Barış Özbek

Barış Özbek (Turkish pronunciation: [baɾɯʃ œzbek], born 14 September 1986) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Barış Özbek
Özbek with Union Berlin in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-09-14) 14 September 1986
Place of birth Castrop-Rauxel, West Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Blau-Gelb Schwerin
SG Wattenscheid 09
DJK TuS Hordel
2003–2005 Rot-Weiss Essen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Rot-Weiss Essen 38 (1)
2007–2011 Galatasaray 91 (7)
2011–2013 Trabzonspor 9 (0)
2013–2015 Union Berlin 40 (2)
2015–2016 Kayserispor 11 (0)
2016–2017 MSV Duisburg 22 (0)
2018–2020 Fatih Karagümrük 29 (1)
Total 240 (11)
International career
2006–2007 Germany U20 3 (0)
2006–2008 Germany U21 16 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:08, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Özbek cemented his spot as a solid regular starter at Galatasaray in his first season and won the league title with his club. At the start of the 2009–10 season, he scored a brace during the third qualifying round of the Europa League, against Maccabi Netanya on 6 August 2009. He adopted the nickname Barış for his commitment when it comes to chasing the ball.[1]

In June 2011, he left Galatasaray to join league rivals Trabzonspor.[2]

In January 2015 Özbek joined Kayserispor from Union Berlin.[3]

Özbek moved to MSV Duisburg on 1 February 2016.[4] In November 2017, he agreed to the termination of his contract.[5]

By April 2022, Özbek had retired from professional playing.[6]

International career

Born to Turkish parents in Germany, Özbek has a German passport and played for the Germany under-21 national team.[7]

Personal life

His brother, Ufuk is also a professional footballer.[2]

Career statistics
As of 1 July 2017[8][9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rot-Weiss Essen 2005–06 13000––130
2006–07 25111––262
Total 381110000392
Galatasaray 2007–08 302810080463
2008–09 253301070363
2009–10 1916200102355
2010–11 171200030221
Total 9171931028213912
Trabzonspor 2011–12 7000000070
2012–13 2000000020
Total 9000000090
Union Berlin 2012–13 132000000132
2013–14 200300000230
2014–15 7010000080
Total 402400000442
Kayserispor 2014–15 0000000000
MSV Duisburg 2015–16 90–––90
2016–17 13010––140
Total 22010––230
Career total 200102541028225416

Honours

Galatasaray

References
  1. "Galatasaray 6 – Maccabi Netanya 0" (in Turkish). Galatasaray. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  2. Demireli, Fatih (9 July 2011). "Trabzonspor holt Baris Özbek". Spot (in German). Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  3. "Barış Özbek Kayserispor'da" [Barış Özbek to Kayserispor] (in Turkish). haberler.com. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  4. "MSV verpflichtet Baris Özbek und Torhüter Seny Timothy Dieng" (in German). msv-duisburg.de. 1 February 2016.
  5. "MSV Duisburg und Özbek lösen Vertrag auf". kicker Online (in German). 29 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. Czymoch, Janis (12 April 2022). "Riesen-Überraschung in Bövinghausen: Baris Özbek ist zurück – mit konkreten Zukunftsplänen". Ruhr Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  7. "Özbek wartet auf Löws Anruf". Rheinische Post (in German). 20 March 2009. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  9. "BARIŞ ÖZBEK". Turkish Football Federation. 29 August 2010. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
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