Tanju Kayhan (born 22 July 1989 in Vienna, Austria) is a retired Austrian footballer.
Club career
Kayhan began his career 1999 with Rapid Wien Amateur and was promoted to the first team in November 2008 from and made his debut on 15 November 2008 against LASK Linz. On 30 January 2010 left SK Rapid Wien on loan to SC Wiener Neustadt, he will return on 30 June 2010.4–4–2.com – Nr.1 in Sachen Fussballnews: Rapid Wien gibt Tanju Kayhan ab He signed a two-year deal with Göztepe SK in June 2016.
On 30 August 2018, he has signed 2-year contract with Adana Demirspor. However, due to an anterior cruciate ligament injury a week after his arrival, he never played an official game for the club, before leaving the club in March 2020. In May 2020, Kayhan was also operated for a articular cartilage damage.OHNE VERTRAG AUF DEN SPUREN SEINER BRÜDER, meinfussball.at, 17 February 2021
Later career In February 2021, Kayhan returned to Austria when he signed with SV Stripfing.Österreich-Rückkehr: Tanju Kayhan wechselt zum SV Stripfing, spox.com, 9 February 2021 However, he was injured with an anterior cruciate ligament injury and was therefore, at the time of the announcement, not fit to play or train at all.Tanju Kayhan zurück in Österreich, laola1.at, 9 February 2021 He later also revealed, that he never signed a specific agreement with the club and he never really appeared on the teamlist for them.
From February 2022 until the end of the season, Kayhan played for SV Hundsheim alongside his brother, Coskun, scoring five goals in seven league games.SV Hundsheim 2021-22 squad and stats, oefb.at
In January 2023, Kayhan started as an assistant coach for Admira Wacker's U-16 team.Admira Wacker | noefv.at, noefv.at At the same time, around August 2024, Kayhan also played a single league game for SC Ostbahn XI, as well as a few friendlies; a club that his brother, Coskun, was managing at the time.ScOstbahnXi 2023-24 squad and stats, oefb.atScOstbahnXi 2024-25 squad and stats, oefb.at
International career He received his first call-up for Austria in winter 2008–2009 but only made his debut against Italy national under-21 football team on 11 February 2009.
Personal life Kayhan was born to Turkish parents. He has three brothers who plays football Coskun played for SC Zwettl, Ercan for ASC Götzendorf and Orhan Kayhan for SVR Wolfersberg.Groundhopper's Schlussstrich Sommer 09 | ostliga.at He also holds Turkish citizenship.
Kayhan later began a career as a personal football coach. He and his brother Coskun Kayhan founded Football-CTK.Tanju Kayhan's Instagram profile, instagram.com, 8 March 2021
References
External links
Guardian Football
(national team)