Turkey national football team statistics and records: oldest players

Competitions:

Oldest Turkey players

Turkey's oldest players, and their age in years and days on the occasion of their most recent appearance, starting or coming on as a substitute.

For each player age is given in days, and in years and days, from their date of birth.

Player Age (Y:d) Age (days) Match
Emre Belözoğlu 39:33 14278 11 Oct 2019
	
v Albania
Rüştü Reçber 39:16 14261 26 May 2012
	
v Finland
Lefter Küçükandonyadis 38:290 14170 09 Oct 1963
	
v Romania
Engin İpekoğlu 38:162 14042 17 Nov 1999
	
v Republic of Ireland
Tugay Kerimoğlu 36:285 13434 05 Jun 2007
	
v Brazil
Bülent Korkmaz 36:266 13415 17 Aug 2005
	
v Bulgaria
Burak Yilmaz 36:252 13401 24 Mar 2022
	
v Portugal
Okan Buruk 36:215 13364 22 May 2010
	
v Czech Republic
Emre Aşık 36:160 13309 22 May 2010
	
v Czech Republic
Hakan Şükür 36:46 13195 17 Oct 2007
	
v Greece
Oğuz Çetin 35:202 12986 05 Sep 1998
	
v Northern Ireland
Ibrahim Üzülmez 35:87 12871 05 Jun 2009
	
v France
Umut Bulut 35:74 12858 28 May 2018
	
v Iran
Mustafa Ertan 35:23 12807 14 May 1961
	
v Romania
Mert Günok 35:21 12805 22 Mar 2024
	
v Hungary
Senol Güneş 34:296 12715 25 Mar 1987
	
v East Germany
Naci Erdem 34:254 12673 09 Oct 1965
	
v Czechoslovakia
Alpaslan Eratlı 34:182 12601 11 May 1983
	
v Albania
Turgay Seren 34:153 12572 16 Oct 1966
	
v USSR
Ergün Penbe 34:111 12530 06 Sep 2006
	
v Malta
Yusuf Simsek 34:82 12501 10 Oct 2009
	
v Belgium
Gökhan Gönül 34:76 12495 22 Mar 2019
	
v Albania
Tayfur Havutçu 33:342 12396 31 Mar 2004
	
v Croatia
Mehmet Aurélio 33:295 12349 07 Oct 2011
	
v Germany
Can Bartu 33:289 12343 16 Nov 1969
	
v USSR
Tümer Metin 33:254 12308 25 Jun 2008
	
v Germany
Volkan Demirel 33:227 12281 12 Jun 2015
	
v Kazakhstan
Serkan Kırıntılı 33:203 12257 07 Sep 2018
	
v Russia
Hakan Balta 33:197 12251 06 Oct 2016
	
v Ukraine
Omer Erdogan 33:157 12211 08 Oct 2010
	
v Germany
Mahmut Tekdemir 33:131 12185 31 May 2021
	
v Guinea
Suat Kaya 33:81 12135 15 Nov 2000
	
v France
Caner Erkin 33:42 12096 16 Nov 2021
	
v Montenegro
Turgay Semercioğlu 33:6 12060 04 Mar 1987
	
v Romania
Suat Mamat 32:335 12023 09 Oct 1963
	
v Romania
Cüneyt Tanman 32:319 12007 30 Nov 1988
	
v East Germany
Metin Oktay 32:313 12001 11 Dec 1968
	
v Northern Ireland
Ali Kemal Denizci 32:296 11984 22 Dec 1982
	
v Bulgaria
Selcuk Inan 32:272 11960 09 Nov 2017
	
v Romania
Mehmet Topal 32:262 11950 20 Nov 2018
	
v Ukraine
Ayhan Akman 32:233 11921 14 Oct 2009
	
v Armenia
Gündüz Kılıç 32:231 11919 17 Jun 1951
	
v West Germany
Ogün Temizkanoğlu 32:193 11881 17 Apr 2002
	
v Chile
Alpay Özalan 32:171 11859 16 Nov 2005
	
v Switzerland
Ceyhun Eris 32:148 11836 10 Oct 2009
	
v Belgium
Cenk Tosun 32:130 11818 15 Oct 2023
	
v Latvia
