Atila Turan

Atila Turan — Biography

Atila Turan is a former footballer, born in France to a family of Turkish origin, who holds both French and Turkish citizenship and played at left-back and left midfield. His career spread across France, Portugal and Turkey; his breakthrough at Grenoble put him on the radar of clubs such as Barcelona and Fiorentina and then into the Sporting Lisbon squad. He retired from football in January 2026.

He joined Grenoble in 2008, signed his first professional contract, a three-year deal, on February 3, 2010, and made his debut in the Coupe de la Ligue against Guingamp in July 2010. He scored three goals in 24 matches that first season, which ended with the team bottom of the table and relegated. In 2011 he signed a five-year contract with Sporting Lisbon and was loaned to Beira-Mar without playing a competitive match. In 2012-2013 he scored once in 24 games for Orduspor under Héctor Cúper, in 2013-2014 he played 18 Ligue 1 matches for Reims, and in 2014 he was loaned to Kasımpaşa. He joined Kayserispor in June 2017 and left in December 2019.

He then played for Kocaelispor; when they parted ways in August 2024 he signed with the TFF First League club Çorum FK. He represented France at under-16, under-17, under-18 and under-19 level and played at the 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. He was called up to the Turkey under-21 team in February 2013 and made his senior Turkey debut on November 9, 2017, in a 2-0 friendly defeat by Romania.