Aydın Karabulut

Aydın Karabulut — Biography

Aydın Karabulut is a German-Turkish attacking midfielder who came through the Hertha Berlin youth system in his native Berlin and built his career in Turkey. Starting at Beşiktaş, he played for many Turkish clubs between 2006 and 2021, and he is now described as a former footballer after leaving Kocaelispor in January 2021.

He joined Beşiktaş in the middle of the 2005-06 season and, at manager Jean Tigana's wish, spent most of his first year with the reserve side. His first goal in black and white came in the Turkish Cup in January 2008 against Diyarbakır Büyükşehir Belediye Diskispor, and his first league goal came against Trabzonspor. In the 2008-09 mid-season window he went to Bursaspor in exchange for Yusuf Şimşek, said he did not want to play there and returned to Beşiktaş for 1 million euros; that summer he was swapped for Erhan Güven and joined Ankaraspor. Ankaragücü, a one-year loan at Bucaspor, Kardemir Karabükspor, Göztepe and Elazığspor followed. He moved to Sivasspor in 2013, to Bursaspor again in 2014, to Antalyaspor without a fee in 2017, and back to Sivasspor in 2018; Gençlerbirliği is also among his clubs.

He made 13 appearances for the youth sides, eight at under-18 and five at under-19 level, scoring twice, and recorded four goals and six assists for the under-21 team. He never played an official senior match, but in 2014 he featured in a friendly against Kosovo under Fatih Terim, one of two players in it who had never otherwise worn the senior shirt.