Barış Ekincier

Barış Ekincier
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-03-24) 24 March 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Hemer, Germany
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ümraniyespor
Number 22
Youth career
–2015 FC Iserlohn
2015–2017 Rot-Weiss Essen
2017–2018 VfL Bochum
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 VfL Bochum 1 (0)
2019–2020 → Austria Klagenfurt (loan) 8 (0)
2021–2023 Waldhof Mannheim 35 (4)
2023–2024 Şanlıurfaspor 29 (4)
2024– Ümraniyespor 2 (1)
International career‡
2016 Azerbaijan U17 2 (0)
2017 Azerbaijan U19 3 (0)
2018–2020 Azerbaijan U21 12 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2020

Barış Ekincier (Azerbaijani: Barış Əkinçiər; born 24 March 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish club Ümraniyespor.[1] Born in Germany, he has represented Azerbaijan at youth international levels up to the under-21s.

Club career

Ekincier began his football career with the youth teams of FC Iserlohn and Rot-Weiss Essen, before joining the VfL Bochum youth academy in 2017. In August 2017, he played for the first team in a friendly match against Bayer Leverkusen.[2]

In June 2018, Ekincier signed his first professional contract with VfL Bochum, lasting two years until 30 June 2020.[3] On 19 August 2018, he appeared for Bochum in the first round of the 2018–19 DFB-Pokal, coming on as a substitute in the 62nd minute for Tom Weilandt in the 1–0 away loss against Regionalliga Nord side Weiche Flensburg.[4] Ekincier made his 2. Bundesliga debut for Bochum on 5 April 2019, coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute for Miloš Pantović in the 2–1 away loss against Jahn Regensburg.[5]

On 18 July 2019, it was announced that Ekincier had joined SK Austria Klagenfurt on a season-long loan deal.[6][7]

International career

Ekincier was included in hosts Azerbaijan's squad for the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in May 2016. He appeared in Azerbaijan's first two matches, with the team being eliminated in the group stage of the tournament.[1]

Personal life

Ekincier was born in the German city of Hemer, North Rhine-Westphalia and is of Turkish descent.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Barış Ekincier at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Spielpraxis für Kießling und Lars Bender" (in German). Kicker. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Baris Ekincier erhält Profivertrag" (in German). VfL Bochum. 6 June 2018. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Gelungenes Debüt: Weiche Flensburg kegelt Bochum raus" (in German). Kicker. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Zuerst Assist, dann eigenes Tor – Grüttner Matchwinner für den Jahn" [First an assist, then a goal – Grüttner match winner for Jahn Regensburg]. Kicker (in German). kicker-sportmagazin. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Neuzugang vom VFL Bochum". www.skaustriaklagenfurt.at (in German). SK Austria Klagenfurt. 18 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Ekincier an Klagenfurt ausgeliehen". www.vfl-bochum.de (in German). Vfl Bochum. 18 July 2019. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  8. ^ Fortuna Düsseldorf-Bochum maçı canlı bahis heyecanıyla Misli.com'da!, Milliyet, 2021, retrieved 29 March 2021, Takımın Türk asıllı oyuncusu, sol açık Barış Ekincier de geçen hafta ilk kez maç kadrosunda yer almıştı