Ali Turan (born 6 September 1983) is a Turkish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who most recently played for

Konyaspor Konyaspor Kulübü (, Konya Sports Club) is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya. They are better known as Konyaspor. In 1922 Konyaspor were founded with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği and have played at their current home stadiu ...

Club career

Turan began his professional career with Kayserispor, and went on loan to

Kayseri Erciyesspor Kayseri Erciyesspor was a Turkish sports club based in Kayseri. History In 1965, Orhan Şefik Apak, then president of the Turkish Football Federation, asked cities in Turkey to combine their amateur football clubs into one singular club that w ...

during the 2006–07 Super Lig season. He was one of the young players of

Kayserispor Kayseri Spor Kulübü, commonly known as Kayserispor, is a Turkish professional football club based in Kayseri. They play their home matches at the Kadir Has Stadium in red and yellow kits. The team has won one Turkish Cup in 2008 and also fin ...

whom former coach

Ertuğrul Sağlam Ertuğrul Sağlam (born 19 November 1969) is a UEFA Pro Licensed Turkish football manager and former player. Playing career As a player, he scored 11 goals in 30 appearances for Turkey, and was selected for the Euro 1996 squad. He began his ...

trusted and gave the opportunity to play past seasons. He's regarded as a promising center back. From next season Turan would be playing for

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other dep ...

as he has signed a pre-contract.

was very angry with Turan's decision so they have lowered him to their reserve team and removed him from captain. Now he playing for

Antalyaspor Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Antalya. The club's colours are red and white. They play their home matches at the Antalya Stadium. In Turkey, the club won the First League twice in 1982 and ...

Ali Turan signed a 3-year deal with Antalyaspor after getting released from Galatasaray in January 2011.

Career statistics

Honours

Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup (Turkish: ''Türkiye Kupası'') is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası ...

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Konyaspor *

: 2016–17 *

Turkish Super Cup The Turkish Super Cup (Turkish: ''TFF Süper Kupa''), as it is currently known, is the annual super cup football match contested between the previous season's Süper Lig champions and the Turkish Cup winners in Turkey. It was originally known as ...

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References

External links

Statistics
at TFF.org
Soccerway Profile
1983 births Living people People from Kayseri Turkish footballers Turkey B international footballers Turkey under-21 international footballers Süper Lig players Kayserispor footballers Kayseri Erciyesspor footballers Galatasaray S.K. footballers Turkey youth international footballers Members of the 24th Parliament of Turkey Association football defenders {{Turkey-footy-defender-stub