Kazımcan Karataş

Kazımcan Karataş — Biography

Kazımcan Karataş is a 1.82 m left back who came through the Altay academy and moved to Galatasaray. He was in Galatasaray's squad for the 2022-23 Süper Lig title and was later loaned in turn to MKE Ankaragücü, Orenburg in Russia and İstanbul Başakşehir. In July 2026 he chose to represent North Macedonia rather than Turkey at senior level.

Born in İzmir, Karataş entered Altay's academy at the age of six. He made his first-team debut in the First League in January 2020 and soon signed his first professional contract; his Süper Lig debut came on 6 November 2021 against Antalyaspor, and for Altay he recorded one goal and two assists in 32 games. On 1 July 2022 Galatasaray announced a five-season deal for a fee of 1,150,000 euros. He made his debut on 13 August 2022 as a 77th-minute substitute against Giresunspor and played 12 games in his first season. In February 2024 he went on loan to Ankaragücü until the end of the season, and on 29 July 2024 to Russian Premier League side Orenburg for a year. On 6 February 2026 he was loaned to Başakşehir until the end of 2025-26 and said farewell to the club at the start of July 2026.

He represented Turkey at U17, U19 and U21 level and was first called up to the senior side in September 2023 for a friendly against Japan, but stayed on the bench. In August 2026 he said he would do all he could to stay at Galatasaray.