Kenan Karaman Archive

Two Schalke players to undergo operations

Following consultations regarding the best possible treatment methods for each, Kenan Karaman and Tomas Kalas will both undergo knee surgery. The two operations will be performed in due course.

Team

6/25/2025

Kenan Karaman suffers knee injury

FC Schalke 04 will be without captain Kenan Karaman for the time being. The club’s medical department have diagnosed a meniscus injury in his left knee using an imaging procedure.

Team

6/23/2025

Kenan Karaman remains FC Schalke 04 club captain

Miron Muslic has already made one key decision ahead of leading his opening training session, specifically that to keep Kenan Karaman as club captain of FC Schalke 04 for the 2025/26 season. “He was the first player that I called up,” reported the new head coach, who made sure to gain an in-depth overview of his future squad before taking charge.

Inside

6/20/2025

Kenan Karaman: We need to play a lot better next week

Jakob Fimpel and Fortuna coach Daniel Thioune reflected on Saturday’s 2-0 defeat in Düsseldorf at the post-match press conference. Kenan Karaman and Ron Schallenberg also gave their thoughts after the game.

2. Bundesliga

5/10/2025

Kenan Karaman: I want to lead from the front and help the team

FC Schalke 04’s captain Kenan Karaman has served his suspension for a red card and is available again for Saturday’s away game at Fortuna Düsseldorf (10/5). Ahead of the meeting with his former club, Karaman spoke to the media about topics like the club’s change of head coach and the table.

2. Bundesliga

5/6/2025

Kenan Karaman handed two-match ban

The DFB’s sports tribunal has handed Kenan Karaman a two-match ban for dangerous foul play. The Schalke captain will therefore miss the away game in Kaiserslautern (27/4) and the following match at home against Paderborn (2/5).

2. Bundesliga

4/22/2025

Kees van Wonderen: The boys showed character

On Sunday (30/3), SpVgg Greuther Fürth and S04 played out an entertaining and chaotic 3-3 draw. After the match, head coach Kees van Wonderen and his counterpart, Fürth’s Jan Siewert, spoke about the result. Kenan Karaman and Amin Younes also gave their opinions on the draw.

2. Bundesliga

3/30/2025

Royal Blues start training ahead of Hannover home game

Following the win over Hertha BSC at the weekend (8/3), FC Schalke 04 began a new week of training on Tuesday (11/3).

Team

3/11/2025

Kenan Karaman: We wanted to give something back to the fans

After missing two games through illness, Kenan Karaman came back into the side for the trip to face Hertha BSC on Saturday (8/3). He marked his return in some style, netting the winning goal from the spot to make it 2-1. After leading some exuberant celebrations with the 25,000 travelling Schalke fans following the full-time whistle at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, the forward expressed his delight for three hard-fought points.

2. Bundesliga

3/9/2025

Zalazar back at Schalke – Karaman and Bulut return to training

Around a week after the conclusion of the South American U-20 Championship in Venezuela, Mauro Zalazar is back in Gelsenkirchen. The 19-year-old Uruguayan midfielder returned to training with Schalke’s first team on Tuesday morning (25/2) as preparations got underway for Friday’s home game against SC Preußen Münster.

Team

2/25/2025

Kees van Wonderen: Learn from this experience and continue on the path we're on

Following FC Schalke 04's 1-0 defeat away at 1. FC Köln on Sunday (9/2), schalke04.de spoke to head coach Kees van Wonderen, as well as Mehmet Can Aydin and Kenan Karaman about the result. Read on for all the key quotes.

2. Bundesliga

2/9/2025

Kenan Karaman: We weren’t incisive enough

Despite an improved second-half display, the Royal Blues were held to a goalless draw by 10-man Eintracht Braunschweig on Saturday (18/11). schalke04.de gathered the reaction from both head coaches after the game, as well as the thoughts of Kenan Karaman and Tobias Mohr.

2. Bundesliga

1/18/2025