Kaan Caliskaner

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Kaan Caliskaner

| image =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1999|11|3}}

| birth_place = Cologne, Germany

| height = 1.92 m

| position = Centre-forward

| currentclub = Motor Lublin

| clubnumber = 11

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2017

| youthclubs1 = Bergisch Gladbach

| youthyears2 = 2018

| youthclubs2 = 1. FC Köln

| years1 = 2018–2020

| clubs1 = 1. FC Köln II

| caps1 = 41

| goals1 = 10

| years2 = 2020–2023

| clubs2 = Jahn Regensburg

| caps2 = 78

| goals2 = 8

| years3 = 2023–2024

| clubs3 = Eintracht Braunschweig

| caps3 = 11

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2024

| clubs4 = → Jagiellonia Białystok (loan)

| caps4 = 14

| goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2024

| clubs5 = → Jagiellonia Białystok II (loan)

| caps5 = 1

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2024–

| clubs6 = Motor Lublin

| caps6 = 16

| goals6 = 1

| club-update = 14:13, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

}}

Kaan Caliskaner ({{langx|tr|Çalışkaner}}; born 3 November 1999) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Ekstraklasa club Motor Lublin.{{WorldFootball.net}}

Career

Caliskaner made his professional debut for Jahn Regensburg in the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal on 13 September 2020, starting in the home match against 3. Liga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/dfb-pokal-2020-2021-1-runde-1-fc-kaiserslautern-jahn-regensburg/ |title=Germany » DFB-Pokal 2020/2021 » 1. Round » 1. FC Kaiserslautern – Jahn Regensburg |website=WorldFootball.net |date=13 September 2020 |access-date=13 September 2020}}

On 18 July 2023, Caliskaner signed a two-year contract with Eintracht Braunschweig.{{cite web|publisher=Eintracht Braunschweig|url=https://www.eintracht.com/news/artikel/kaan-caliskaner-wird-ein-loewe|title=Kaan Caliskaner wird ein Löwe|trans-title=Kaan Caliskaner becomes a lion|date=18 July 2023|access-date=18 July 2023|language=de}} On 10 January 2024, he joined Ekstraklasa club Jagiellonia Białystok on loan until the end of the season.{{cite web|url=https://www.jagiellonia.pl/aktualnosci/kaan-caliskaner-zawodnikiem-jagiellonii-biaystok|trans-title = Kaan Caliskaner is a player of Jagiellonia Białystok | title = Kaan Caliskaner zawodnikiem Jagiellonii Białystok | language = pl | website = jagiellonia.pl|date=10 January 2024 | access-date = 10 January 2024}} He scored once in 14 league appearances as Jagiellonia won the first top-flight title in the club's history, before going back to Eintracht in June 2024.{{cite web |title=Kaan Caliskaner, Tomasz Kupisz i Bojan Nastić odchodzą z Jagiellonii |url=http://www.90minut.pl/news/332/news3322890-Kaan-Caliskaner-Tomasz-Kupisz-i-Bojan-Nastic-odchodza-z-Jagiellonii.html |website=90minut.pl |access-date=2 July 2024 |language=pl |date=30 May 2024}}

Caliskaner returned to Poland for the following season, after signing a one-year deal with newly promoted Motor Lublin on 16 July 2024.{{cite web |title=Kaan Caliskaner nowym zawodnikiem Motoru |url=https://www.motorlublin.eu/aktualnosci/caliskaner2025 |publisher=Motor Lublin |access-date=16 July 2024 |language=pl |date=16 July 2024}}

Personal life

Born in Germany, Caliskaner is of Turkish descent.{{Cite web|url=https://futbolexpress.de/kaan-caliskaner-2-bundesligada/|title=Kaan Çalışkaner 2.Bundesliga´da | language = tr | date = 9 July 2020 | access-date = 10 January 2024 | website = futbolexpress.de}}

Honours

Jagiellonia Białystok

Ekstraklasa: 2023–24{{cite web |first=Jakub |last=Kowalski |title=Historyczny triumf! Jagiellonia Białystok mistrzem Polski |url=https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/pilka-nozna/1124411/zasluzenie-mistrzostwo-polski-po-raz-pierwszy-powedrowalo-do-bialegostoku |website=sportowefakty.wp.pl |access-date=26 May 2024 |language=pl |date=25 May 2024}}