Altay Bayındır (Abkhazian: Алҭаи Биуленҭ-иҧа Агрба; born 14 April 1998) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Fenerbahçe and the Turkey national team.[2][3][4]
![]() Bayındır with Fenerbahçe in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Altay Bayındır | ||
Date of birth | (1998-04-14) 14 April 1998 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Osmangazi, Turkey | ||
Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Fenerbahçe | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2011 | Bursaspor | ||
2011–2012 | Arabayatağıspor | ||
2012–2013 | Bursa Yolspor | ||
2013–2016 | Ankaragücü | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2019 | Ankaragücü | 28 | (0) |
2019– | Fenerbahçe | 102 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2014 | Turkey U17 | 1 | (0) |
2017 | Turkey U19 | 1 | (0) |
2018 | Turkey U20 | 2 | (0) |
2018–2020 | Turkey U21 | 10 | (0) |
2021– | Turkey | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 September 2022 |
Bayındır made his Süper Lig debut with MKE Ankaragücü against Çaykur Rizespor on 30 November 2018 which ended 1–1.[5]
On 8 July 2019, Bayındır joined Fenerbahçe on a four-year contract.[2] Bayındır became the first-choice goalkeeper, following a performance contention with team fellow Harun Tekin.[6] On 19 August 2019, he played his Fenerbahçe debut against Gazişehir Gaziantep F.K. that ended 5–0 for Fenerbahçe at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium.[7]
On 3 October 2020, Bayındır saved a penalty shot by Erik Sabo, at week 4 encounter against Fatih Karagümrük, ended 2–1 for Fenerbahçe.[8] On 6 December 2020, he saved another penalty shot from Radosław Murawski, at week 11 encounter against Denizlispor which Fenerbahçe won 2–0.[9] He produced total of 7 saves during this game in which Fenerbahçe were down to 10-men following the ruling-out of Serdar Aziz.[10]
On 30 October 2021, in a 2–1 away defeat to Konyaspor, Bayındır collided with Serdar Gürler in the 69th minute, was injured and left the field, being replaced by Berke Özer.[11] The following day, Fenerbahçe made an announcement, saying “Although no fracture was detected in Altay Bayındır’s shoulder, acromioclavicular separation was observed. It was decided that our player would have an operation and his treatment was started.”.[12] It was expected that he would approximately be out of the field for 3 months.[13]
Bayındır represented the Turkey U-20s at the 2018 Toulon Tournament.[14]
Bayındır was invited to Turkey by Şenol Güneş, for UEFA Nations League encounters against Hungary and Russia, on 9 November 2020.[3][4] He made his debut on 27 May 2021 in a friendly against Azerbaijan.[15]
Bayındır has been born in Osmangazi in 1998 to a family of Abkhaz-Circassian origin.[16][17] He is a Muslim.[18]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Ankaragücü | 2015–16 | TFF Second League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |
2016–17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |||
2017–18 | TFF First League | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | Süper Lig | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 19 | 0 | ||
Total | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
Fenerbahçe | 2019–20 | Süper Lig | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 35 | 0 | |
2020–21 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 35 | 0 | |||
2021–22 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
Total | 103 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 126 | 0 | ||
Career total | 131 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 157 | 0 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Turkey | 2021 | 2 | 0 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 3 | 0 |
Fenerbahçe S.K. – current squad | |
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Turkey squad – UEFA Euro 2020 | ||
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