List of Turkish German sportspeople

The following is a list of notable Turkish German sportspeople. This includes people of full or partial ethnic Turkish origin born in Germany, as well as ethnic Turkish immigrants who have arrived in Germany either from the Seljuk and Ottoman territories or from post-Ottoman modern nation-states (especially from the Republic of Turkey, but also from the Balkans, Cyprus, as well as other parts of the Levant and North Africa).

See List of Turkish Germans for other Turkish Germans.

Sports

Abdulkadir Kalender, karate master , football player Tunay Açar, football player Berkan Afşarlı, football player Ertuğrul Ağca, freestyle wrestler Dilan Ağgül, football player Mahir Agva, basketball player , volleyball trainer Kaan Akça, football player Murat Akça, football player Alper Akçam, football player Sinan Akdag, ice hockey defenceman Aykut Akgün, football player Mehmet Akgün, football player , football player Serhat Akın, football player Atakan Akkaynak, football player İsmet Akpınar, basketball player Taşkın Aksoy, football manager and former football player Orhan Aktaş, football player , boxer , football player Ufuk Akyol, football player Erhan Albayrak, football manager and former football player Uğur Albayrak, football player Berkan Algan, football player Selçuk Alibaz, football player Deniz Almas, sprinter (Turkish father and German mother) Ünal Alpuğan, football player Salih Altın, football player Volkan Altın, football player Koray Altınay, football player Tevfik Altındağ, football player Halil Altıntop, football player Hamit Altıntop, football player Burak Altıparmak, football player Drahşan Arda, world's first female football referee , boxer , futsal player Ahmet Arslan, football player Ensar Arslan, football player Firat Arslan, boxer Tolgay Arslan, football player Volkan Arslan, football coach and former football player Jyhan Artut, darts player Hakan Aslantaş, football player Serkan Atak, football player Ismail Atalan, football manager , football player , basketball coach Barış Atik, football player Osman Atılgan, football player Engin Atsür, basketball player (Turkish father and a German mother) Kerim Avcı, football player Deniz Aycicek, football player Levent Ayçiçek, football player (Turkish father and a German mother) İbrahim Aydemir, football player Selim Aydemir, football player Semih Aydilek, football player Anıl Aydın, football player Erhan Aydın, football player Mehmet Can Aydin, football player , swimmer Okan Aydın, football player Oğuzhan Aydoğan, football player Taylan Aydoğan, football player Ercan Aydogmus, football player Necat Aygün, football player Şahin Aygüneş, football player Kaan Ayhan, football player Onur Ayık, football player Deniz Aytekin, football referee Can Ayvazoğlu, volleyball player Bilal Aziz, football player (Turkish Lebanese origin) , karateka Sezer Badur, football player Yohannes Bahçecioğlu, football player Feride Bakır, football player Sinan Bakış, football player Alper Balaban, football player Orkan Balkan, football player Hakan Balta, football player Deniz Barış, football player , football player Barbaros Barut, football player Atif Bashir, football player (Turkish German mother) Barış Başdaş, football player , football player Muhittin Baştürk, football player Yıldıray Baştürk, football player Malik Batmaz, football player , football player Ensar Baykan, football player Mithat Bayrak, Olympic wrestler Durmuş Bayram, football player Engin Baytar, football player Efkan Bekiroğlu, football player Abdulkadir Beyazıt, football player Ferhat Bıkmaz, football player Oğuzhan Bıyık, football player Ali Bilgin, football player Burak Bilgin, football player , football player Atilla Birlik, football player Murat Bosporus, wrestler Can Bozdoğan, football player Gökhan Bozkaya, football player Mehmet Boztepe, football player İsmail Budak, football player , taekwondoin Ufuk Budak, football player Erol Bulut, football player , football player Onur Bulut, football player İrfan Buz, football manager and former football player Kerem Bülbül, football player Marvin Sinan Büyüksakarya, football player Emre Can, football player Görkem Can, football player Müslüm Can, football player Ahmet Canbaz, football player Fatih Candan, football player , pool player Erdem Canpolat, football player Onur Capin, football player Ahmet Cebe, football player Selina Cerci, football player Gülhiye Cengiz, football player Hakan Cengiz, football coach and former football player , bodybuilder Ali Ceylan, football player , boxer , kickboxer Tolcay Ciğerci, football player Tolga Ciğerci, football player Daniyel Cimen, football manager and football player , football player Can Coşkun, football player Ecem Cumert, football player , wrestler Hamza Çakır, football player Hakan Çalhanoğlu, football player Kerim Çalhanoğlu, football player Muhammed Çalhanoğlu, football player Serkan Çalık, football player Taşkın Çalış, football player Gökhan Çalışal, football player Kaan Çaliskaner, football player Nizamettin Çalışkan, football player Halet Çambel, fencer; the first Muslim woman to compete in the Olympic Games Tarık Çamdal, football player Ali Çamdalı, football player Burak Çamoğlu, football player , football player , football player Ekin Çelebi, football player Erdal Çelik, football player , taekwondo practitioner Mete Çelik, football player Musa Çelik, football player Neco Çelik, football player Okan Aydın , football player; he was the first blind footballer to score the goal of the month in August 2018 , football player Onur Çenik, football player Ferhat Çerçi, football player , football player Berk Çetin, football player Şahverdi Çetin, football player , taekwondo athlete Hikmet Çiftçi, football player Orkan Çınar, football player Şamil Çinaz, football player Yusuf Çoban, football player