Berkay Özcan

Berkay Özcan
Özcan playing for VfB Stuttgart in 2016
Personal information
Full name Berkay Özcan
Date of birth (1998-02-15) 15 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Karlsruhe, Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 İstanbul Başakşehir
Number 10
Youth career
FC Südstern 06
2012–2013 Karlsruher SC
2013–2016 VfB Stuttgart
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 VfB Stuttgart 41 (3)
2019–2020 Hamburger SV 15 (1)
2019–2020 → İstanbul Başakşehir (loan) 19 (0)
2020– İstanbul Başakşehir 141 (6)
International career‡
2013 Germany U15 5 (1)
2014 Turkey U16 4 (0)
2014–2015 Turkey U17 6 (0)
2015 Turkey U18 1 (0)
2015–2017 Turkey U19 13 (5)
2016– Turkey U21 5 (1)
2018– Turkey 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 September 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2022 (UTC)

Berkay Özcan (born 15 February 1998) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for İstanbul Başakşehir.

Club career

VfB Stuttgart

On 6 November 2015, Özcan extended his contract with VfB Stuttgart until June 2019.[1] He made his debut for the first team of VfB Stuttgart on 8 August 2016 against FC St. Pauli. He finished the 2016–17 season with three goals in 23 appearances.[2] On 3 December 2017 Özcan signed a new four-year-contract, keeping him at VfB Stuttgart until June 2021.[3] He finished the 2017–18 season with a goal in 20 appearances.[4]

Hamburger SV

On 25 January 2019, Özcan joined Hamburger SV on a four-and-half-year-deal.[5]

Loan to İstanbul Başakşehir

On 2 September 2019 İstanbul Başakşehir confirmed, that they had signed Özcan on a season-long loan deal.[6] On 3 July 2020 the loan became permanent and Özcan signed permanently for the club.

International career

Özcan was born in Germany to Turkish parents. He is a youth international for Germany,[7] and Turkey.[8]

He made his debut for the Turkish senior team on 1 June 2018 against Tunisia.[9]

Career statistics

As of matches played on 26 November 2018.
Club Season League Cup Total Ref.
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
VfB Stuttgart 2016–17 2. Bundesliga 21 2 2 1 23 3 [2]
2017–18 Bundesliga 17 1 3 0 20 1 [4]
2018–19 Bundesliga 3 0 0 0 3 0
Totals 41 3 5 1 46 4 —
VfB Stuttgart II 2017–18 Regionalliga Südwest 4 0 — 4 0 [4]
Career totals 45 3 5 1 50 4 —

Honours

İstanbul Başakşehir

References

  1. ^ "VfB bind talented youngsters". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Berkay Özcan". kicker. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Baumgartl and Özcan extend with VfB". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 3 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "Berkay Özcan » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  5. ^ "HSV verpflichtet Berkay Özcan". Hamburger SV. Retrieved 25 January 2019.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Başakşehir Berkay Özcan'ı kadrosuna kattı" (in Turkish). Ntvspor. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Berkay Özcan - Spielerprofil". dfb.de. Deutscher Fußball-Bund. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  8. ^ "GazeteFutbol - das deutschsprachige Newsportal über den türkischen Fußball". Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Turkey draw with Tunisia: 2-2". tff.org. Turkish Football Federation. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Istanbul's Medipol Başakşehir wins first ever Turkish Süper Lig title". Daily Sabah. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.