Burak Çalık

Burak Çalık — Biography

Burak Çalık was born on 5 February 1989 in Erzincan. A former striker, he was called up to Turkey's under-21 national team eight times, making one official appearance.

He began playing football in 2001, aged 13, in the youth system of his hometown club Erzincanspor, where he won several youth-league top-scorer titles before turning professional at the start of the 2006-07 season; he scored seven goals in 20 first-team matches there. He moved to Altay in 2008 and became the club's top scorer in his debut season. In 2009-10 he drew attention with two goals against Karşıyaka in the İzmir derby and further goals in the Turkish Cup.

He transferred to Samsunspor in 2011, spending his first season on loan at Adanaspor before signing permanently with Adanaspor in the winter of 2012-13. He moved to Balıkesirspor in 2013-14 and helped the club win promotion to the Süper Lig, then finished the 2015-16 season with 13 goals at Adana Demirspor. After returning to Balıkesirspor, he transferred to Denizlispor and won the 1. Lig title with the club in 2018-19. In January 2020 he left Denizlispor to sign again for Samsunspor, and retired from football in August 2023. He then moved into club management at Erzincanspor and was elected president of 24 Erzincanspor in December 2024.