Basri Dirimilli 32:123 11811 08 Oct 1961
	
v Romania
Erdoğan Arıca 32:97 11785 29 Oct 1986
	
v Yugoslavia
Cemil Turan 32:90 11778 01 Apr 1979
	
v Germany
Sedat Özden 32:47 11735 16 Oct 1985
	
v England
Ali Çoban 32:13 11701 14 Oct 1987
	
v England
Muzaffer Sipahi 31:355 11678 25 Feb 1973
	
v Italy
Hamit Altintop 31:339 11662 12 Nov 2014
	
v Brazil
Efecan Karaca 31:292 11615 04 Sep 2021
	
v Gibraltar
Ismail Kurt 31:281 11604 09 Oct 1965
	
v Czechoslovakia
İlker Yağcıoğlu 31:215 11538 11 Oct 1997
	
v Netherlands
Recep Çetin 31:211 11534 30 Apr 1997
	
v Belgium
Mehmet Özdilek 31:193 11516 11 Oct 1997
	
v Netherlands
Bilal Kisa 31:143 11466 12 Nov 2014
	
v Brazil
Ercan Aktuna 31:140 11463 14 Nov 1971
	
v Albania
Selcuk Sahin 31:122 11445 02 Jun 2012
	
v Portugal
Kadri Aytaç 31:118 11441 02 Dec 1962
	
v Italy
Fehmi Sağınoğlu 31:113 11436 24 Apr 1968
	
v Poland
Hakan Ünsal 31:96 11419 18 Aug 2004
	
v Belarus
Şeref Has 31:61 11384 28 Nov 1967
	
v Pakistan
Emre Akbaba 31:44 11367 18 Nov 2023
	
v Germany
Arif Erdem 31:41 11364 12 Feb 2003
	
v Ukraine
Serdar Gürler 31:11 11334 25 Sep 2022
	
v Faroe Islands
Selçuk Yalçıntaş 31:1 11324 01 Dec 1974
	
v Switzerland
Tolga Zengin 31:0 11323 10 Oct 2014
	
v Czech Republic
Serdar Aziz 30:350 11308 08 Oct 2021
	
v Norway
Serdar Dursun 30:341 11299 25 Sep 2022
	
v Faroe Islands
Sergen Yalçın 30:339 11297 11 Oct 2003
	
v England
Ahmet Berman 30:335 11293 02 Dec 1962
	
v Italy
Metin Tekin 30:324 11282 29 Mar 1995
	
v Sweden
Nihat Kahveci 30:323 11281 12 Oct 2010
	
v Azerbaijan
Mustafa Denizli 30:318 11276 24 Sep 1980
	
v Iceland
Hasan Ali Kaldirim 30:309 11267 14 Oct 2020
	
v Serbia
Umit Davala 30:272 11230 28 Apr 2004
	
v Belgium
Sinan Bolat 30:271 11229 02 Jun 2019
	
v Uzbekistan
Saffet Akbaş 30:269 11227 05 Jun 1999
	
v Finland
Arda Turan 30:249 11207 06 Oct 2017
	
v Iceland
Hami Mandıralı 30:249 11207 27 Mar 1999
	
v Moldova
Hayrettin Demirbaş 30:242 11200 23 Feb 1994
	
v Czech Republic
Omer Çatkıç 30:236 11194 08 Jun 2005
	
v Kazakhstan
Erol Togay 30:235 11193 24 Sep 1980
	
v Iceland
Saffet Sancakli 30:224 11182 09 Oct 1996
	
v France
MUSTAFA Ozer 30:223 11181 23 Jun 1995
	
v Chile
Fatih Terim 30:212 11170 04 Apr 1984
	
v Hungary
Bekir Irtegun 30:205 11163 12 Nov 2014
	
v Brazil
Servet Çetin 30:203 11161 07 Oct 2011
	
v Germany
Tolga Ciğerci 30:182 11140 22 Sep 2022
	
v Luxembourg
Abdullah Ercan 30:166 11124 23 May 2002
	
v South Africa
Yaşar Duran 30:131 11089 16 Oct 1985
	
v England
Gökmen Özdenak 30:130 11088 30 Oct 1977
	
v Austria
Faruk Yigit 30:121 11079 14 Aug 1996
	
v Moldova
Ayfer Elmastaşoğlu 30:103 11061 05 Dec 1971
	
v Poland
Erhan Önal 30:103 11061 16 Dec 1987
	
v Yugoslavia
Unal Karaman 30:102 11060 09 Oct 1996
	
v France
Aykut Kocaman 30:76 11034 21 Jun 1995
	
v New Zealand