Kazımcan Karataş (born 16 January 2003) is a Turkish professional

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who plays as a

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for

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; , ''Rossiyskaya premyer-liga''; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is a professional association football league in Russia and the highest level of the Russian football league system. It was establis ...

club

Orenburg Orenburg (, ), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies in Eastern Europe, along the banks of the Ural River, being approximately southeast of Moscow. Orenburg is close to the ...

on loan from

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...

Professional career

Altay

Karataş is a youth product of

Altay Altai or Altay may refer to: Places *Altai Mountains, in Central and East Asia, a region shared by China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Russia In China *Altay Prefecture (阿勒泰地区), Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China *Altay City (阿勒� ...

since the age of 6. He made his senior debut with them in January 2020 in the

TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig (), currently referred to as Trendyol 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization ...

. Shortly after, he signed his first professional contract with the club. He made his professional debut with Altay in a 1-0

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...

loss to

Antalyaspor Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional multi-sport club based in Antalya, southern Turkey. The club's colours are red and white. The association football, football side play their home matches at the Antalya Stadium. In Turkey, the cl ...

on 6 November 2021.

Galatasaray

On 1 July 2022,

announced that an agreement was reached with Karataş. It has been announced that an agreement has been reached with the football player for 5 seasons, starting from the 2022–23 season. Accordingly, a transfer fee of 1.150.000 Euros will be paid to

for the transfer of the young football player. He earned his first cap with Galatasaray on 13 August 2022, Saturday, coming from bench on 77th minute in match week 2 encounter against

Giresunspor Giresunspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Giresun. History Giresunspor was founded in 1925 and re-formed in 1967 after the merger of Yeşiltepespor, Akıngençlikspor, and Beşiktaşspor. The football club is playing ...

, in which Galatasaray lost at home 0–1. Karataş became the champion in the

in the

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season with the

team. Defeating Ankaragücü 4-1 away in the match played in the 36th week on 30 May 2023, Galatasaray secured the lead with 2 weeks before the end and won the 23rd championship in its history.

Ankaragücü (loan)

On 8 February 2024, Ankaragücü signed Karataş on loan for the 2023–24 season.

Orenburg (loan)

On 29 July 2024, Karataş was loaned out to the Russian Premier League club

for one

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International career

Karataş is a youth international for Turkey, having represented the Turkey U17s and U19s. He was called up to the

Turkey national football team The Turkey national football team (), recognized as Türkiye by FIFA and UEFA, represents Turkey in men's international Association football, football matches. The team is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation (), the governing body for ...

for the first time in September 2023 for a friendly against Japan, but remained on the bench in the game.

Career statistics

Honours

Galatasaray *

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Karatas, Kazimcan 2003 births Living people Footballers from İzmir Turkish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Turkey men's youth international footballers Turkey men's under-21 international footballers Altay S.K. footballers Galatasaray S.K. footballers MKE Ankaragücü footballers Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players FC Orenburg players Russian Premier League players Turkish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Russia 21st-century Turkish sportsmen