Metehan Altunbaş (born 7 January 2003) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a forward for Adanaspor.

Career

Club career

Altunbaş came through the youth ranks of Eskişehirspor, making his professional debut for the club in a TFF First League match against İstanbulspor as an overtime substitute on 28 October 2018.

Metehan Altunbaş

In September 2020, Eskişehirspor announced his transfer to Austrian first tier side LASK, effective January 2021, for a transfer fee of reportedly €150,000. He initially was designed to play for LASK's reserve team Juniors OÖ in second tier, though making his Austrian Bundesliga debut already on 14 March 2021.

Metehan Altunbaş

International career

He played for Turkey national under-17 football team in 2020, a friendly against Slovakia, which ended with a 1–0 win for Turkey. He was also part of the U-19 team, having scored two games after nine appearances.

Metehan Altunbaş

He was summoned to the U-23 squad for the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, as his team won the tournament. He played four games out of five, and scored only one, which was the goal in the final against Saudi Arabia, as Turkey gained gold with a 1–0 win. It was notable that he became the first player to score a goal against Saudi goalkeeper Nawaf Al-Aqidi after nine games without conceding a goal from an open play.

Honours

Turkey U23

Islamic Solidarity Games: 2021

References

External links

2003 births

Living people

Turkish men's footballers

Turkey men's youth international footballers

Men's association football forwards

Eskişehirspor footballers

FC Juniors OÖ players

LASK players

Adanaspor footballers

TFF First League players

2. Liga (Austria) players

Austrian Football Bundesliga players

Turkish expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's footballers in Austria

Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Austria

Sportspeople from Eskişehir