Oğulcan Çağlayan

Oğulcan Çağlayan — Biography

Oğulcan Çağlayan is a forward who earned the nickname "Yerli Ibrahimovic" (the home-grown Ibrahimović) for his goals in the Bursaspor academy and who has since moved between many clubs across the Süper Lig and the First League. He wore Galatasaray's shirt from 2020, and since January 2026 he has played for Vanspor in the First League.

His youth career began in Ankara at Bahçelerüstü Spor and Ankaraspor and continued at Bursaspor, where he scored 29 goals in 21 matches for the under-16 side and stood out in the air; his idol was Didier Drogba and he played for youth national teams. A 2013 move to the Galatasaray academy fell through over an unpaid training fee, and he returned to Bursaspor. In January 2014 he agreed terms with Gaziantepspor and made his Süper Lig debut against Çaykur Rizespor on February 14, 2014, and scored his first league goal with a bicycle kick against Kasımpaşa on October 4, 2014. He then played for Kayseri Erciyesspor, on loan at Kayserispor, for Çaykur Rizespor from July 2016 on a 1.2 million euro fee, and on loan at Gazişehir Gaziantep, where he scored 6 goals with 7 assists in 32 games.

On August 11, 2020, he signed a four-year contract with Galatasaray and scored his first goal for them at Trabzonspor on December 26, 2020. A contract dispute with Rizespor was settled by a ruling of the Arbitration Board, and his license was issued in September 2021. He was loaned to Eyüpspor, Giresunspor and Pendikspor, joined Gaziantep FK in September 2023, and later played for Kocaelispor and Çorum FK.