İlker Avcıbay (born 1 October 1978) is a Turkish former
footballer
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who played as a
goalkeeper
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, and current
goalkeeping coach
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History
The original sense of the word ''Coach'' is that of a horse-drawn carriage, deriving ultimately from the ...
of
Giresunspor
Giresunspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Giresun.
History
Giresunspor was founded in 1925 and re-formed in 1967 after the merger of Yeşiltepespor, Akıngençlikspor, and Beşiktaşspor. The football club is playing ...
.
Club career
Avcıbay moved to
Elazığspor
Elazığspor is a Turkish professional football club located in Elazığ and currently competes in the TFF Second League. They play their home games at Elazığ Atatürk Stadium in Elazığ, which has a maximum capacity of 18,423. The club was ...
in 2000. He has spent his entire career in Turkey, playing for
Denizlispor
Denizlispor is a Turkish sports club based in Denizli. It is known by its distinct green and black colors. The club's branches include football, volleyball, basketball, table tennis, and gymnastics. The Denizli Atatürk Stadium, which has a seati ...
,
Altay
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*Altai Mountains, in Central and East Asia, a region shared by China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Russia
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*Altay Prefecture (阿勒泰地区), Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China
*Altay City (阿勒æ ...
,
Antalyaspor
Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional multi-sport club based in Antalya, southern Turkey. The club's colours are red and white.
The association football, football side play their home matches at the Antalya Stadium. In Turkey, the cl ...
,
Adana Demirspor
Adana Demirspor Kulübü is a multi-sports club based in Adana, Turkey. The football department is the most popular department which relegated to TFF 1. Lig on 16 March 2025 after 4 seasons at the Super Lig.
Founded by railway workers of Turk ...
and
Konyaspor
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. He joined
Manisaspor
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Andreas Isaksson
Jan Andreas Isaksson (; born 3 October 1981) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Isaksson began his career at local Trelleborgs FF, before spending two years at Juventus. He would later return to Sweden, wher ...
. Over the two years he was there, he made five appearances for the club; two in the
Süper Lig
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and three in the
Turkish Cup
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. In 2014, he joined
Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor
Gaziantep Futbol Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Gaziantep. Founded in 1988, the club plays in the Süper Lig, the highest tier of Turkish football.
The club was founded as Sankospor in 1988 and competed at the amateur ...
, and was appointed the club captain upon his arrival.
In August 2015, he joined
BayrampaÅŸa SK
BayrampaÅŸa SK, formerly BayrampaÅŸaspor, is a Turkish professional football club located in the BayrampaÅŸa district of Istanbul. They currently play in the TFF Third League, the fourth tier of Turkish football.
History
In 1942 the club was fo ...
then moved to
Manisa FK
Manisa Futbol Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Manisa. The club colours are black and white and they play their home matches at the Manisa 19 Mayıs Stadium.
History
Founded in 1994 as ''Manisa Belediyespor'', the club ...