Volkan Babacan

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Volkan Babacan
Personal information
Full name	Volkan Babacan
Date of birth	August 11, 1988 (1988-08-11) (age 19)
Place of birth	Antalya, Turkey
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Fenerbahçe
Number	88
Youth clubs
2002–06	Fenerbahçe PAF
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002–06 2006–07 2007—	Fenerbahçe PAF → Istanbulspor (loan) Fenerbahçe	37 (0) 13 (0) 2 (0)
National team
2005—	Turkey U21	13 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Volkan Babacan (born August 11, 1988 in Antalya, Turkey) is a Turkish football player.

Volkan Babacan is a highly promising young goalkeeper who has played for both the youth and senior team of Fenerbahçe. Fenerbahçe decided to loan him for 2006-2007 season to Istanbulspor. He played 13 matches there (13 matches, 21 goals, 1170 mins.)

He currently plays for Fenerbahçe as a third choice goalkeeper behind Serdar Kulbilge and Volkan Demirel.

[edit] International career

He made a name for himself in the U17 World Cup in 2005, where along with Tevfik Köse and Nuri Şahin, he starred for the Turkish side that made their way to the semi-finals before losing a dramatic match to Brazil. He currently plays for the Turkish U21 National Football Team.

He also played 5 matches for national olympic team in 2005 Mediterrean Games and won silver medal.

[edit] External links

• Profile at fenerbahce.org
• Profile at TFF.org
• Profile at transfermarkt.de

v • d • e Fenerbahçe S.K. – current squad 1 Volkan D. • 2 Lugano • 3 Roberto Carlos • 4 Appiah • 5 Yasin • 6 Wederson • 7 Kemal • 8 Kâzım Kâzım • 9 Kežman • 15 M. Aurélio • 17 C. Arat • 18 A. Bilgin • 19 Önder • 20 Alex • 21 Selçuk • 22 Serdar • 23 Semih • 24 Deniz • 25 U. Boral • 32 Gürhan • 33 Maldonado • 36 Edu Dracena • 38 I. Parlak • 77 Gökhan • 88 Volkan B. • 89 Mert • 99 Deivid • Manager: vacant

v • d • e Fenerbahçe S.K. PAF – current squad  Ertuğrul •  Mert •  Necati •  Volkan B. •  Erdi •  Eren •  İsmail •  Kemal •  Kürşat •  Murat A. •  Murat Ö. •  Mustafa •  Özgür •  Sertaç •  Ufuk •  Uğur •  Aykut •  Barış •  Burçağ •  Fikret •  Mehmet Emin •  Neşat •  Nurullah •  Sefer •  Sinan •  Yakup •  Yasin M. •  Mehmet A. •  Cenk •  Fatih •  Nuh •  Samet •  Tahir •  Volkan E. •  Yasin G. • Manager: Şenol Çorlu