–3 away draw at Schalke 04.
Hakan Çalhanoğlu scored his first goals for the club on 31 August 2013, in a 4–0 home win over Eintracht Braunschweig. After a transfer to Bayer Leverkusen in 2014, Hakan Çalhanoğlu played there for three seasons there, totalling 28 goals in 115 official appearances.
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Born in Germany, Hakan Çalhanoğlu opted to play for Turkey. He played for the country at youth international level, including the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup on home soil.
Hakan Çalhanoğlu scored two more international goals in a 4–0 home-friendly win over Bulgaria on 8 June 2015, the latter being a free kick.
Hakan Çalhanoğlu’s first competitive goal came on 10 October 2015, a cross that secured a 2–0 away win over the Czech Republic in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying event.
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