Grown up in the Hamburg quarter of
Fischbek he played for the local club FC Süderelbe until he was 13 years old. Subsequently, he ran through the youth teams of
Hamburger SV and
Werder Bremen. His first appearance in the Bundesliga he also made for Werder in a 1–1 draw against Fortuna Düsseldorf on 11 August 1995, when he was just 18 years old. Albayrak also played for
Ankaragücü,
Çaykur Rizespor,
Fenerbahçe,
Gaziantepspor,
Kocaelispor,
Ankaraspor in Turkey and
Arminia Bielefeld in Germany. He has played as
midfielder for
Konyaspor in the
Süper Lig. In December 2009, after seven years spent in Turkey, he returned to his native Germany and signed for
KFC Uerdingen. He later played for FC Sylt. Along with
Ronny Kockel he was the manager of
KFC Uerdingen 05 at the end of the 2011–12 season. In March 2014 he became the manager of the club once again. After just few weeks in the job he was sacked on 14 April 2014. ==Honours==