Berkay Özcan

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

Berkay Özcan
Özcan playing for VfB Stuttgart in 2016
Personal information
Full name Berkay Özcan
Date of birth (1998-02-15) 15 February 1998
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 104 (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 27 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2022 (UTC)

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 September 2, 2019, İstanbul Başakşehir confirmed, that they had signed Özcan on a season-long loan deal. [6] On July 3, 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.
ClubSeasonLeagueCupTotalRef.
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
VfB Stuttgart2016–172. Bundesliga21221233[2]
2017–18Bundesliga17130201[4]
2018–19Bundesliga300030
Totals41351464—
VfB Stuttgart II2017–18Regionalliga Südwest40—40[4]
Career totals45351504—

Honours

İstanbul Başakşehir

References
  1. "VfB bind talented youngsters". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  2. "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. "Berkay Özcan » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  5. "HSV verpflichtet Berkay Özcan". Hamburger SV. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  6. "Başakşehir Berkay Özcan'ı kadrosuna kattı" (in Turkish). Ntvspor. September 2, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 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.
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