Kaan Ayhan
Turkey · MF · age 32
2026 World Cup squad profile
- Team
- Turkey
- Position
- MF
- Squad role
- Projected starter
- Position rank
- #3
- Intl caps
- 72
- Intl goals
- 5
- Intl assists
- 4
- Composite rating
- 0.37(model rating, 0–1)
- P(scores ≥1)
- 0.7%
Major tournament stats
| Tournament | MP | Min | G | A | xG | Sh | KP | PrgP | PrgC | Tkl | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euro 2024 | 5 | 370 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 24 | 6 | 3 |
| Euro 2020 | 3 | 188 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 17 | 1 | 5 |
| All tournaments | 8 | 558 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 | 6 | 5 | 76 | 41 | 7 | 8 |
Event data from StatsBomb open data, covering the World Cup, Euro, Copa América and AFCON finals. Small per-tournament samples — totals shown, not per-90 rates.
▸How to read this table— 11 columns explained
- MP
- Matches played in the tournament.
- Min
- Total minutes on the pitch.
- G
- Goals scored (penalties in normal play included; shootouts excluded).
- A
- Assists — passes that directly led to a goal.
- xG
- Expected goals — summed per-shot quality (StatsBomb's model).
- Sh
- Shots taken.
- KP
- Key passes — passes that led to a shot.
- PrgP
- Progressive passes — completed passes moving the ball ≥10m toward goal.
- PrgC
- Progressive carries — carries advancing ≥5m toward goal.
- Tkl
- Tackles won.
- Int
- Interceptions.
Full definitions in the glossary.
141
Career matches
9,614
Career minutes
8
Goals
5
Assists
5.4
xG
Career percentiles
Goals / 90
0.07
80
xG / 90
0.05
86
xAG / 90
0.03
71
vs 392 DF players with ≥3,000 career minutes in the dataset. Higher = better.
Career — goals & xG by season
GoalsxG
Season-by-season
| Season | Club | League | MP | Mins | Goals | Assists | xG | xAG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 | Schalke 04 | Bundesliga | 14 | 879 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 2014-15 | Schalke 04 | Bundesliga | 15 | 960 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2015-16 | Eint Frankfurt | Bundesliga | 2 | 79 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2015-16 | Schalke 04 | Bundesliga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018-19 | Düsseldorf | Bundesliga | 28 | 2,449 | 4 | 1 | 2.3 | 0.4 |
| 2019-20 | Düsseldorf | Bundesliga | 31 | 2,731 | 2 | 3 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 2020-21 | Sassuolo | Serie A | 19 | 796 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 2021-22 | Sassuolo | Serie A | 23 | 1,354 | 1 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| 2022-23 | Sassuolo | Serie A | 8 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
FBref data ≤ 2022-23. Rows tagged wiki are top-scorer entries from Wikipedia and only carry goals.
▸How to read this table— 6 columns explained
- MP
- Matches played in that season (start or sub counts as one).
- Mins
- Total minutes on the pitch — better signal for workload than MP alone.
- Goals
- Goals scored (penalties included).
- Assists
- Passes that directly led to a goal (FBref attribution).
- xG
- Expected goals — per-shot quality scored 0–1 by distance / angle / pressure, summed across the season.
- xAG
- Expected assisted goals — the xG of shots created by this player's passes, summed.
FBref data ends 2022-23; current-season rows tagged wiki come from Wikipedia top-scorer tables and carry only goals.
Full definitions in the glossary.