Aytaç Kara

Aytaç Kara
Personal information
Date of birth	23 March 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Bornova, Turkey
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Kasımpaşa
Number	35
Youth career
2003–2010	Altay
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2012	Altay
2012–2015	Eskişehirspor
2015–2018	Trabzonspor
2017–2018	→ Yeni Malatyaspor (loan)
2018–2019	Bursaspor
2019–2021	Kasımpaşa
2021–2022	Galatasaray
2022	→ Göztepe (loan)
2022–	Kasımpaşa
International career‡
2010–2011	Turkey U18
2011	Turkey U19
2012	Turkey U20
2013–2014	Turkey U21
2013–	Turkey
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:25, 13 December 2024 (UTC).; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2019

Aytaç Kara (born 23 March 1993) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Süper Lig club Kasımpaşa.

Club career

Kara made his Süper Lig debut on 31 August 2012.^[2]^[3]

He signed a three-year contract with Galatasaray in the 2021-22 season.^[4]^[5]

On 2 August 2022, his contract was terminated on mutual agreement.^[6]

On 4 February 2022, he was loaned to Göztepe until the end of the season.^[7]

As of match played 23 August 2024^[8]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup^[a]		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Altay	2010–11	1. Lig	1	0	1	0	—		—		2	0
	2011–12	2. Lig	20	0	1	0	—		—		21	0
	Total		21	0	2	0	—		—		23	0
Eskişehirspor	2012–13	Süper Lig	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
	2013–14		26	3	10	1	—		—		36	4
	2014–15		3	0	2	0	—		—		5	0
	Total		31	3	12	1	0	0	—		43	4
Trabzonspor	2014–15	Süper Lig	4	0	1	0	—		—		5	0
	2015–16		18	1	6	1	2^[b]	0	—		26	2
	2016–17		17	0	6	0	—		—		23	0
	Total		39	1	13	1	2	0	—		54	2
Yeni Malatyaspor (loan)	2017–18	Süper Lig	29	4	2	0	—		—		31	4
Bursaspor	2018–19	Süper Lig	32	6	0	0	—		—		32	6
Kasımpaşa	2019–20	Süper Lig	32	5	3	3	—		—		35	8
	2020–21	Süper Lig	26	4	3	0	—		—		29	4
	Total		58	9	6	3	—		—		64	12
Galatasaray	2021–22	Süper Lig	6	0	0	0	6^[c]	0	—		12	0
Göztepe (loan)	2021–22	Süper Lig	7	0	1	0	—		—		8	0
Kasımpaşa	2022–23	Süper Lig	32	3	2	2	—		—		34	5
	2023–24	Süper Lig	37	14	1	0	—		—		38	14
	Total		69	17	3	2	—		—		72	19
Career total			292	40	39	7	8	0	—		339	47

^ Includes Turkish Cup
^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League

^ Aytaç Kara at National-Football-Teams.com
^ "AYTAÇ KARA - Player Details". TFF.org. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
^ "Aytaç Kara Kasımpaşamızda". Kasımpaşa. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
^ "Hoş geldin Aytaç Kara!". www.galatasaray.org. 11 June 2021.
^ "Aytaç Kara ile sözleşme imzalandı". www.galatasaray.org. 11 June 2021.
^ "Profesyonel futbolcumuz Aytaç Kara'nın sözleşme feshi hakkında". Galatasaray S.K. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
^ "Aytaç Kara Göztepe'mizde". goztepe.org.tr (in Turkish). 4 February 2022. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
^ Aytaç Kara at Soccerway

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