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List of Galatasaray S.K. footballers

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The following is a list of Galatasaray S.K footballers based in Istanbul, Turkey.

Key

  • The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order.
  • Appearances as a substitute are included.
  • Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 14 August 2026. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.
More information Pre-1960s, 1960s– ...
Positions key
Pre-1960s 1960s–
GK Goalkeeper
FB Full back DF Defender
HB Half back MF Midfielder
FW Forward
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Nationality
Unless otherwise noted, the nationality of a player is determined by the country/countries which he has played for, or if said person has not played international football, their country of birth.
Position
Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.
Club career
Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.
Total appearances and Total goals
Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Atatürk Cup, Istanbul Football Cup, Istanbul Football League, Istanbul Friday League, Istanbul Shield, Prime Minister's Cup, Süper Lig, Turkish Football Championship, Turkish Cup, Turkish Super Cup, TSYD Cup, European Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup. Matches; wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded, as are matches from the abandoned 1939–40 season.

Players

Record goalscorer Metin Oktay, who was also captain from 1967 to 1969.
Selçuk İnan was captain from 2014 to 2020
Fernando Muslera played 549 matches for Galatasaray and won a total of 19 trophies. (record)
Sabri Sarıoğlu made 475 appearances for Galatasaray
Fatih Terim made 434 appearances for Galatasaray and is the former Head Coach
Tugay Kerimoğlu made 418 appearances for the Galatasaray
Arda Turan made 235 appearances for Galatasaray
Gheorghe Hagi made 196 appearances for Galatasaray
Gheorghe Popescu made 181 appearances for the Galatasaray
Wesley Sneijder made 175 appearances for the Galatasaray
Felipe Melo made 155 appearances for the Galatasaray
Rigobert Song made 135 appearances for the Galatasaray
Milan Baroš made 115 appearances for the Galatasaray

Players highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Galatasaray.

