Caner Cavlan

Caner Cavlan
Cavlan with Austria Wien in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 (age 34)
Place of birth Doetinchem, Netherlands
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Aliağa FK
Number 39
Youth career
VV Doetinchem
DZC '68
De Graafschap
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 De Graafschap 47 (7)
2015–2018 Heerenveen 38 (1)
2017 → Şanlıurfaspor 12 (1)
2017–2018 → Boluspor 11 (1)
2018–2019 Emmen 34 (4)
2019–2020 Austria Wien 7 (0)
2020–2021 Emmen 33 (0)
2021–2023 Bandırmaspor 54 (2)
2023–2026 Iğdır 58 (3)
2026 Serikspor 10 (0)
2026– Aliağa FK 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 October 2026

Caner Cavlan (born 5 February 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left-back for TFF 2. Lig club Aliağa FK. Besides the Netherlands, he has played in Turkey and Austria.

Club career

Cavlan is known for his passing skills. Cavlan also is a free-kick specialist. He made his debut for De Graafschap in the away game versus AZ replacing Sjoerd Overgoor as a second-half substitute. He moved to Heerenveen in summer 2015.

Heerenveen loaned him to Turkish second division side Şanlıurfaspor in January 2017.

On 18 June 2021, he returned to Turkey and signed a two-year contract with Bandırmaspor.

Personal life

Born in the Netherlands, Cavlan is of Turkish descent.

References

  1. ↑ "CANER CAVLUN - Futbolcu Bilgileri TFF". www.tff.org. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  2. ↑ 'Ik kwam hier bij een topclub, in Nederland was dat een subtopper geworden' voetbalzone.nl
  3. ↑ Caner Cavlan naar sc Heerenveen Archived 19 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine - De Graafschap (in Dutch)
  4. ↑ Caner Cavlan vertrekt op huurbasis naar Şanlıurfaspor - SC Heerenveen (in Dutch)
  5. ↑ "CANER CAVLAN BANDIRMASPORUMUZDA" (in Turkish). Bandırmaspor. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Doetinchemer Caner Cavlan voorspelt: Het wordt 2-0 voor ons". RTV Drenthe.