Ozan Kabak
![]() Kabak training with VfB Stuttgart in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ozan Muhammed Kabak | ||
Date of birth | 25 March 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Ankara, Turkey | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Schalke 04 | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2018 | Galatasaray | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | Galatasaray | 14 | (0) |
2019 | VfB Stuttgart | 15 | (3) |
2019– | Schalke 04 | 25 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2015 | Turkey U15 | 7 | (1) |
2015–2016 | Turkey U16 | 15 | (5) |
2016–2017 | Turkey U17 | 24 | (3) |
2018 | Turkey U18 | 11 | (4) |
2019– | Turkey | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:47, 23 June 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2019 |
Ozan Muhammed Kabak (born 25 March 2000) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for the German club Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga.
Club career
Galatasaray
Ozan trained with the Galatasaray youth academy, joining in 2011. He signed his first professional contract with Galatasaray on 1 July 2017.[2] Ozan made his professional debut for Galatasaray in a 2-0 Süper Lig win over Yeni Malatyaspor on 12 May 2018.[3]
VfB Stuttgart
On 17 January 2019, Kabak moved to Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart where he signed a contract until June 2024.[4] On 3 March, he scored twice in a 5-1 win over Hannover 96, registering his first senior career goals.[5] In doing so, at the age of 18 years, 11 months and 7 days, he became the youngest Turkish, and third-youngest Stuttgart player to ever score twice in a single Bundesliga match.[6]
Schalke 04
On 30 June 2019, Kabak joined Schalke 04 on a five-year contract for a fee of €15 million, after Schalke activated a release clause in his contract.[7]
International career
Ozan is a youth international for Turkey. He captained the Turkey U17s at the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship,[8] and was listed as one of the 10 players to watch by UEFA.[9] On 17 November 2019, Kabak made his debut in the Turkey senior team during the team's UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match against Andorra, playing the full match that Turkey won 2–0.[10]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 15 June 2020.[11]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Galatasaray | 2017–18 | Süper Lig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2018–19 | Süper Lig | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | ||
Total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||
VfB Stuttgart | 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 17 | 3 | |
Schalke 04 | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 3 | ||
Career total | 52 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 6 |
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearances in Bundesliga relegation play-offs
International
- As of match played on 17 November 2019.[12]
Turkey | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2019 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
Honours
Club
- Galatasaray
Individual
- Bundesliga Rookie of the Season: 2018–19[13][14]
References
- ^ "Europa League Player Stats - Ozan Kabak - Galatasaray - NBCSports". scores.nbcsports.msnbc.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-13. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ^ "Galatasaray'da bir ilk… Ozan Kabak…".
- ^ "GALATASARAY A.Ş. EVKUR YENİ MALATYASPOR - Maç Detayları TFF". www.tff.org.
- ^ "VfB sign Ozan Kabak". VfB Stuttgart. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ "Mario Gomez, Ozan Kabak and Steven Zuber fire VfB Stuttgart to victory in relegation six-pointer with Hannover". Bundesliga. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ "Ozan Kabak: Who is VfB Stuttgart's rising defensive star?". Bundesliga. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ "FC Schalke 04 sign Ozan Kabak from Stuttgart". FC Schalke 04. 30 June 2019.
- ^ fanatik. "Ozan Kabak kimdir?". Fanatik.
- ^ uefa.com (22 May 2017). "Under-17 - News – UEFA.com".
- ^ "Ozan Kabak and Ahmed Kutucu celebrate debut win". FC Schalke 04. 17 November 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ "Ozan Kabak » Club matches". worldfootball.net.
- ^ "Ozan Kabak » Internationals". worldfootball.net.
- ^ David Frey (6 June 2019). "VfB-Juwel Ozan Kabak zum Bundesliga-Shootingstar 2018/19 gewählt" (in German). www.tag24.de. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
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External links
- Ozan Kabak at the Turkish Football Federation
- Ozan Kabak at Soccerway
- Ozan Kabak at www.mackolik.com (in Turkish)
- Ozan Kabak – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Galatasaray profile
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Ankara
- Turkish footballers
- Turkey international footballers
- Turkey youth international footballers
- Galatasaray S.K. footballers
- VfB Stuttgart players
- FC Schalke 04 players
- Süper Lig players
- Association football defenders
- Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Turkish expatriate footballers
- Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Bundesliga players