Caner Topaloğlu

Caner Topaloğlu — Biography

Caner Topaloğlu is a guard who spent about sixteen years in the top Turkish league with clubs such as Banvit, Galatasaray, Beşiktaş and Tofaş, retired from playing in 2020 and now serves as an assistant coach at Tofaş. He stands roughly 2.00 m tall.

He started in the Ülkerspor academy and moved up to the senior team in 2004-05, but got into only four league games. For more playing time he moved to Büyük Kolej, where he averaged 3.75 points in 28 games. At Banvit, where he played three seasons from 2006, he reached 4.62 points and 2.14 rebounds in 29 games in 2008-09. He signed for Galatasaray in 2009 and stayed three seasons, averaging 5.04 points and 2.29 rebounds in 35 games in 2010-11. He averaged 4.38 points and 2.08 rebounds in 31 games for Pınar Karşıyaka in 2012-13, signed for Beşiktaş on 25 July 2013 and wore the İstanbul BB shirt in 2014-15.

On 26 June 2015 he signed a three-year deal with Tofaş. On 24 January 2018 he returned to his old club Galatasaray (Galatasaray Odeabank), moved to İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor on 25 January 2019 and retired from professional basketball on 6 July 2020. Rejoining Tofaş in August 2020, he works there as part of the coaching staff.