Kaan Çalışkaner

Kaan Çalışkaner — Biography

Kaan Çalışkaner is a German-Turkish footballer, born in Germany, who can play as a centre-forward or a central midfielder. Listed at 1.90 m, the high point of his career so far came in 2023-24, when he won the Polish Ekstraklasa during a loan spell with Jagiellonia Białystok. Since September 2025 he has played for the 3. Liga side 1. FC Saarbrücken.

He started his professional career in July 2020 by putting pen to paper on a three-year contract with Jahn Regensburg, and he made his first competitive appearance for them on 13 September 2020, starting at home in the DFB-Pokal against the 3. Liga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern. On 18 July 2023 he signed a two-year contract with Eintracht Braunschweig. In January 2024 (on the 10th) he was loaned to Poland's Jagiellonia Białystok for the rest of the season; he scored once in 14 league games and shared in the club's first top-flight title, returning to Eintracht in June 2024. He went back to Poland in July 2024, agreeing a one-year deal with newly promoted Motor Lublin, and on 17 September 2025 he moved to 1. FC Saarbrücken.

Born in Germany, Çalışkaner is of Turkish descent. He won the Ekstraklasa with Jagiellonia Białystok in 2023-24.