Tolgahan Acar

Tolgahan Acar — Biography

Tolgahan Acar was born on 4 June 1986 in Adana and is a Turkish goalkeeper. He also played for the Çukurova Üniversitesi team. He moved to the Adanaspor academy in 2002 and then to Gaziantepspor, where he spent most of his time in the youth team or on loan at Adanaspor, and was third-choice goalkeeper in 2006-07.

He returned to Adanaspor in 2009 and was the starting goalkeeper in 32 matches in 2009-10, earning the fans' affection with his saves. In later years he played for Altınordu, which he left in spring 2016, and Göztepe. At Sivasspor he won the TFF First League in 2016-17; he joined Denizlispor in June 2019 and parted ways with Giresunspor in August 2021. He later played in the Third League for Turgutluspor and Adana 1954 FK.

He was called up to Turkey's national youth teams 25 times, with nine appearances for the under-18s, two for the under-19s and one for the under-20s. He is also known for outspoken comments on foreign players in Turkish football; in 2017 he told Sabah that the quality of foreign signings mattered more than their number.