Berk Balaban (born 1 January 2000) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Turkish club İskenderun in the TFF Second League.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 22) | ||
| Place of birth | Istanbul, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
İskenderun (on loan from Galatasaray) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2020 | Galatasaray | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019– | Galatasaray | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Ankaraspor (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Niğde Anadolu (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2022– | → İskenderun (loan) | 0 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:26, 10 April 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:42, 5 August 2021 (UTC) | |||
Balaban is a youth product of Galatasaray, and signed his first professional contract with the club in 2019.[1]
After a season as Galatasaray's reserve goalkeeper, he went on loan with Ankaraspor for the 2020–21 season.[2]
He made his professional debut with Galatasaray in a 1–1 UEFA Europa League tie with St Johnstone F.C., coming on as a substitute in the 55th minute as the starting goalkeeper Fernando Muslera got a red card.[3]
On 8 February 2022, Balaban was loaned to TFF Second League club Niğde Anadolu for the rest of the season.[4]
On 23 August 2022, Galatasaray was leased to the TFF Second League team İskenderun for 1 year.[5]