Uğurcan Çakır

Uğurcan Çakır — Biography

Uğurcan Çakır rose through the Trabzonspor academy to become club captain and the goalkeeper of the side that won the Süper Lig in 2021-22, the club's first league title in 38 years. Since September 2025 he has played for Galatasaray and he keeps goal for the Turkey national team. The 1.91 m keeper won the league again in his first season in Istanbul.

He started as a striker in a football school that his father and uncle ran in Dudullu. In 2009 his team was short of a goalkeeper and he put on the gloves, caught the eye of Yamanspor and moved through 1461 Trabzon to the Trabzonspor academy in 2012. He played his first official match on 30 July 2015 against Rabotnički Skopje, but his real rise began in September 2017, when he came on at half-time against Alanyaspor. He won the trust of Ersun Yanal and, when Onur Kıvrak retired in January 2019, became the first-choice keeper.

In 2019-20 he won the Turkish Cup and was named the Süper Lig's best goalkeeper, and he became captain before 2020-21 after José Sosa left. He added the 2020 and 2022 Super Cups and the 2021-22 title, and made 292 official appearances for Trabzonspor. In September 2025 he joined Galatasaray for 27.5 million euros and won the 2025-26 league. He made his senior Turkey debut in a friendly against Greece on 30 May 2019, was first choice at Euro 2020 and was in the squads for Euro 2024 and the 2026 World Cup.