Hamit Altıntop Football player

Hamit Altıntop (born 8 December 1982) is a German-born Turkish professional footballer who plays for Real Madrid in La Liga. He is a versatile midfielder who can play either in a defending or attacking role and on both flanks. He is well known for his flair of long-shot ability, as shown when he played for Schalke 04 and Bayern Munich. He is the identical twin brother of footballer Halil Altıntop, who was born 10 minutes after Hamit. Altıntop was part of the Turkey squad that reached the semi-finals of Euro 2008. After the tournament he was voted as part of the 23-man Team of the tournament awards. He won the 2010 FIFA Puskás Award for scoring the best goal of the season in an UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match against Kazakhstan in a 3–0 win for his country.

Personal facts

Hamit Altıntop
Birth dateDecember 08, 1982
Birth place
Gelsenkirchen
Height (meters)1.83

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Football player

position
Midfielder
teams
Real Madrid C.F.
FC Schalke 04
SG Wattenscheid 09
Turkey national under-20 football team
FC Bayern Munich
Turkey national youth football team
Turkey national under-21 football team
Galatasaray S.K. (football)

Hamit Altıntop on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1193041476158/1330062215731/jugador/Jugador/Altintop.htm
  2. http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil.php?id=8973