Hakan Sükür

Hakan Sükür, (born on September 1, 1971 in Adapazari, Sakarya, Turkey), is known as the most successful Turkish footballer ever at the striker position. He is nicknamed "Bull of the Bosphorus" but fans of his football club prefer "The King" instead.Sükür currently plays for the Turkish club Galatasaray SK, having spent eight seasons with them in the 1990s. In 2000, he moved to Inter Milan, Italy then spent short spells at Parma, Italy and Blackburn Rovers, United Kingdom before rejoining Galatasaray SK in 2003.In the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Sükür's national team went all the way to the semifinals even though he was hopelessly out of form for most of the tournament. He finally showed a glimpse of his talent when, in the third-place game against South Korea, he scored the fastest goal ever in a World Cup finals match. Ilhan Mansiz forced a Korean defender into a blunder immediately off the opening kickoff, Sükür pounced on the free ball and put the ball into the Korean net after only 10.8 seconds. [1]Hakan was capped for the 100th time in a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Ukraine. He is the third Turkish player, after Bülent Korkmaz and Rüstü Reçber, to receive this honor.His fame in Turkey is such that his 2002 wedding was televised live.