While talking about the situation of Trabzonspor's captain Uğurcan Çakır, who made a name for himself with the transfer offers he received, who and how old he is is also being investigated. So who is Uğurcan Çakır, how old is he? Where is Cakir originally from? Which teams did Uğurcan Çakır play in?
Uğurcan Çakır (born 5 April 1996, Antalya) is a Turkish national football player. He plays as a goalkeeper and plays for Trabzonspor, one of the Super League teams.
Uğurcan Çakır was born in 1996 in Antalya. Çakır, who moved to Istanbul with his family, played football at the age of 12 in Çekmeköyspor, one of the amateur teams of Istanbul, and was transferred to the youth team of 1 Trabzon after one season. Cakir, who drew attention in the infrastructure of Trabzonspor's pilot team 1461 Trabzon, was transferred to the infrastructure of Trabzonspor in 1461, where he became one of the most striking goalkeepers with İbrahim Demir.
At the beginning of the 2014-15 season, when Vahid Halilhodzic became the head of the team, more than 10 transfers were made and many players from the infrastructure, including Uğurcan, were recruited to the A Team. Çakır, who could not play due to the presence of Fatih Öztürk, İbrahim Demir, Zeki Ayvaz and Onur Kıvrak in the team at the beginning of the season, was sent to the U-21 team and a professional contract was not signed. Çakır, who played 21 matches in the U-8 League, was taken to the A Team after Zeki Ayvaz's transfer to Balıkesirspor and Onur Recep Kıvrak's ties were severed in the Legia Warszawa match. Uğurcan Çakır, who started football at the age of 11, signed a professional contract with Trabzonspor at the age of 16. On December 25, 2014, Uğurcan took part in the bench of the match played against Manisaspor with his teammate Mertcan Çam in the Turkish Cup. On 30.07.2015, due to Onur Recep Kıvrak's absence from the squad, Rabotniçki started his game in the starting 11, thus making his first match in Europe.
National team career
Çakır, who played for the national team in a total of 9 matches in the lower age categories, was invited for the first time by Şenol Güneş to the A national team candidate squad, which was announced before the Albania and Moldova matches played before the 2020 European Football Championship.
He took part as the first goalkeeper of the Turkey A National Football Team in the 2020 European Football Championship. Çakır, who played 3 matches in total, scored 8 goals in the tournament. Turkey, who could score only one goal in the tournament, was eliminated from the tournament by getting 0 points.