Volkan Babacan

Volkan Babacan
	Babacan with Turkey in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Volkan Babacan
Date of birth	11 August 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Antalya, Turkey
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	İstanbul Başakşehir
Number	1
Youth career
2002–2006	Fenerbahçe
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2012	Fenerbahçe
2006–2007	→ İstanbulspor (loan)
2010–2012	→ Kayserispor (loan)
2012–2014	Manisaspor
2014–	İstanbul Başakşehir
International career‡
2003–2004	Turkey U16
2004–2005	Turkey U17
2005–2006	Turkey U18
2006	Turkey U19
2006–2010	Turkey U21
2005	Turkey Olympic
2014–2018	Turkey
Medal record
Representing Turkey
Men's Football
FIFA U-17 World Championship
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
	*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.

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 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.^[2]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 February 2024.^[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Fenerbahçe	2003–04	Süper Lig	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2007–08		0	0	2	0	0	0	—		2	0
	2008–09		6	0	9	0	0	0	—		15	0
	2009–10		0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		6	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	20	0
İstanbulspor (loan)	2006–07	1. Lig	11	0	2	0	—		—		13	0
Kayserispor (loan)	2010–11	Süper Lig	4	0	0	0	—		—		4	0
Manisaspor	2011–12	Süper Lig	4	0	1	0	—		—		5	0
	2012–13	1. Lig	34	0	0	0	—		3	0	37	0
	2013–14	1. Lig	31	0	0	0	—		—		31	0
	Total		69	0	1	0	—		3	0	73	0
İstanbul Başakşehir	2014–15	Süper Lig	34	0	0	0	—		—		34	0
	2015–16		34	0	2	0	1	0	—		37	0
	2016–17		33	0	4	0	4	0	–		41	0
	2017–18		34	0	0	0	6	0	—		40	0
	2018–19		1	0	4	0	0	0	—		5	0
	2019–20		1	0	4	0	0	0	—		5	0
	2020–21		19	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	22	0
	2021–22		31	0	0	0	—		—		31	0
	2022–23		21	0	2	0	9	0	—		33	0
	2023–24		23	0	0	0	—		—		23	0
	Total		231	0	19	0	20	0	0	0	270	0
Career total			321	0	35	0	21	0	3	0	380	0