Abdülkerim Bardakcı (born 7 September 1994) 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 lea ...

who plays as a

centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...

for

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...

club

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...

and the Turkey national team.

Club career

Bardakcı made his

debut on 17 August 2013 against Fenerbahçe. On 25 June 2022, an agreement was reached with Bardakcı and his club

Konyaspor Konyaspor Kulübü (, Konya Sports Club), commonly referred to as Konyaspor, is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya, one of the largest cities in central Anatolia. Due to sponsorship agreements, the club is also officially known ...

on the transfer of the player. Accordingly, a net transfer fee of €2.8 million would be paid to the former club of the player. Bardakcı became the champion in the

in the 2022–23 season with the

team. Defeating Ankaragücü 4–1 away in the match played in the 36th week on 30 May 2023, which secured Galatasaray their 23rd league championship in club history.

International career

He was named in Turkey's 26-man squad for

UEFA Euro 2024 The 2024 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2024 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2024) or simply Euro 2024, was the 17th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international Association football, football champ ...

Career statistics

Club

International

''Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first.''

Honours

Galatasaray *

: 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25 *

Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup () 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''. Now Ziraat Bankası is ...

: 2024–25 *

Turkish Super Cup The Turkish Super Cup, known as Turkcell Super Cup () for sponsorship reasons, is a super cup tournament in Turkish football. Founded in 1966 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2025 by four teams: the winners ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bardakci, Abdulkerim 1994 births Living people People from Meram Turkish men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Men's association football fullbacks Turkey men's international footballers Turkey men's under-21 international footballers Turkey men's youth international footballers UEFA Euro 2024 players Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players Konyaspor footballers 1922 Konyaspor footballers Adana Demirspor footballers Samsunspor footballers Giresunspor footballers Denizlispor footballers Galatasaray S.K. footballers 21st-century Turkish sportsmen