Murat Kalkan

Murat Kalkan — Biography

Murat Kalkan was born on May 20, 1986, in Bayburt. A footballer with both Turkish and German citizenship, he played as a left back and left wing-back. He grew up in Germany, started in the youth teams of local clubs and then joined the academy of the long-established VfB Stuttgart. There he was spotted for the Turkish youth national teams and became a regular in the Turkey U-18 side. He was called up to national teams 26 times, winning 15 caps (12 at U-18 and 3 at U-21) and scoring once.

After appearing on the lists of many Turkish clubs, he joined the Gençlerbirliği academy in 2004. He signed a professional contract at once but played in the youth ranks until 2005, was promoted to the first team in 2005-06 and, finding no opportunity, was loaned to Mardinspor until the end of the season. From 2006 to 2009 he was on loan at Hacettepe, Gençlerbirliği's feeder side, and in 2009-10 he played for Gençlerbirliği itself. He transferred to Orduspor in 2011-12 and to Adana Demirspor at the start of 2012-13. He also played for Elazığspor and Kastamonuspor.