Tolgahan Acar

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Tolgahan Acar
Personal information
Full nameTolgahan Acar
Date of birth (1986-06-04) 4 June 1986 (age 34) [1]
Place of birth Adana, Turkey
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Giresunspor
Number 15
Youth career
1999–2001 Çukurova Üniversitesi
2001–2002 Adana Gençlerbirliği
2002–2004 Adanaspor
2004–2006 Gaziantepspor
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2004 Adanaspor 2 (0)
2004–2009 Gaziantepspor 4 (0)
2006–2008 → Adanaspor (loan) 33 (0)
2009–2014 Adanaspor 91 (0)
2014 → Göztepe (loan) 16 (0)
2014–2016 Altınordu 55 (0)
2016–2019 Sivasspor 56 (0)
2019–2020 Denizlispor 5 (0)
2020– Giresunspor 0 (0)
National team
2003–2004 Turkey U18 10 (0)
2004 Turkey U19 2 (0)
2005 Turkey U20 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league onlyand correct as of 18:59, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Tolgahan Acar (born 4 June 1986 in Adana, Turkey) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Giresunspor. He has been capped at youth level for the U-18, U-19 and U-20 Turkey squads. [1]

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Early career

Acar was born in Adana. He attended and played football for the Çukurova Üniversitesi team. He moved to Adanaspor in 2002. In his first stint at the club, Acar was capped twice, spending the brunt of his time with the youth team. Gaziantepspor transferred him in 2004, but he did not feature for the club regularly. [1]

Instead, Acar spent most of his time at the club either with the youth team or on loan at Adanaspor. Adanaspor transferred him at the beginning of the 2009 season. Acar is now the starting goalkeeper for the Toros Kaplanları, playing in 32 matches in the 2009–10 season. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 TOLGAHAN ACAR tff.org (in Turkish), accessed 5 June 2010
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