Uğurcan Çakır

Uğurcan Çakır
	Çakır with Trabzonspor in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth	5 April 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Antalya, Turkey
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Trabzonspor
Number	1
Youth career
2008–2009	Çekmeköyspor
2009–2011	Yamanspor
2011–2012	1461 Trabzon
2012–2014	Trabzonspor
Senior career*
Years	Team
2014–	Trabzonspor
2016	→ 1461 Trabzon (loan)
International career‡
2013–2014	Turkey U19
2014	Turkey U20
2017	Turkey U21
2019–	Turkey
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 October 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:32, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

Uğurcan Çakır (born 5 April 1996) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor,^[2] whom he captains, and the Turkey national team.

Club career

2015–16 season

Uğurcan Çakır made his senior debut for Trabzonspor in a 1–0 loss against Rabotnicki Skopje in the UEFA Europa League qualifying stages. He would then play three matches in the Turkish Cup managing to keep two clean sheets. He then solidified himself as second choice keeper being on the bench until January, but never receiving an appearance in the Super Lig.

Like a majority of young Trabzonspor goalkeepers, Çakır was sent to local club affiliate 1461 Trabzon on 15 January 2016, making his senior debut for the club in a 2–1 win over Yeni Malatyaspor. Giving away a penalty and getting booked in the 79th minute, after tripping up the Yeni Striker İrfan Başaran. He went too early leading to the Yeni Malatyaspor striker scoring down the centre. He would continue playing as Trabzon's first choice keeper in three more appearances in the Turkish League 1, but couldn't get one clean sheet conceding seven goals. He would then sustain an Ankle injury, and wouldn't return to full fitness until two months. He then played four more games for the club, before being dropped entirely as he failed to live up to expectations. His one year loan deal was caught short, and he returned to Trabzonspor 30 June 2016.

2016–17 season

Uğurcan Çakır failed to make a single appearance in any competitions for Trabzonspor mainly due to his bad performance with 1461 Trabzon last year, and was only on the bench for two Super Lig games and the majority of Turkish Cup games.

2017–18 season

Uğurcan Çakır made his debut for Trabzonspor at the age of 21 years on 22 September 2017 against Alanyaspor after first choice keeper Esteban Alvarado couldn't carry on playing after half time, after sustaining an injury, he would witness his side from winning 3–1 the previous half to losing 4–3 after two penalties were awarded to the opposition. He impressed the current manager Ersun Yanal, leading to him playing the last five games of the Super Lig season with twelve goals conceded and one clean sheet, and would continue to grow in his development.

2018–19 season

Uğurcan Çakır reaffirmed his position as the second choice goalkeeper for Trabzonspor, but after first choice keeper Onur Kivrak retired on 16 January 2019, he became first choice, playing eighteen games in the Super Lig conceding twenty goals and having two clean sheets.

International career

Çakır made his debut for the Turkey national team on 30 May 2019, in a friendly against Greece, as a starter.^[3]

In June 2021, he was included in the list of 26 Turkish players to compete for UEFA Euro 2020.

On 7 June 2024, he is in the final list of 26 players selected by Vincenzo Montella to compete for UEFA Euro 2024.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 May 2024^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Trabzonspor	2014–15	Süper Lig	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2015–16		0	0	2	0	1	0	—		3	0
	2016–17		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2017–18		6	0	0	0	—		—		6	0
	2018–19		20	0	5	0	—		—		25	0
	2019–20		33	0	3	0	7	0	—		43	0
	2020–21		38	0	0	0	—		1	0	39	0
	2021–22		36	0	3	0	4	0	—		43	0
	2022–23		31	0	3	0	9	0	1	0	44	0
	2023–24		35	0	7	0	—		—		42	0
	Total		199	0	23	0	21	0	2	0	245	0
1461 Trabzon (loan)	2015–16	1. Lig	8	0	1	0	—		—		9	0
Career total			207	0	24	0	21	0	2	0	254	0

International

As of match played 14 October 2024^[5]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Turkey	2019	2	0
	2020	2	0
	2021	13	0
	2022	5	1
	2023	4	0
	2024	3	0
Total		29	0

Honours

Trabzonspor

Individual

Süper Lig Most clean sheets: 2020–21

References

^ "Uğurcan Çakır". UEFA. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
^ "Uğurcan Çakır" (in Turkish). Trabzonspor. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
^ "Turkey v Greece game report". ESPN. 30 May 2019.
^ Uğurcan Çakır at Soccerway
^ "Ugurcan Cakir » Internationals". WorldFootball.net.
^ "Süper Kupa Trabzonspor'un! (ÖZET) Başakşehir - Trabzonspor maç sonucu: 1-2" (in Turkish). Fanatik. 27 January 2021. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

External links

Turkish Football Federation Profile
Uğurcan Çakır – UEFA competition record (archive)
Uğurcan Çakır at National-Football-Teams.com
Uğurcan Çakır at Soccerway

[1] "Uğurcan Çakır". UEFA. Retrieved 8 June 2024.

[2] "Uğurcan Çakır" (in Turkish). Trabzonspor. Retrieved 30 August 2015.

[3] "Turkey v Greece game report". ESPN. 30 May 2019.

[4] Uğurcan Çakır at Soccerway

[5] "Ugurcan Cakir » Internationals". WorldFootball.net.

[Honours_2020_Turkish_Super_Cup-6] "Süper Kupa Trabzonspor'un! (ÖZET) Başakşehir - Trabzonspor maç sonucu: 1-2" (in Turkish). Fanatik. 27 January 2021. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

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