Özkan Karabulut

Özkan Karabulut — Biography

Özkan Karabulut is a Turkish goalkeeper, born on January 16, 1991, in the Mamak district of Ankara. He took up football at the age of ten in the Gençlerbirliği youth setup. In 2007 he received his first call-up to a Turkish youth national team and, around the same time, signed a contract to turn professional with Gençlerbirliği, moving up to the senior squad.

He played his first top-flight match for Gençlerbirliği against Gaziantepspor on May 8, 2010. In 2010-11 he was second-choice behind Serdar Kulbilge, and when Kulbilge moved to MKE Ankaragücü he began 2011-12 as the club's number one. In 2011 the Turkish Football Federation presented him as the youngest first-choice goalkeeper in the league. In 2013-14 he was loaned to Ankaraspor, where he managed just one First League appearance, and in 2014-15 he was loaned to Boluspor.

Across the Turkish youth national teams he earned 50 caps in total: 11 at U-16, 20 at U-17, 3 at U-19, one at U-20 and 15 at U-21. In later years he played for Sarıyer and Erbaaspor, with Sarıyer extending his contract in the summer of 2024. In August 2025 he signed for Menemen FK.