Hakan Şükür smashes goal record

Galatasaray, like the other two İstanbul greats, dropped points after a lackluster 2-2 Super League draw at Vestel Manisa on Sunday evening with a penalty converted by Ümit Karan in the 32nd minute and a header goal by Hakan Şükür in the 66th.

Vestel Manisaspor’s first goal came in the sixth minute from Czech striker Holosko, capitalizing on a defensive blunder by clumsy Galatasaray defender Servet Çetin, and their second was scored by Selçuk İnan in the 75th.
No one in the Galatasaray camp was happy with the Manisa result on Sunday, even though the Lions remained atop the standings based on total goals, however everyone associated with Galatasaray still had reason to celebrate because of Hakan’s goal, taking his tally in the Turkish league to 241, thereby breaking Tanju Çolak's Turkish top-flight record tally of 240 and making him Turkey’s top goal scorer of all time.

In Galatasaray’s 2007-08 Super League opener in İstanbul last month, Hakan scored two goals in the Lions’ 4-0 rout of Çaykur Rize. The two goals meant that Hakan’s goal tally for Galatasaray increased to 219, surpassing Metin Oktay’s 217 to make Hakan the top scorer in the history of the club. Including all the goals of his entire professional career, the two goals also brought him equal with Tanju’s record of 240 goals.

So the lanky Hakan needed only one goal to break Tanju’s record and he achieved this in the match against Vestel on Sunday. Below is Hakan’s record, tabulated by season, team, games played and goals:

Season	Team	GP	Goals
1988-89	Sakaryaspor	11	5
1989-90	Sakaryaspor	27	5
1990-91	Bursaspor	27	4
1991-92	Bursaspor	27	7
1992-93	Galatasaray	30	19
1993-94	Galatasaray	27	16
1994-95	Galatasaray	33	19
1995-96	Galatasaray	25	16
1996-97	Galatasaray	32	38
1997-98	Galatasaray	34	32
1998-99	Galatasaray	33	19
1999-00	Galatasaray	32	14
2003-04	Galatasaray	29	12
2004-05	Galatasaray	33	18
2005-06	Galatasaray	31	10
2006-07	Galatasaray	26	4
2007-08	Galatasaray	4	3