More information Name, Nationality ...
List of Galatasaray S.K. players with at least 100 appearances
Name Nationality Position Galatasaray
career		 Starts Subs Total Goals Ref(s)
Appearances
Bülent Korkmaz  TurkeyDF1987–20055595461318[1]
Fernando Muslera  UruguayGK2011–202554905492[2]
Hakan Şükür  TurkeyFW1992–1995,
1995–2000,
2003–2008		51633549292[3]
Cüneyt Tanman  TurkeyDF1973–19915122353553[4]
Arif Erdem  TurkeyFW1991–2000,
2001–2005		327171498138[5]
Sabri Sarıoğlu  TurkeyMF2002–201736211347524[6]
Ergün Penbe  TurkeyMF1994–20073538543814[7]
Fatih Terim  TurkeyDF1974–1985431343429[8]
Tugay Kerimoğlu  TurkeyMF1987–20003764241840[9]
Turgay Şeren  TurkeyGK1949–196741704170[10]
Metin Oktay  TurkeyFW1955–1961,
1962–1969		4161417356[11]
Gökmen Özdenak  TurkeyFW1967–198036542407141[12]
Uğur Köken  TurkeyFW1959–1973374738148[13]
Mehmet Oğuz  TurkeyMF1967–19793562237840[14]
Suat Kaya  TurkeyMF1986–1987,
1992–2003		2818636743[15]
Hasan Şaş  TurkeyMF1998–20092668635240[16]
İsmail Demiriz  TurkeyDF1984–1993314233379[17]
Hakan Balta  TurkeyDF2007–20183042833213[18]
Selçuk İnan  TurkeyMF2011–20202923933159[19]
Hakan Ünsal  TurkeyDF1994–2002,
2003–2005		2983032825[20]
Ayhan Akman  TurkeyMF2001–20122417831916[21]
Okan Buruk  TurkeyMF1991–2001,
2006–2008		2348131544[22]
Yusuf Altıntaş  TurkeyDF1984–19942772029725[23]
Uğur Tütüneker  TurkeyFW1986–19962593329257[24]
Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu  TurkeyFW1960–1972285629182[25]
Suat Mamat  TurkeyMF1952–1963286128799[26]
Mustafa Yürür  TurkeyMF1959–1968280328313[27]
Ergun Ercins  TurkeyMF1954–196526712682[28]
Zoran Simović  YugoslaviaGK1984–199025012511[29]
Xhevat Prekazi  YugoslaviaMF1985–19922103724749[30]
Talat Özkarslı  TurkeyMF1961–1971247024715[31]
Yasin Özdenak  TurkeyGK1967–197624522470[32]
Raşit Çetiner  TurkeyDF1981–1988245124640[33]
Kadri Aytaç  TurkeyFW1953–1958,
1962–1966		242224479[34]
Muzaffer Sipahi  TurkeyDF1968–197524302431[35]
Ahmet Berman  TurkeyFW1959–1965240124113[36]
Candemir Berkman  TurkeyDF1957–196524002402[37]
Faryd Mondragón  ColombiaGK2001–200723902390[38]
Ümit Karan  TurkeyFW2001–20091756323897[39]
Erhan Önal  TurkeyDF1985–19922261223815[40]
Bülent Alkılıç  TurkeyFW1980–1986,
1989–1991		1845323727[41]
Mustafa Ergücü  TurkeyMF1973–1976,
1978–1985		1855223728[42]
Arda Turan  TurkeyMF2004–2011,
2020–2022		1944123548[43]
Ekrem Günalp  TurkeyDF1969–1977219162356[44]
Ümit Davala  TurkeyDF1996–2001,
2002–2003		2033223433[45]
Salim Şatıroğlu  TurkeyDF1935–1949228122940[46]
Semih Yuvakuran  TurkeyDF1984–1990202212235[47]
Turan Doğangün  TurkeyMF1962–1970219322236[48]
Öner Kılıç  TurkeyFW1976–19871912521626[49]
Metin Kurt  TurkeyFW1970–1976212421648[50]
Hayrettin Demirbaş  TurkeyGK1986–199721232150[51]
Semih Kaya  TurkeyDF2008–2017,
2019,
2022		199122115[52]
Muhammet Altıntaş  TurkeyMF1986–19931733620911[53]
Barış Alper Yılmaz  TurkeyMF2021–1376920637[54]
Muzaffer Tokaç  TurkeyFW1942–1955200020050[55]
Gündüz Kılıç  TurkeyFW1935–19522000200150[56]
Tuncay Temeller  TurkeyDF1970–19791861319923[57]
Mehmet Özgül  TurkeyFW1972–1978,
1981		1821619859[58]
İsfendiyar Açıksöz  TurkeyFW1946–1960196019742[59]
Gheorghe Hagi  RomaniaMF1996–2001190619673[60]
Erdal Keser  TurkeyFW1984–1986,
1989–1994		1702619659[61]
Metin Yıldız  TurkeyMF1978–1985,
1989–1992		1652819312[62]
Ergün Acuner  TurkeyDF1964–1971188118932[63]
Aydın Güleş  TurkeyMF1970–1976170161867[64]
Faruk Barlas  TurkeyDF1933–1935,
1938–1947		18601860[65]
Ahmet Karlıklı  TurkeyDF1957–1965183118412[66]
Bülent Ünder  TurkeyMF1969–19781493318210[67]
Gheorghe Popescu  RomaniaDF1997–200118011818[68]
Emre Çolak  TurkeyMF2009–20161047718119[69]
Kerem Aktürkoğlu  TurkeyFW2020–20241344517946[70]
