İlyas Kahraman (born March 31, 1976 in Istanbul) is a Turkish professional soccer player. He is a midfielder and is famous of his powerful freekicks and talented left foot. He plays for Boluspor.

After being promoted from Galatasaray's youth club to senior club, Ilyas played for Galatasaray for a while. He was seen as one of the most important players for the future by the club management. However, his career dramatically changed after he missed a crucial penalty in a historical Turkish Cup match against Gençlerbirliği on November 28, 1996.

After leaving Galatasaray, he played for Gaziantepspor, Yimpaş Yozgatspor, Denizlispor, Malatyaspor, Bursaspor and Diyarbakırspor. After Diyarbakırspor were relegated Kahraman has been transferred to recently promoted Antalyaspor. Kahraman has made his debut for Antalyaspor in Çaykur Rizespor match on 6 August 2006. He also played in İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor between 2007-2009.

[edit] External links

• Profile at TFF
• Profil at transfermarkt.de

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