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Football player Tanju Çolak

Tanju Çolak

Born on 10 November 1963 (age 61)

National team appearances of Tanju Çolak

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Turkey	1984 - 1991	31		7	13	9	2	0.290
Total:		31		7	13	9	2	0.290

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Samsunspor, Samsun	04 Apr 1984 - 25 Mar 1987	9	2	4	3	1	0.333
Galatasaray SK, İstanbul	14 Oct 1987 - 15 Jul 1991	20	5	7	6	1	0.300
Fenerbahçe SK, İstanbul	21 Aug 1991 - 04 Sep 1991	2		2

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Sub. in

Sub. off

Goals

Pen.

Goals/ Caps

European Championship qualifiers (QE)

World Cup qualifiers (QW)

0.444

Friendly matches and other tournaments

0.385

Total:

0.290

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
4 Apr 1984	Hungary	debut	20 years 4 months 25 days
11 Dec 1985	Poland	first goal	22 years 1 month 1 day
4 Sep 1991	United States	last appearance	27 years 9 months 25 days

Record of Tanju Çolak's goals by opponent team

Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	Matches by goals in a match				Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	1	2	3	>3	Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
East Germany	4		3	2	1			1.333	3	1.333
Romania	1	1	1	1				1.000	2	0.500
Greece	1	1	1	1				1.000	2	0.500
Austria	1		1	1				1.000	2	0.500
Hungary	1		1	1				1.000	3	0.333
Poland	1		1	1				1.000	3	0.333
(+) other teams									16
Total:	9	2	8	7	1	0	0	1.125	31	0.290

Record of national team matches played by Tanju Çolak

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Turkey national football team	31	7	8	16	27	56	35.5

Tanju Çolak's international caps

as player of Samsunspor, Samsun:

debut age - 20 years 4 months 25 days

04 Apr 1984 15:00 (+3:00)

Istanbul, İnönü Stadyumu

0-6

Turkey vs Hungary

Friendly International

11 Sep 1985 18:30 (+3:00)

Izmir, İzmir Atatürk Stadyumu

0-0

Turkey vs Northern Ireland

1986 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 3

13 Nov 1985 21:00 (+2:00)

Izmir, İzmir Atatürk Stadyumu

1-3

Turkey vs Romania

1986 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 3

age when scoring first goal - 22 years 1 month 1 day

11 Dec 1985 14:00 (+2:00)

Adana, 5 Ocak Stadı

1-1

Turkey vs Poland

Friendly International

1х

12 Mar 1986 15:00 (+2:00)

Adana, 5 Ocak Stadı

1-0

Turkey vs Switzerland

Friendly International

29 Oct 1986 17:30 (+1:00)

Split, Gradski stadion u Poljudu

4-0

Yugoslavia vs Turkey

UEFA Euro 1988 Qualifying, Group 4

12 Nov 1986 18:00 (+2:00)

Izmir, İzmir Atatürk Stadyumu

0-0

Turkey vs Northern Ireland

UEFA Euro 1988 Qualifying, Group 4

04 Mar 1987 18:00 (+2:00)

Ankara, 19 Mayıs Stadı

1-3

Turkey vs Romania

Friendly International

1(1p.)х

25 Mar 1987 14:30 (+2:00)

Istanbul, Ali Sami Yen Stadı

3-1

Turkey vs East Germany

Friendly International

1х

as player of Galatasaray SK, İstanbul:

14 Oct 1987 20:00 (+1:00)

London, British Empire Exhibition Stadium (Wembley)

8-0

England vs Turkey

UEFA Euro 1988 Qualifying, Group 4

11 Nov 1987 20:00

Belfast, Windsor Park

1-0

Northern Ireland vs Turkey

UEFA Euro 1988 Qualifying, Group 4

16 Dec 1987 14:00 (+2:00)

Izmir, İzmir Atatürk Stadyumu

2-3

Turkey vs Yugoslavia

UEFA Euro 1988 Qualifying, Group 4

16 Mar 1988 17:00 (+1:00)

Budapest, Népstadion

1-0

Hungary vs Turkey

Friendly International

21 Sep 1988 16:00 (+3:00)

Istanbul, İnönü Stadyumu

3-1

Turkey vs Greece

Friendly International

1(1p.)х

12 Oct 1988 14:30 (+2:00)

Istanbul, İnönü Stadyumu

1-1

Turkey vs Iceland

1990 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 3

02 Nov 1988 19:00 (+1:00)

Vienna, Praterstadion (Wiener Stadion)

3-2

Austria vs Turkey

1990 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 3

1х

30 Nov 1988 14:00 (+2:00)

Istanbul, İnönü Stadyumu

3-1

Turkey vs East Germany

1990 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 3

2х

29 Mar 1989 20:00 (+3:00)

Marousi, Olympic Stadium of Athens "Spyros Louis"

0-1

Greece vs Turkey

Friendly International

12 Apr 1989 17:00 (+2:00)

Magdeburg, Ernst Grube Stadion

0-2

East Germany vs Turkey

1990 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 3

1х

10 May 1989 16:00 (+3:00)

Istanbul, İnönü Stadyumu

0-1

Turkey vs Soviet Union

1990 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 3

25 Oct 1989 14:30 (+2:00)

Istanbul, Ali Sami Yen Stadı

3-0

Turkey vs Austria

1990 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 3

15 Nov 1989 19:00 (+3:00)

Simferopol, Stadion Lokomotiv

2-0

Soviet Union vs Turkey

1990 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 3

05 Sep 1990 17:30 (+2:00)

Budapest, Megyeri úti Stadion

4-1

Hungary vs Turkey

Friendly International

1х

17 Oct 1990 15:00 (+1:00)

Dublin, Lansdowne Road

5-0

Rep. of Ireland vs Turkey

UEFA Euro 1992 Qualifying, Group 7

14 Nov 1990 19:00 (+2:00)

Istanbul, İnönü Stadyumu

0-1

Turkey vs Poland

UEFA Euro 1992 Qualifying, Group 7

27 Mar 1991 15:00 (+1:00)

Tunis, Stade Olympique El Menzah

0-0

Tunisia vs Turkey

Friendly International

17 Apr 1991 20:00 (+2:00)

Warsaw, Stadion Wojska Polskiego imienia Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego

3-0

Poland vs Turkey

UEFA Euro 1992 Qualifying, Group 7

01 May 1991 18:00 (+3:00)

Izmir, İzmir Atatürk Stadyumu

0-1

Turkey vs England

UEFA Euro 1992 Qualifying, Group 7

15 Jul 1991 19:00 (+1:00)

Tórshavn, Ovara Vølli í Gundadali

1-1

Faroe Islands vs Turkey

Friendly International

as player of Fenerbahçe SK, İstanbul:

21 Aug 1991 19:00 (+3:00)

Stara Zagora, Beroe Stadium

0-0

Bulgaria vs Turkey

Friendly International

04 Sep 1991 20:30 (+3:00)

Istanbul, İnönü Stadyumu

1-1

Turkey vs United States

Friendly International

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Tanju Çolak's most often teammates

Gökhan Keskin (1987 - 1991) - 19 games
Ünal Karaman (1985 - 1991) - 17 games
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