{"id":11990,"date":"2011-05-19T19:51:33","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T16:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=11990"},"modified":"2011-05-19T19:57:02","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T16:57:02","slug":"hamit-altintop-realmadrid-turkish-player11990","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/hamit-altintop-realmadrid-turkish-player11990\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamit Altintop is the third Turkish player to play for Real Madrid!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hamit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Hamit Altintop joins Real Madrid by way of Schalke 04 and most recently Bayern Munich\/Real Madrid Transfer News. <\/strong><\/h1>\n

He won\u00a0one German League Cup (DFL-Ligapokal) with the first and two Bundesliga titles, two German Cups (DFP-Pokal) and two German Super Cups (Premiere Ligapokal \/ DFL-Ligapokal) with the Bavarian powerhouse. In 2010 the now 28-year old earned the FIFA Puskas Award for his volley against Kazakhstan in a Euro 2012 qualifier. Other individual accolades include being named to the UEFA Euro 2008 Team of the Tournament.<\/p>\n

Hamit ALTINTOP BIOGRAPHY<\/h2>\n

Hamit Altintop was born on 8 December 1982 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, but as a Turkish citizen has been capped\u00a064 caps\u00a0times and\u00a0scored six goals for Turkey. He is a versatile midfielder who can play on either end of the pitch as well as on either flank. Altintop spent his early days Schwarz-Weis Gelgenkirchen, Tus Rotthausen and Wattenscheid 09 before spending four seasons at Shalke 04 and later signing for Bayern Munich is 2007.<\/p>\n

In 2005\/06 he scored his only Champions League goal while on duty with Schalke, and four seasons later with Bayern he was named Man-of-the-Match in the first leg of the quarterfinal tie against Manchester United.<\/p>\n

The first time Altintop set foot on the Bernabeu turf was for the 2009\/10 Champions League final against Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan. He has played in 14 matches and scored two goals for Bayern this season.<\/p>\n

Also Hamit Altintop is the third German born Turkish player to play for Real Madrid!<\/p>\n

Hamit ALTINTOP HONORS
\n<\/strong><\/span>W\/ Bayern Munich:
\nBundesliga: 2008, 2010
\nGerman Cup: 2008, 2010
\nGerman Super Cup: 2010
\nGerman League Cup: 2007<\/p>\n

W\/ Schalke 04:
\nGerman League Cup: 2005<\/p>\n

Real Madrid Official News<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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