Volkan Demirel

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Volkan Demirel

Full name	Volkan Demirel
Date of birth	October 27, 1981 (1981-10-27) (age 26)
Place of birth	Istanbul, Turkey
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Fenerbahçe
Number	1
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000–02 2002—	Kartalspor Fenerbahçe	51 (0) 93 (0)
National team
2001–03 2004—	Turkey U21 Turkey	21 (0) 41(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Volkan Demirel (born October 27, 1981 in İstanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish footballer currently playing goalkeeper for Fenerbahçe. Volkan is 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) tall and weighs 92 kg (202 lb).

He started his career as a youth player at Kartalspor and played 51 matches for the club. He transferred to Fenerbahçe during the 2002-03 season, making his debut on April 26, 2003.

He made his debut on 26 April 2003 against Samsunspor for a league match.^[1] He also played 1 match for Fenerbahçe PAF.

Volkan had a solid contribution for his team to access the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League on 4 March 2008 with saving 3 penalties whilst the shoot-outs against Sevilla in last 16 round second match. Therefore, he was described as a hero by UEFA official website due to his commanding performance throughout the game despite he had an unfortunate starting up with conceding 2 goals in 9 minutes.^[2] So far he has performed well in Euro 2008.

He is widely considered to be one of Europe's best goalkeepers albeit a somewhat inconsistent one.

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His hobbies include swimming, driving, and travelling. He has a sport car collection.^{[citation needed]}

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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 • -- Emre B. •

Manager: Zico

v • d • e Turkey squad - UEFA Euro 2008

1 Rüştü • 2 Servet • 3 Hakan • 4 Gökhan • 5 Emre • 6 Mehmet • 7 M. Aurélio • 8 Nihat • 9 Semih • 10 Gökdeniz • 11 Tümer • 12 Tolga • 13 Emre Güngör • 14 Arda • 15 E. Aşık • 16 Uğur • 17 Tuncay • 18 C. Kazım • 19 Ayhan • 20 Sabri • 21 Mevlüt • 22 Hamit Altıntop • 23 Volkan • Coach: Fatih Terim