Atacan Öztürk (born 18 January 1982) is a Turkish professional

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coach and a former player. He is the goalkeeping coach for

Erzurumspor Erzurumspor was a sports club located in Erzurum, Turkey. The football club played in the Turkish Regional Amateur League. The club also played in Turkish First League between 1998 and 2001. It fell into money shortage since 2000 and gradually f ...

Career

His debut in Turkcell Super League May 26, 2001 match against İstanbulspor. But never pick Antalya's first choice goalkeeper for two years. After waiting two years, he moved another Super League team

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 2003. He served as third goalie behind

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and

Orkun Uşak Orkun Usak (born November 5, 1980) is a Turkish football goalkeeper who currently plays for Mersin İdmanyurdu SK. He is a product of the youth system of Galatasaray. He also played for Beykozspor, Bakırköyspor, Anadolu Üsküdar, Elazığsp ...

. Same year Elazığspor was relegated and some players left their clubs including goalkeeper Miroslav König. When Miroslav König left the team

Oğuzhan Bahadır Oğuzhan Bahadır (born December 24, 1979, in Ankara) is a Turkish football goalkeeper who plays for Kırklarelispor Kırklarelispor is a Turkish sports club founded in 1968 is currently playing in the TFF Second League. The club's colours are ...

was signed as the new first-choice goalkeeper. Atacan faced stiff competition against Oğuzhan. He made only 5 appearances that season. At the end of 2005-2006 season, Elazığspor announced that they would not prolong the contract with Oğuzhan and therefore Atacan was to become the team's first-choice goalkeeper. In August 2007 Atacan signed a contract with

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43 times at various age levels including Under-16s, Under-17s, Under-18s, Under-19s and Under-21s.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ozturk, Atacan 1982 births Footballers from Antalya Living people Turkish men's footballers Boluspor footballers Elazığspor footballers Antalyaspor footballers Şanlıurfaspor footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Turkey men's youth international footballers Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players TFF Second League players 21st-century Turkish sportsmen