Barış Özbek (pronounced [barɯʃ øzbek]; born 14 September 1986 in Castrop-Rauxel, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a Turkish[1]-German footballer who currently plays for Trabzonspor.
[edit] Club career
Özbek cemented his spot as a solid regular starter at Galatasaray in his first season after an impressive start to the season. He recently celebrated the league title in Istanbul with his club. They won the 2007–08 season. 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. Baris, has adopted the nickname 'Yaris Ozbek' for his commitment when it comes to chasing the ball.[2]
[edit] International career
Özbek has played for the German U-21 national team.
[edit] Personal
His brother, Ufuk is also a professional footballer. Baris Ozbek is known to be fairly clumsy, during the renovation of his house in Trabzon, he managed to injure himself to miss the first half of the Turkish Premier Division 2011-2012 season.
[edit] Career statistics
- As of 29 August 2010[3]
| Club |
Season |
League |
Cup |
League Cup |
Europe |
Total |
| Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
| Rot-Weiss Essen |
2005–06 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
13 |
0 |
| 2006–07 |
25 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
26 |
2 |
| Total |
38 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
39 |
2 |
| Galatasaray |
2007–08 |
29 |
2 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
43 |
3 |
| 2008–09 |
22 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
- |
7 |
0 |
35 |
3 |
| 2009–10 |
19 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
- |
10 |
2 |
35 |
5 |
| 2010–11 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Total |
72 |
7 |
16 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
22 |
2 |
115 |
12 |
| Career total |
110 |
8 |
17 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
22 |
2 |
154 |
13 |
[edit] Honours
[edit] References
[edit] External links
| Persondata |
| Name |
Ozbek, Baris |
| Alternative names |
|
| Short description |
German footballer |
| Date of birth |
14 September 1986 |
| Place of birth |
Castrop-Rauxel, West Germany |
| Date of death |
|
| Place of death |
|
Galatasaray
