PLAYER PROFILE / Defensive Midfield
Kaan Ayhan.
Galatasaray · Türkiye
TM 119031 · Current player profileAge today31
Recorded moves10
Peak recorded value€9.00m
Current market value€1.50m
01 / PLAYER DETAILS
At a glance
- Full name
- Kaan Ayhan
- Born
- 10 Nov 1994
- Nationality
- Türkiye
- Position
- Defensive Midfield
- Preferred foot
- right
- Height
- 185
- Joined current club
- 01 Jul 2023
- Contract expires
- 30 Jun 2028
02 / THE JOURNEY
Previous clubs
- US SassuoloLast recorded move · 01 Jul 2023
- Fortuna DüsseldorfLast recorded move · 01 Sep 2020
- FC Schalke 04Last recorded move · 31 Aug 2016
- Eintracht FrankfurtLast recorded move · 30 Jun 2016
- FC Schalke 04 U19Last recorded move · 01 Jul 2013
- FC Schalke 04 U17Last recorded move · 01 Jan 2011
- FC Schalke 04 YouthLast recorded move · 01 Jul 2009
Clubs from completed, dated transfers, most recent first. Repeat spells are listed in the full transfer history.
03 / VALUE OVER TIME
Market value history
| Valuation date | Age then | Club at the time | Market value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2026 | 31 | Galatasaray | €1.50m |
| 05 Mar 2026 | 31 | Galatasaray | €2.00m |
| 17 Dec 2025 | 31 | Galatasaray | €3.00m |
| 01 Oct 2025 | 30 | Galatasaray | €3.50m |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 30 | Galatasaray | €4.00m |
| 20 Mar 2025 | 30 | Galatasaray | €4.20m |
| 23 Dec 2024 | 30 | Galatasaray | €4.60m |
| 04 Oct 2024 | 29 | Galatasaray | €4.80m |
| 31 May 2024 | 29 | Galatasaray | €4.70m |
| 15 Mar 2024 | 29 | Galatasaray | €4.70m |
| 21 Dec 2023 | 29 | Galatasaray | €4.50m |
| 27 Sep 2023 | 28 | Galatasaray | €3.70m |
| 08 Jun 2023 | 28 | Galatasaray | €3.70m |
| 14 Mar 2023 | 28 | Galatasaray | €4.00m |
| 11 Nov 2022 | 28 | US Sassuolo | €4.50m |
| 07 Jun 2022 | 27 | US Sassuolo | €5.00m |
| 28 Dec 2021 | 27 | US Sassuolo | €5.00m |
| 25 May 2021 | 26 | US Sassuolo | €6.00m |
| 29 Dec 2020 | 26 | US Sassuolo | €7.00m |
| 29 Oct 2020 | 25 | US Sassuolo | €7.00m |
| 08 Apr 2020 | 25 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | €7.00m |
| 17 Dec 2019 | 25 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | €9.00m |
| 05 Jun 2019 | 24 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | €9.00m |
| 06 Mar 2019 | 24 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | €6.00m |
| 18 Dec 2018 | 24 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | €4.50m |
| 22 Oct 2018 | 23 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | €4.50m |
| 19 Jun 2018 | 23 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | €3.00m |
| 22 Jan 2018 | 23 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | €1.75m |
| 27 Jun 2017 | 22 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | €1.25m |
| 23 Jan 2017 | 22 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | €1.00m |
Each row is a dated valuation. The bar shows its share of the player’s peak recorded value. — means not recorded.
04 / EVERY MOVE
Full transfer history
| Date | From | To | Move | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Jul 2023 | US Sassuolo | Galatasaray | Transfer | €2.80m |
| 30 Jun 2023 | Galatasaray | US Sassuolo | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 30 Jan 2023 | US Sassuolo | Galatasaray | Loan | €400k |
| 01 Sep 2020 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | US Sassuolo | Transfer | €2.66m |
| 31 Aug 2016 | FC Schalke 04 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Transfer | €500k |
| 30 Jun 2016 | Eintracht Frankfurt | FC Schalke 04 | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 03 Jan 2016 | FC Schalke 04 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 01 Jul 2013 | FC Schalke 04 U19 | FC Schalke 04 | Internal move | — |
| 01 Jan 2011 | FC Schalke 04 U17 | FC Schalke 04 U19 | Internal move | — |
| 01 Jul 2009 | FC Schalke 04 Youth | FC Schalke 04 U17 | Internal move | — |
Includes loans, loan returns, internal moves and scheduled transfers. Free means a recorded €0 fee; — means no figure was recorded.