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Hasan Şaş
	Hasan with Galatasaray in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Hasan Gökhan Şaş
Date of birth	1 August 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Karataş, Turkey
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–1995	Adana Demirspor
1995–1998	Ankaragücü
1998–2009	Galatasaray
Total
International career
1998–2006	Turkey
Managerial career
2011–2013	Galatasaray (assistant manager)
2018–2020	Galatasaray (assistant manager)
Medal record
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hasan Gökhan Şaş (Turkish pronunciation: [hasan ʃaʃ]; born 1 August 1976) is a Turkish football coach and former player, who played as a winger.

He is known for his time at Galatasaray and for his performance with the Turkey national team at the FIFA World Cup 2002, where he was voted into the All-Star Team. During both assignments, he played as a winger. He was suspended from football for six months in 1998 after doping testing returned a positive result for the banned substance Phenylpropanolamine.^[1]^[2]

Club career

Born in Karataş, Adana, Şaş began his club career with Ankaragücü in 1995.^{[citation needed]}

Galatasaray

In 1998, Şaş signed with Galatasaray for $4.4 million,^[3] but almost immediately upon arrival, he was suspended from football for six months after doping testing returned a positive result for the banned substance Phenylpropanolamine.^[4]^[5]

Şaş regained his spot with Galatasaray in the 1999–2000 season, in which Galatasaray won the UEFA Cup title in 2000 over Arsenal, and went on to win the 2000 UEFA Super Cup.^{[citation needed]}

In the Champions League competition in 2000–01, Şaş made 12 appearances for Galatasaray. He scored against Spain's Real Madrid and Italy's A.C. Milan as well as against the Brazil national team in 2002 FIFA World Cup.^{[citation needed]}

At the end of the 2008–09 Super Lig season it was announced that Galatasaray would not be renewing his contract and after declining many contracts to play in Qatar and Saudi Arabia, Şaş announced his retirement from professional football.^[6]

International career

Hasan made 40 appearances for the Turkey national team from 1998 to 2006.^[7]

Coaching career

Şaş resigned from duty of assistant manager of Galatasaray on 11 May 2020.^[8]

Personal life

Şaş married Sibel Yalçın on 29 June 2003.^[9]^[10] They divorced in February 2014. The couple had two children and a cat.^[11]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[12]^[13]
Club	Season	League			Cup^[a]		Other Cup^[b]		Continental^[c]		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Adana Demirspor	1994–95	1. Lig^[d]	3	0	—		—		—		3	0
Ankaragücü	1995–96	1. Lig^[d]	19	1	—		—		—		19	1
	1996–97		29	6	—		—		—		29	6
	1997–98		32	2	—		—		—		32	2
	Total		80	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	80	9
Galatasaray	1998–99	1. Lig^[d]	24	4	—		—		6	0	30	4
	1999–00		25	3	—		—		4	0	29	3
	2000–01		30	6	—		—		12	2	42	8
	2001–02	Süper Lig	27	2	—		—		11	0	38	2
	2002–03		20	1	1	0	—		5	1	26	2
	2003–04		22	2	1	0	—		7	1	30	3
	2004–05		22	4	—		—		—		22	4
	2005–06		26	2	4	0	—		2	0	32	2
	2006–07		20	2	3	0	—		4	1	27	3
	2007–08		10	1	4	0	1	0	4	0	19	1
	2008–09		8	0	0	0	—		4	0	12	0
	Total		234	27	13	0	1	0	59	5	307	32
Career total			317	36	13	0	1	0	59	5	390	41

^ Appearances in Turkish Cup
^ Appearances in Turkish Super Cup, Atatürk Cup, Chancellor Cup, and TSYD Cup
^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup
^ ^a ^b ^c Named respectively as Milli Lig between 1959–1962, Türkiye 1. Futbol Ligi (1. Lig) between 1962–2000, and Süper Lig from 2001 to present

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[14]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Turkey	1998	2	0
	1999	0	0
	2000	2	0
	2001	9	0
	2002	10	2
	2003	6	0
	2004	7	0
	2005	3	0
	2006	1	0
Total		40	2

Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Şaş goal.

List of international goals scored by Hasan Şaş
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	3 June 2002	Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan, South Korea	Brazil	1–0	1–2	2002 FIFA World Cup
2	13 June 2002	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea	China	1–0	3–0	2002 FIFA World Cup