Efkan Bekiroğlu

Efkan Bekiroğlu — Biography

Efkan Bekiroğlu is a 1.85-metre midfielder who was born in Germany, learned his football at clubs around Munich and Augsburg, and has played in Turkey since 2020. He holds both German and Turkish citizenship and now plays for the Süper Lig club Göztepe, who renewed his contract in May 2026.

His path began in Germany's semi-professional sides: first Phönix München, then Unterföhring, before a move to FC Augsburg's reserve team in the Regionalliga. In 2018 he transferred to 1860 Munich and made 58 appearances in the German 3. Liga during that spell, which lasted until the summer of 2020. In the summer of 2020 he came to Turkey with a four-year contract at Alanyaspor, and he played his first Süper Lig match on September 19, 2020, when Alanyaspor beat Kayserispor 2-0. He stayed at Alanyaspor until the 2022-23 season.

In July 2023 he moved to Ankaragücü, then in the Süper Lig. When Ankaragücü were in the second tier in 2024-25, he went on loan on January 12, 2025, to the Süper Lig side Sivasspor until the end of the season, which put him back in the top flight; Sivasspor held an option to buy. In the summer of 2025 he left Ankaragücü and on August 1, 2025, transferred to Göztepe. After his first season there, on May 20, 2026, he signed a new contract with the club.