Bilal Çubukçu, football player Berkay Dabanlı, football player Ümit Davala, assistant manager of Galatasaray S.K. and former football player , e-athlete Gülşen Degener, carom billiards player , bodybuilder Ersin Demir, football coach and former football player Mete Kaan Demir, football player , football player Kerem Demirbay, football player , football player , football player Mithat Demirel, basketball player Yeşim Demirel, football player Ünal Demirkıran, football player Uğur Demirkol, football player Ahmet Dereli, football player Okan Derici, football player Volkan Dikmen, football player , basketball player Eren Dinkçi, football player Selin Dişli, football player Abdullah Doğan, football player Deniz Doğan, football player Hüzeyfe Doğan, football player İshak Doğan, football player Muhammed Ali Doğan, football player Mustafa Doğan, football player Pakize Gözde Dökel, football player Sara Doorsoun, football player (Turkish mother and Iranian father) Murat Doymus, football player Taylan Duman, football player , football player Burcu Düner, football player , football player İlkay Durmuş, football player Ahmet Dursun, football player Serdar Dursun, football player Kasim Edebali, American football player (Turkish German mother and African American father) Cem Efe, football manager and former football player Hasan Egilmez, football manager Volkan Eğri, football player Yasin Ehliz, ice hockey player Mehmet Ekici, football player Volkan Ekici, football player Baris Ekincier, football player Ahmet Engin, football player , football player Tuğrul Erat, football player Aykut Erçetin, football player Alparslan Erdem, football player , futsal player Lena Erdil, windsurfer (Turkish father and German mother) Okan Erdoğan, football player Ömer Erdoğan, football player Ümit Ergirdi, football player Helga Nadire İnan Ertürk, football player Sertan Eser, football player Pierre Esser, football player Muhsin Ertuğral, football manager Erkan Eyibil, football player Malik Fathi, football player (Turkish father and German mother) Cem Felek, football player Engin Fırat, football manager Serkan Fırat, football player Benjamin Fuchs, football player (Turkish mother and Austrian father) , futsal and football player Emrehan Gedikli, football player Turgay Gemicibasi, football player , football referee Ayhan Gezen, football player Serkan Göcer, football player Ali Gökdemir, football player Berkant Göktan, football player Turgay Gölbaşı, football player Anil Gözütok, football player Lukas Gottwalt, football player Sergio Gucciardo, football player (Turkish father and Italian mother) Dilaver Güçlü, football player Faruk Gül, football player Gökhan Gül, football player , football player Bilal Gülden, football player Rabia Gülec, Olympic taekwondo practitioner Tahir Güleç, Olympic taekwondo practitioner Semih Güler, football player , football player Ceyhun Gülselam, football player Neşat Gülünoğlu, football player Sinan Gümüş, football player Gökhan Gümüşsu, football player İlkay Gündoğan, football player Selim Gündüz, football player Berkant Güner, football player Çetin Güner, football player Ali Güneş, football player Serdar Güneş, football player Umut Güneş, football player , football player Mustafa Güngör, rugby player Koray Günter, football player Emre Güral, football player , basketball coach Ahmet Gürleyen, football player Cenk Güvenç, football player Günay Güvenç, football player Sercan Güvenışık, football player , football player Tayfur Havutçu, football player Özer Hurmacı, football player Fatma Işık, football player Cem Islamoglu, football player Şenol İbişi, football player , football player Uğur İnceman, football player Cenk İşler, football player Deniz Kadah, football player Cagatay Kader, football player Hasan Ali Kaldırım, football player , football player Fuat Kalkan, football player , football player Murat Kalkan, football player , football player Özge Kanbay, football player , football player Burak Kaplan, football player , football player Cihan Kaptan, football player Fatma Kara, football player Mehmet Kara, football player Arzu Karabulut, football player Aydın Karabulut, football player Cem Karaca, football player , carambola player , football player , football player Kenan Karaman, football player Burak Karan, football player (Turkish Syrian origin) Ümit Karan, football manager and former football player , football player Atakan Karazor, football player Özgür Kart, football player Sinan Karweina, football player Yusuf Kasal, football player Fatih Kaya, football player Güngör Kaya, football player Hasan Kaya, football player , football player Saffet Kaya, football player Nurettin Kayaoğlu, football player Hasret Kayikçi, football player Burhanettin Kaymak, football player Oğuzhan Kefkir, football player Umut Kekıllı, football player , badminton Erdal Keser, football player Polat Keser, football player Serdar Kesimal, football player Fuat Kılıç, football manager and former football player Erdal Kılıçaslan, football player Fatih Kıran, football player Ferhat Kıskanç, football player , wrestler Lucky Kid, wrestler Muhammed Kiprit, football player Abdul Kizmaz, football player Bertul Kocabaş, football player Kenan Kocak, football player Yasin Kocatepe, football player Cengiz Koç, heavyweight boxer Filiz Koç, football player Süleyman Koç, football player Celaleddin Koçak, football player Guido Koçer, football player Umut Koçin, football player Özkan Koçtürk, football player Çağla Korkmaz, football player Serhat Koruk, football player Tayfun Korkut, football player , football player Serhat Kot, football player Bahattin Köse, football player Tevfik Köse, football player , football player Cüneyt Köz, football player Oktay Kuday, football player Ahmet Kulabas, football player Burakcan Kunt, football player Mehmet Kurt, football player