Volkan Babacan

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Volkan Babacan
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Babacan with Turkey in 2016
Personal information
Full name Volkan Babacan
Date of birth (1988-08-11) August 11, 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Antalya, Turkey
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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 6 (0)
2006–2007 İstanbulspor (loan) 11 (0)
2010–2012 Kayserispor (loan) 4 (0)
2012–2014 Manisaspor 72 (0)
2014– İstanbul Başakşehir 66 (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 19 (0)
2005 Turkey Olympic 4 (0)
2014– Turkey 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 May 2016

Volkan Babacan (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. Volkan Babacan is most likely going to get put in Fatih Terim's Turkey squad for the tournament.

Honours

Individual
Fenerbahçe

References

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