.jpg) Babacan with Turkey in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Volkan Babacan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 August 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Antalya, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | İstanbul Başakşehir | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2006 | Fenerbahçe | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2012 | Fenerbahçe | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | → İstanbulspor (loan) | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | → Kayserispor (loan) | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Manisaspor | 72 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014– | İstanbul Başakşehir | 231 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Turkey U16 | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Turkey U17 | 32 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Turkey U18 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Turkey U19 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | Turkey U21 | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Turkey Olympic | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2018 | Turkey | 35 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Volkan Babacan (Turkish: [voɫkan babadʒan]; born 11 August 1988) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for İstanbul Başakşehir and the Turkey national football team.[2]
Babacan was a star at the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, taking Turkey to 3rd place. He made his full international debut on 13 October 2014 in a 1–1 draw away to Latvia in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying.
- ^ "Volkan Babacan". İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "VOLKAN BABACAN". tff.org. Retrieved 13 February 2011.