Volkan Babacan
.jpg) Babacan with Turkey in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Volkan Babacan | ||
| Date of birth | 11 August 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Antalya, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| 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 | 10 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | → İstanbulspor (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | → Kayserispor (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Manisaspor | 72 | (0) |
| 2014– | İstanbul Başakşehir | 73 | (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– | Turkey | 23 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01 October 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 May 2016 | |||
Volkan Babacan (Turkish: [voɫkan babad͡ʒan]; born 11 August 1988) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for İstanbul Başakşehir.[1]
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.
International Career
Volkan Babacan was used for most of the UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifying matches, replacing Volkan Demirel after a dispute with the fans. Out of the 10 matches Volkan Babacan played, he got 4 clean sheets; the most shocking one being against the Netherlands National Football Team where Turkey won 3-0. Turkey ended up getting 3rd place and got ranked the best 3rd place team, automatically sending them to the UEFA Euro 2016 finals in France. He is part of the Turkish national team for Euro 2016.[2]
Honours
- Individual
- Fenerbahçe
References
- ^ "VOLKAN BABACAN". tff.org. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
- ^ "UEFA EURO 2016". UEFA. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
External links
- Volkan Babacan – UEFA competition record (archive)
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- Turkish footballers
- Turkey under-21 international footballers
- Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers
- Istanbulspor footballers
- Kayserispor footballers
- Manisaspor footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Süper Lig players
- Turkey youth international footballers
- TFF First League players
- Turkey international footballers
- Sportspeople from Antalya
- UEFA Euro 2016 players
- Turkish football biography stubs