Metehan Altunbaş

Metehan Altunbaş (born 7 January 2003) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a forward for Süper Lig club Kocaelispor.

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.

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.

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.

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