Salih Özcan

Salih Özcan (born 11 January 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. Born in Germany, he plays for the Turkey national team.[2]

Salih Özcan
Özcan with Borussia Dortmund in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-01-11) 11 January 1998[1]
Place of birth Cologne, Germany
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Borussia Dortmund
Number 6
Youth career
0000–2007 SC West Köln
2007–2016 1. FC Köln
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 1. FC Köln II 22 (4)
2016–2022 1. FC Köln 110 (3)
2019–2020 → Holstein Kiel (loan) 28 (5)
2022– Borussia Dortmund 27 (0)
International career‡
2012–2013 Germany U15 7 (0)
2013–2014 Germany U16 6 (2)
2014–2015 Germany U17 16 (0)
2016 Germany U18 1 (0)
2016–2017 Germany U19 8 (1)
2017 Germany U20 1 (0)
2019–2021 Germany U21 15 (1)
2022– Turkey 12 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Germany
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner2021 Hungary and Slovenia
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Runner-up2015 Bulgaria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 August 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:45, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Germany, Özcan is of Turkish descent as he was born into a Turkish family. Özcan spent the majority of his youth career in 1. FC Köln's youth system. He first featured in 1. FC Köln's first team in September 2016 in a match against Schalke 04.[3] During the 2017–18 season he consistently started in central midfield. He scored his first league goal on 2 September 2018 in a match against FC St. Pauli.[4]

In 2017, Özcan was awarded the golden Fritz Walter Medal for the best U19 player in Germany.[5]

On 23 August 2019, Özcan joined Holstein Kiel on loan until the end of 2019–20 season.[6]

On 29 June 2021, in spite of speculations about a possible transfer, the club announced that Özcan had signed a new two-year contract with Köln.[7]

On 23 May 2022, it was reported that Özcan would join Borussia Dortmund for the 2022–23 season and that he would sign a contract with the club until 2026. The German sports magazine kicker estimated the transfer fee to be €5 million.[8]

International career

Özcan was eligible for both the Turkish and German national teams,[9] played for Germany's youth teams.[10]

On 25 March 2022, Özcan was called up to the Turkey national team by head coach Stefan Kuntz.[11] He debuted in a friendly 3–2 loss to Italy on 29 March 2022.[12]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 21 May 2023[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1. FC Köln II 2015–16 Regionalliga West 163———163
2016–17 Regionalliga West 20———20
2017–18 Regionalliga West 20———20
2019–20 Regionalliga West 21———21
Total 224———224
1. FC Köln 2016–17 Bundesliga 13020——150
2017–18 Bundesliga 230205[lower-alpha 1]0—300
2018–19 2. Bundesliga 15120——171
2020–21 Bundesliga 28031—1[lower-alpha 2]0321
2021–22 Bundesliga 31230——342
Total 110312150101284
Holstein Kiel (loan) 2019–20 2. Bundesliga 28510——295
Borussia Dortmund 2022–23 Bundesliga 260307[lower-alpha 3]0—360
Career total 186121611201021513
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearance in Bundesliga relegation play-offs
  3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International
As of match played 12 September 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Turkey 202270
202350
Total120

Honours

1. FC Köln

Germany U21

Individual

References
  1. "Salih Özcan | Playerprofile | Bundesliga". bundesliga.com. DFL. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  2. "Salih Özcan". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  3. "Drei Punkte auf Schalke". 1.FC Köln (in German). Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  4. "St. Pauli verliert Torspektakel gegen Köln". NDR.de (in German). Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  5. "Auszeichnung vor Länderspiel FC-Talent: Öczan mit Fritz-Walter-Medaille ausgezeichnet". Kölner Stadtanzeiger (in German). 5 September 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  6. "Die KSV verpflichtet Özcan vom 1. FC Köln" (in German). Holstein Kiel. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  7. "FC verlängert mit Salih Özcan". 1. FC Köln (in German). Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  8. "Vierter BVB-Neuzugang perfekt: Özcan kommt vom 1. FC Köln". kicker (in German).
  9. "1. FC Köln: Mergim Mavraj und Salih Özcan sprechen über ihre Freundschaft | Express.de". Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  10. "Salih Özcan – Spielerprofil". DFB Datencenter.
  11. "Salih Özcan aday kadroya dâhil edildi". Turkish Football Federation (in Turkish).
  12. "Turkey vs. Italy – 29 March 2022 – Soccerway".
  13. Salih Özcan at Soccerway
  14. "Sechs Klubs vertreten: Die kicker-Elf der Saison 2021/22". kicker.de (in German). 26 May 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.


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