Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure memakore maviri ku "Barça", Hagi akasaina kukirabhu yeTurkey Galatasaray muna 1996, pazera remakore makumi matatu nerimwe. Akanga ari nyaya yekukwikwidza kuendesa kupihwa kubva kuSão Paulo FC. Kunyange zvazvo ari mumasikati ebasa rake, kuGalatasaray, akabudirira zvikuru, uye akave akakurumbira zvikuru pakati pevatsigiri veTurkey, nekuda kwekuita kwake kwakanaka kwechikwata. Hagi aiva nhengo inokosha yechikwata cheGalatasaray chakapfuurira kukunda mazita mana akatevedzana pakati pe1996 ne2000. Muna 2000, pazera remakore 35, Hagi aiva nemwaka wakanakisisa mubasa rake, achikunda mazita ose makuru anobvira neGalatasaray mwaka iwoyo. Chinonyanya kukosha, Hagi akatungamira kirabhu kuhwina mukombe we1999-2000 UEFA Cup mushure mekukunda Arsenal pazvirango mufainari, zvichitevera 0-0; panguva yemutambo, Hagi akadzingwa munguva yekuwedzera yekurova kaputeni weArsenal Tony Adams. Nokudaro, Galatasaray yakava kirabhu yekutanga yeTurkey kukunda mukwikwidzi weEFAFA. Kukunda kwechikwata muNdebe yeEFAFA kwakateverwa nekukurumidza neEFAFA Super Cup
mukombe, nekukunda kwe2x1 kwekare kwechikwata chaHagi Real Madrid munguva yekuwedzera. Kupenga kukuru kwakakonzerwa nekukunda uku muIstanbul kwakasimudza mukurumbira waHagi nevateveri zvakanyanya, uye kwakaita kuti aimbove mutambi weFrance Luis Fernández ati, "Hagi yakafanana newaini, painochembera, ndiyo iri nani".