Cihan Özkara

Cihan Özkara
	With Azerbaijan in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Cihan Özkara
Date of birth	14 July 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Hamm, Germany
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
Number	11
Youth career
1999–2007	LR Ahlen
2007–2008	Arminia Bielefeld
2008–2009	Rot Weiss Ahlen
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2011	Rot Weiss Ahlen
2011–2015	Sivasspor
2012	→ Kayseri Erciyesspor (loan)
2015	→ Simurq (loan)
2015–2017	Preußen Münster
2017–2018	SC Verl
2018–	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
International career‡
2011	Azerbaijan U21
2012–	Azerbaijan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:20, 24 January 2020 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 February 2014

Cihan Özkara (born 14 July 1991) is a footballer who currently plays for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.^[1] Born in Germany, Özkara represents the Azerbaijan national football team internationally.

Career

Özkara was born in Hamm. He began his career with LR Ahlen and played eight years before joining Arminia Bielefeld in summer 2007.^[2] After one year with Arminia Bielefeld, he returned to Rot Weiss Ahlen where he made his senior debut on 22 September 2009 against SpVgg Greuther Fürth in the DFB-Pokal.^[3] He signed on 6 October 2009 his first professional contract until 30 June 2012.

On 30 January 2015, Özkara signed for Simurq PIK on loan till the end of the 2014–15 season.^[4]

National team statistics

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Azerbaijan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2012	8	1
2013	4	0
Total	12	1

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	15 August 2012	Baku, Azerbaijan	Bahrain	2-0	3-0	Friendly

References

^ "Cihan Özkara" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
^ "DREI AUF EINEN STREICH!". rw-ahlen.server25.mindwerk.net.^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Spielstatistik Rot Weiss Ahlen – SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2:3 n.V." (in German). fussballdaten.de. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
^ "Cihan Özkara ilə rəsmi müqavilə imzalandı" (in Azerbaijani). Simurq PIK. 30 January 2015. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
^ http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/46862/Cihan_Oezkara.html

External links

Cihan Özkara – UEFA competition record (archive)
Cihan Özkara at fussballdaten.de (in German)
Cihan Özkara at Soccerway

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[1] "Cihan Özkara" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 31 July 2017.

[2] "DREI AUF EINEN STREICH!". rw-ahlen.server25.mindwerk.net.^{[dead link‍]}

[3] "Spielstatistik Rot Weiss Ahlen – SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2:3 n.V." (in German). fussballdaten.de. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2012.

[4] "Cihan Özkara ilə rəsmi müqavilə imzalandı" (in Azerbaijani). Simurq PIK. 30 January 2015. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.

[5] ttp://www.national-football-teams.com/player/46862/Cihan_Oezkara.html

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