Taha Altıkardeş

Taha Altıkardeş — Biography

Taha Altıkardeş is a 1.90 m centre-back who came up in Bursa, turned professional with Bursaspor and now plays in the Süper Lig for Göztepe. His route ran through Bursaspor, Trabzonspor and Göztepe, where he was part of the club's promotion to the Süper Lig, and he has made 15 appearances for Turkey's youth national teams.

He began playing football in 2013 at Bursa Ufukspor, joined the Bursaspor academy in 2015 and turned professional on 28 January 2021. He made his professional debut in the First League against Giresunspor, starting the match; on 28 February 2021 his assist for Burak Kapacak in the 89th minute secured a 3-2 win over Akhisarspor. At Bursaspor he played 14 league matches in his first season and 12 in his second. In January 2022 he moved to Trabzonspor, and he made his Süper Lig debut there on 30 May 2023 against Giresunspor.

He joined Göztepe in the summer of 2023. In 2023-24 the team finished second and was promoted to the Süper Lig, while he played 31 league matches with three goals and three assists. In 2024-25 he made 23 Süper Lig appearances with two goals and one assist, and in 2025-26 he scored his first goal of the season against Antalyaspor in week 14. For the youth national teams he won 7 caps with the Turkey U-19s and 8 with the U-21s.