Metehan Baltacı

Metehan Baltacı — Biography

Metehan Baltacı is a young centre-back who came through the Galatasaray academy and has won the Süper Lig with the club. He has played for the Turkey U-21 side since 2022 and on 22 August 2026 was loaned to Gençlerbirliği until the end of the 2026-27 season.

He joined the Galatasaray academy in 2012. He began his professional career on a one-season loan at İskenderunspor in the TFF Third League on 7 August 2021. On his return he made his first official first-team appearance for Galatasaray on 19 October 2022 in a 7-0 Turkish Cup win over Kastamonuspor; he extended his contract to 2026 and was loaned to the TFF First League side Manisa for the second half of 2022-23. On 6 August 2023 he moved to Eyüpspor for 2023-24 and won the TFF First League with them.

With Galatasaray he has won the Süper Lig in 2022-23, 2024-25 and 2025-26 and the Turkish Cup in 2024-25. Galatasaray extended his contract at the end of August 2026, during the Gençlerbirliği loan.