.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 | 220 | (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 10 December 2022 ‡ 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 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 Babacan played, he got 4 clean sheets. 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 was part of the Turkey national team for Euro 2016.[3]
Fenerbahce
İstanbul Başakşehir
