Ali Kabacalman

Ali Kabacalman
Kabacalman in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-09-27) 27 September 1995
Place of birth Lausanne, Switzerland
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sion
Number 88
Youth career
Lausanne-Sport
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2018 Lausanne-Sport 3 (0)
2013–2014 →Monthey (loan) 11 (0)
2014–2015 →FC Azzurri 90 (loan) 16 (0)
2015–2017 Team Vaud U21 51 (6)
2018–2019 Chiasso 28 (0)
2019–2023 Yverdon-Sport 101 (4)
2022 Yverdon-Sport II 1 (0)
2023– Sion 81 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 02:12, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 02:12, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

Ali Kabacalman (born 27 March 1995) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Swiss Super League club Sion.

Club career

Kabacalman is a product of this hometown club Lausanne-Sport, and began his senior career with Monthey and FC Azzurri 90 in 2013 and 2014 respectively in the Swiss 1. Liga.[1] He returned to Lausanne in 2015, where he helped them win the 2015–16 Swiss Challenge League.[2]

In 2018, Kabacalman moved to Chiasso for a couple of seasons, before a stint with Rapperswil-Jona in January 2019. In the summer of 2019, he joined Yverdon Sport, then in the Swiss Promotion League. After 4 seasons with Yverdon Sport where he won the 2020–21 Promotion League and 2022–23 Swiss Challenge League, he transferred to Sion on 21 July 2023.[3] He helped Sion win the 2023–24 Swiss Challenge League and played in the Swiss Super League for the first time in the 2024–25 season.[4] On 5 March 2025, he extended his contract with Sion until 2027 and was named captain at the club.[5]

Personal life

Born in Switzerland, Kabacalman is of Turkish descent.[6]

Honours

Lausanne-Sport
Yverdon Sport
Sion

References

  1. ^ "Live Sport und News".
  2. ^ a b Guillemin, Tim (30 July 2024). "Ali Kabacalman, symbole de ce nouveau FC Sion qui respecte le football". Blick.
  3. ^ Fragnière, Marc (14 July 2023). "littoralfoot.ch - Ali Kabacalman reste en Challenge League".
  4. ^ a b "Le départ inattendu d'Yverdon, la Super League, la paternité: la nouvelle vie d'Ali Kabacalman au FC Sion". Le départ inattendu d’Yverdon, la Super League, la paternité: la nouvelle vie d’Ali Kabacalman au FC Sion.
  5. ^ "Ali Kabacalman prolonge son aventure en Valais jusqu'en 2027". Ali Kabacalman prolonge son aventure en Valais jusqu'en 2027.
  6. ^ "FC Sion: Didier Tholot présente ses nouvelles recrues". FC Sion: Didier Tholot présente ses nouvelles recrues.
  7. ^ a b "Ali Kabacalman est valaisan !". Ali Kabacalman est valaisan !.
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