Alper Uludağ

Alper Uludağ — Biography

Alper Uludağ is a left back born in Belgium who grew up in the Netherlands and Germany and played in the Turkish Süper Lig. He has played for Kayserispor, Trabzonspor, Akhisar Belediyespor, Konyaspor and Giresunspor, and signed for Sakaryaspor in the summer of 2024. He holds Turkish and Belgian citizenship.

He started out at Verbroedering Geel, joined PSV's youth system at 11 and stayed until 17. In 2007 he transferred to Alemannia Aachen, played for the U-19 side in his first season, made his debut for the second team in the NRW-Liga on December 13, 2008, and first appeared in the 2. Bundesliga against Hansa Rostock in 2009-10. The following season he scored his first goal against FSV Frankfurt, had his contract extended and stayed at Aachen through 2011-12. Before 2012-13 he moved to Ingolstadt, where he was in the first eleven late in the first half of the season before dropping back to the fourth-tier second team.

On August 22, 2013, he came to Turkey by signing a three-year contract with Kayserispor, and in July 2015 he agreed a three-year deal with Trabzonspor. In 2019 he moved to Konyaspor and in 2022 to Giresunspor. As a youth he played twice for Turkey's U-15 side in 2005 and from 2010 for the U-21s, and in March 2014 he was called up to the A2 squad for the first time. After Sakaryaspor in 2024 he moved to MKE Ankaragücü.