Alperen Uysal

Alperen Uysal — Biography

Muhammed Alperen Uysal (born 1 January 1994 in Balıkesir) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. The son of former footballer Levent Uysal, he joined the academy of Balıkesir Yeni Sanayispor at age nine and moved to Galatasaray in 2006 after catching the eye of the club's goalkeeping coach, Nezih Ali Boloğlu. He was named best goalkeeper of a 2010 tournament that also featured Real Madrid and Barcelona's youth sides, rose to the Galatasaray A2 side in 2012, signed his first professional contract with Galatasaray on 27 February 2013, and was promoted to the first team at the start of the 2014-15 season.

Uysal was loaned to Gaziantepspor in 2015, making his professional debut against Beşiktaş on 2 April 2016. He moved on a free transfer to Çaykur Rizespor in 2016, İstanbulspor in 2018 and Antalyaspor in 2022, then joined Manisa FK in 2023 and returned to the club in 2024. He later played for Sarıyer before transferring to Vanspor in 2026.

Uysal represented Turkey from under-15 through under-20 level, was part of the squad that reached the semi-finals of the 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, and played for the under-20 team at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Alongside football he studied at Bahçeşehir University's business school; his mother, Ayla Uysal, is a former national-team shooter, and his brother, Şahin Uysal, is a national karateka.