Ferhat Odabaşı

Ferhat Odabaşı — Biography

Ferhat Odabaşı (born 15 July 1983 in Divriği, Sivas) is a Turkish former footballer and coach who played as a goalkeeper. He began his career in Gençlerbirliği's youth system before moving into professional football with the club's affiliate side Hacettepe, where he spent seven seasons and helped the team rise through three league tiers in four seasons, a rarely matched run.

After Hacettepe he went on loan to Eskişehirspor, then played for Çaykur Rizespor, Kardemir Karabükspor, Boluspor, Kayseri Erciyesspor, Göztepe, Orduspor and Elazığspor, signing a two-year deal with Orduspor in 2013. Ahead of the 2015–16 season he joined Ankaragücü, where he was a regular starter in the first half of the campaign. Over his career he was called up to the Turkey under-17, under-18 and under-19 national teams once each, earning three caps in total.

Since retiring as a player, Odabaşı has moved into coaching and currently works as the goalkeeping coach at Altay.