Volkan Babacan

Volkan Babacan (Turkish: [voɫkan babadʒan]; born 11 August 1988) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for İstanbul Başakşehir.

Volkan Babacan

Babacan with Turkey in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Volkan Babacan
Date of birth	(1988-08-11) 11 August 1988 (age 37)
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 Representing  Turkey Men's Football FIFA U-17 World Championship 2005 Peru UEFA European Under-17 Championship Winner 2005 Italy
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 March 2018

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

Club

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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		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		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
	2024–25		0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		231	0	19	0	20	0	0	0	270	0
Career total			321	0	35	0	21	0	3	0	380	0

International

As of match played 27 March 2018^[4]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Turkey
	2014	3	0
	2015	9	0
	2016	13	0
	2017	8	0
	2018	2	0
Total		35	0

Honours

Fenerbahce

• Turkish Super Cup: 2007, 2009

İstanbul Başakşehir

• Süper Lig: 2019–20^[5]