Ekrem Kılıçarslan (born 22 August 1997) 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

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), 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 i ...

for

Esenler Erokspor Esenler Erokspor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club located in Esenler, Istanbul. The football team currently plays in the TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig (), currently referred to as Trendyol 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level ...

on loan from Göztepe.

Career

Kılıçarslan is a youth product of Hastane Bayırıspor, Dardanelspor and

Eskişehirspor Eskişehirspor Kulübü is a Turkish football club located in Eskişehir. Founded in 1965, Eskişehirspor competed in the top division of Turkish football for 16 years until they were relegated. After being out of the Süper Lig for 12 years the ...

. He began his senior career with Eskişehirspor as their backup goalkeeper, signing his first professional contract on 15 October 2016. After 5 years with the club where he eventually became starter, Kılıçarslan signed with the

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

Hatayspor Hatayspor Kulübü, known as Atakaş Hatayspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club located in Antakya, Hatay Province. Hatayspor, founded in 1967 through a merger of three local clubs, aimed to promote sports and po ...

on 1 February 2021. He transferred to

Gaziantep Gaziantep, historically Aintab and still informally called Antep, is a major city in south-central Turkey. It is the capital of the Gaziantep Province, in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Medi ...

on 5 August 2021. He made his professional debut with Gaziantep in a 1–1

tie with

Çaykur Rizespor Çaykur Rizespor Kulübü is a Turkish professional Association football, football club based in Rize, a city on the eastern Black Sea region, Black Sea coast. The team competes in the Süper Lig, the top tier of Football in Turkey, Turkish footba ...

on 20 May 2022.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kilicarslan, Ekrem 1997 births Living people Sportspeople from Çanakkale Turkish men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Eskişehirspor footballers Hatayspor footballers Gaziantep F.K. footballers Göztepe S.K. footballers Ankara Keçiörengücü S.K. footballers Esenler Erokspor footballers Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players 21st-century Turkish sportsmen