Berk Balaban (born 1 January 2000) is a Turkish professional

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 plays as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

for the Turkish club Isparta 32 Spor in the

TFF Second League TFF 2. Lig (Turkish Football Federation Second League), is the third level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in the 2001–02 season with the name of ''Turkish Second League Category B'' as a continuation of the then second lev ...

Career

Galatasaray

Balaban is a youth product of

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 de ...

, and signed his first professional contract with the club in 2019.

Ankaraspor (loan)

After a season as Galatasaray's reserve goalkeeper, he went on loan with

Ankaraspor Ankaraspor Kulübü (), formerly known as Osmanlıspor (), is a Turkish professional football club based in the country's capital Ankara. Founded in 1978, the club competes in the TFF Second League. History Ankaraspor was founded as "Ankara Bele ...

for the 2020–21 season.

Return to Galatasaray

He made his professional debut with Galatasaray in a 1–1

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tie with St Johnstone F.C., coming on as a substitute in the 55th minute as the starting goalkeeper

Fernando Muslera Néstor Fernando Muslera Micol (; born 16 June 1987) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Turkish club Galatasaray, whom he captains, and the Uruguay national team. He is considered one of the finest goalkeepers ...

got a red card.

Niğde Anadolu (loan)

On 8 February 2022, Balaban was loaned to

club Niğde Anadolu for the rest of the season.

İskenderun FK (loan)

On 23 August 2022,

was leased to the

team

İskenderun İskenderun ( ar, الإسكندرونة, el, Αλεξανδρέττα "Little Alexandria"), historically known as Alexandretta and Scanderoon, is a city in Hatay Province on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Names The city was founded as Ale ...

for 1 year.

Isparta 32 Spor (loan)

He signed a one-year temporary contract with Isparta 32 Spor on 23 August 2023.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Balaban, Berk 2000 births Living people Footballers from Istanbul Turkish men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Galatasaray S.K. footballers Ankaraspor footballers Niğde Anadolu FK footballers Süper Lig players TFF First League players TFF Second League players İskenderunspor (1978) footballers