Çağlar Şahin Akbaba

Çağlar Şahin Akbaba — Biography

Çağlar Şahin Akbaba was born on 17 March 1995 in the Konak district of İzmir and plays as a goalkeeper. He came through Bucaspor's academy, was promoted to the first team in 2013 and made a handful of appearances there over the following seasons; he earned his only cap for Turkey's U19 side in a 3-1 friendly loss to the Netherlands U19s on 13 October 2013.

Loaned to Elazığspor between 2015 and 2017, Akbaba moved to Kardemir Karabükspor for the 2017-18 season and made his professional debut on 11 December 2017 against Konyaspor. He went on to play for Adana Demirspor, Bursaspor and Gaziantep FK before joining Boluspor in the summer of 2022. In later seasons he kept goal for Vanspor, where he was regarded as one of the team's standout players.

In June 2026 he left Vanspor and signed with TFF Second League side Batman Petrolspor, completing the transfer that same month.