Okan Alkan

Okan Alkan — Biography

Okan Alkan is a Turkish footballer who came up through Fenerbahçe's youth system into the first team and plays at right back or on the right wing. His path began at a football school in Mardin that he joined without telling his father, and it led to the 2010-11 Süper Lig title with Fenerbahçe. He later played for Kayserispor, Bucaspor, Balıkesirspor, Adana Demirspor and Bandırmaspor.

He started out as a winger on either side before moving back to right back. He moved to Mardinspor in 2006, was called up to the Turkey U-15 side the next year and then joined Fenerbahçe. As the A2 team's right back he reached the Milk Cup semi-final; Roberto Carlos once pulled him aside after training and compared him to his old teammate Cafu. On August 29, 2010, he played the full 90 minutes against Manisaspor in his first professional match and set up a goal for Mamadou Niang. He was loaned to Kayserispor for 2011-12, moved to Bucaspor in 2012, signed a three-year deal with Balıkesirspor in the summer of 2014 and stayed until mid-January 2020, when he joined Adana Demirspor. He went to Bandırmaspor in 2021.

He played for Turkey's youth teams from U-15 to U-21. At the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup he started at right back, and Turkey went out to Colombia on penalties in the quarter-finals. He made his U-21 debut in a friendly against Italy on September 5, 2012.