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Berk Balaban
Personal information
Date of birth	1 January 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth	Istanbul, Turkey
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Isparta 32 Spor
Youth career
2012–2020	Galatasaray
Senior career*
Years	Team
2019–2024	Galatasaray
2020–2021	→ Ankaraspor (loan)
2022	→ Niğde Anadolu (loan)
2022–2023	→ İskenderun (loan)
2023–2024	→ Isparta 32 Spor (loan)
2024–	Isparta 32 Spor
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:02, 23 August 2023 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:42, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

Berk Balaban (born 1 January 2000) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Turkish club Isparta 32 Spor in the TFF Second League.

Career

Balaban is a youth product of Galatasaray, and signed his first professional contract with the club in 2019.^[1]

After a season as Galatasaray's reserve goalkeeper, he went on loan with Ankaraspor for the 2020–21 season.^[2]

He made his professional debut with Galatasaray in a 1–1 UEFA Europa League tie with St Johnstone F.C., coming on as a substitute in the 55th minute as the starting goalkeeper Fernando Muslera got a red card.^[3]

On 8 February 2022, Balaban was loaned to TFF Second League club Niğde Anadolu for the rest of the season.^[4]

On 23 August 2022, Galatasaray was leased to the TFF Second League team İskenderun for 1 year.^[5]

He signed a one-year temporary contract with Isparta 32 Spor on 23 August 2023.^[6]