Koray Arslan

Koray Arslan — Biography

Koray Arslan was born on October 1, 1983, in Bor, in Niğde Province, the first child of a civil-servant father and a homemaker mother, and has a younger brother. At the age of two he moved with his family to İzmir, and he started football in the youth setup of Bucaspor, where he played as a forward, right-back and right winger. Some sources give his birthday as October 10. Standing 1.78 m tall, he later played in defense.

He made his professional debut on February 25, 2001, against Eskişehirspor. In 2003-04 he joined Göztepe under Tanju Çolak and scored his first goal for the club that season against Antalyaspor. He signed for Karşıyaka at the 2005-06 mid-season break, then moved to Güngören Belediyespor, where he played 48 league games and scored twice in a season and a half. At the start of 2007 he transferred to Eskişehirspor, and he contributed as the team finished fourth in 2007-08 and won promotion to the Süper Lig through the play-offs. On March 8, 2010, he scored twice in three minutes in a 2-1 win over Galatasaray.

When his contract ended in 2012 he signed a two-year deal with Antalyaspor. He went on to play for Gaziantepspor and Akhisar Belediyespor, and in 2017 agreed to rejoin Gaziantepspor. In May 2018 it was reported in the press that he had agreed in principle to join Antalyaspor. In a 2010 interview with the Turkish Football Federation he said that footballers are fortunate people.