Eser Özaltındere  TurkeyGK1978–198417521770[71]
Lucas Torreira  UruguayMF2022–1661017610[72]
Wesley Sneijder  NetherlandsMF2013–20171621317546[73]
Osman İncili  TurkeyGK1938–194917501750[74]
Umut Bulut  TurkeyFW2012–2016898417343[75]
Güngör Tekin  TurkeyDF1975–1980172117311[76]
Abdülkerim Bardakcı  TurkeyDF2022–164817216[77]
Fatih Akyel  TurkeyDF1997–20011462417010[78]
Müfit Erkasap  TurkeyDF1974–1983156141696[79]
Servet Çetin  TurkeyDF2007–2012160816812[80]
Yılmaz Gökdel  TurkeyFW1963–1970163516820[81]
Bülent Eken  TurkeyDF1942–1950,
1952–1955		165016561[82]
Musa Sezer  TurkeyMF1937–195116501653[83]
Nihat Akbay  TurkeyGK1968–197816041640[84]
Cihan Haspolatlı  TurkeyDF2002–20071342916313[85]
Sofiane Feghouli  AlgeriaMF2017–20221273516234[86]
Bahri Altıntabak  TurkeyMF1960–1967157316046[87]
Berkan Kutlu  TurkeyMF2021–202688711593[88]
Emre Belözoğlu  TurkeyMF1996–20011194015921[89]
Ahmet Ceyhan  TurkeyDF1982–1987148101581[90]
Tanju Çolak  TurkeyFW1987–19911525157145[91]
Hamza Hamzaoğlu  TurkeyMF1991–1995148715511[92]
Felipe Melo  BrazilMF2011–2015148715518[93]
Ryan Donk  SurinameMF2016–2021120351558[94]
Tarık Kutver  TurkeyFW1962–1967152015249[95]
Yunus Akgün  TurkeyMF2018–905814828[96]
Yasin Öztekin  TurkeyMF2014–20181074114831[97]
Emre Aşık  TurkeyDF2000–2003,
2006–2010		123241474[98]
Saim Tayşengil  TurkeyDF1955–196014611478[99]
Doğan Sel  TurkeyDF1963–196814511461[100]
Martin Linnes  NorwayDF2016–2021109371465[101]
Victor Nelsson  DenmarkDF2021–124201444[102]
Cláudio Taffarel  BrazilGK1998–200114401440[103]
Erdoğan Arıca  TurkeyDF1977–198114311442[104]
Marcão  BrazilDF2019–202214101412[105]
Burak Yılmaz  TurkeyFW2012–20161281314182[106]
Eşfak Aykaç  TurkeyFW1935–1945141014159[107]
Necati Ateş  TurkeyFW2004–2007,
2012		1182214065[108]
Adnan Esen  TurkeyMF1982–1987108321404[109]
Ali Çoban  TurkeyDF1980–198413641406[110]
Aydın Yılmaz  TurkeyMF2005–2015449413811[111]
Dries Mertens  BelgiumFW2022–20251072913625[112]
Rigobert Song  CameroonDF2004–200812961356[113]
Mauro Icardi  ArgentinaFW2022–2026973713477[114]
Mert Korkmaz  TurkeyDF1991–1997104301341[115]
Barış Özbek  TurkeyMF2007–20111013313412[116]
Şevki Şenlen  TurkeyFW1973–19771221213432[117]
Arif Kocabıyık  TurkeyMF1985–1989109241332[118]
Arif Sevinç  TurkeyMF1940–1948132013233[119]
Reha Eken  TurkeyFW1944–1954131013182[120]
Adnan İncirmen  TurkeyDF1937–194913011310[121]
Necdet Cici  TurkeyFW1928–1941131013163[122]
Younès Belhanda  MoroccoMF2017–20211171413122[123]
Vedat İnceefe  TurkeyDF1995–200396331294[124]
Kaan Ayhan  TurkeyDF2023–69591284[125]
Ömer Bayram  TurkeyMF2018–202270561262[126]
Ahmet Akkuş  TurkeyMF1970–1974962912524[127]
Mehmet Topal  TurkeyMF2006–2010102221244[128]
Coşkun Özarı  TurkeyMF1953–1960124012419[129]
Davinson Sánchez  ColombiaDF2023–1121012210[130]
Stjepan Tomas  CroatiaDF2004–200711911201[131]
Aurélien Chedjou  CameroonDF2013–2017113611912[132]
Ali Beratlıgil  TurkeyFW1951–1958118011833[133]
İlyas Tüfekçi  TurkeyFW1986–1990843211625[134]
Enver Arslanalp  TurkeyMF1939–194511601164[135]
Sinan Gümüş  TurkeyFW2014–2019546211633[136]
Milan Baroš  Czech RepublicFW2008–2013872811561[137]
Mersad Kovačević  YugoslaviaFW1986–1989872711438[138]
Capone  BrazilMF1999–2002103101139[139]
Gürcan Aday  TurkeyMF1977–198186231094[140]
Mustafa Gençsoy  TurkeyMF1940–1946109010930[141]
Mariano  BrazilDF2017–20209781052[142]
Orhan Ak  TurkeyDF2003–20079581035[143]
Bülent Gürbüz  TurkeyGK1960–196710021020[144]
Taylan Antalyalı  TurkeyMF2019–202582201022[145]
Emmanuel Eboué  Ivory CoastDF2011–20159561015[146]
Sacha Boey  FranceDF2021–2024,
2026		90101006[147]
Ryan Babel  NetherlandsMF2019–2022614810017[148]
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