Sadık Emir Kabaca

Sadık Emir Kabaca — Biography

Sadık Emir Kabaca is a Turkish basketball player who is 2.08 metres tall and plays power forward. During his years at Galatasaray he was named the Basketball Champions League's best young player in 2023; he now plays for Tofaş in the Basketbol Süper Ligi and also plays for the Turkish national team.

He began his professional career at Bandırma Kırmızı in 2016-17 and stayed three seasons. In 2017-18 he averaged 3.1 points and 1.8 rebounds in 35 games, in 2018-19 5.9 points and 4.3 rebounds in 30 games, and in 2019-20 he played 12 Basketbol Süper Ligi games with Teksüt Bandırma. In August 2020 he accepted a three-year offer from Beşiktaş, a team rebuilt around young players, and his performances there earned him a place in the national shirt. At the end of the season he moved to Galatasaray for a 175,000-dollar fee and on 23 August 2021 signed a 2+1-year contract, which he extended by a year in 2023.

In June 2025 his four seasons at Galatasaray ended when the club and he parted ways. In July 2025 he signed a two-year deal with Casademont Zaragoza of Spain's Liga ACB, but left the club at the end of January 2026. In February 2026 he transferred to Bursa-based Tofaş. He has said that playing for the national team makes him very proud.