İrfan Can Eğribayat

İrfan Can Eğribayat — Biography

İrfan Can Eğribayat is a 1.93 m goalkeeper born in the Seyhan district of Adana, who came through the Adanaspor academy and kept goal in the Süper Lig and in European competition for Göztepe and Fenerbahçe. He won the 2022-23 Turkish Cup with Fenerbahçe and left the club in the summer of 2026 for Gençlerbirliği.

He started in Adanaspor's youth system in 2007 and signed a professional contract in 2014. He made his first official appearance as a substitute against Elazığspor on May 16, 2015, and in 2015-16 his team won the First League. On September 5, 2020, he joined Göztepe and took over in goal during his first season. On August 3, 2022, he was loaned to Fenerbahçe with an option to buy and played his first game there on December 20, 2022, in a Turkish Cup tie against İstanbulspor. Fenerbahçe took up the option in June 2023 and his contract was extended to 2027. In his first European match, on August 17, 2023, against Maribor, he saved a penalty, and he made his Europa League debut against Lyon in January 2025. In January 2026 he was loaned to Samsunspor until the end of the season.

He was in the national youth teams early: with the under-16s in 2014 he played in the Montaigu Tournament, the UEFA Development Tournament and the Caspian Cup in Azerbaijan. He won six caps at under-16, two at under-17 and five at under-18 level. Gençlerbirliği officially announced the transfer in August 2026.