Soner Dikmen

Soner Dikmen — Biography

Soner Dikmen is a Turkish midfielder born in the Altındağ district of Ankara. At 1.79 meters tall, he now plays for Süper Lig side Antalyaspor, and in July 2026 he signed a new two-year contract with the club, announced together with the one for his teammate Erdoğan Yeşilyurt.

His career was shaped in the youth systems of Ankara clubs. He started football at 12 in the Gençlerbirliği academy, moved four years later, in 2007, to Hacettepe's academy, and returned to Gençlerbirliği in 2011. He began his professional career with Hacettepe in 2012. In 2016 he was loaned to Göztepe with an option to buy. He played his first top-flight match on August 26, 2019, for Gençlerbirliği in the Süper Lig; the club extended his contract by two years in August 2020, and the two parted ways in July 2021.

Dikmen moved to Süper Lig side Konyaspor on July 5, 2021, spent three seasons there and left on June 7, 2024. In July of that year he signed for Antalyaspor; the club announced him as a new signing for the coming season and he said he was hopeful about his new team. The summer 2026 renewal was one of two signings the club announced as in-house transfers.