Cihan Özkara
 With Azerbaijan in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cihan Özkara | ||
| Date of birth | 14 July 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Hamm, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| 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 | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2011 | Rot Weiss Ahlen | 32 | (1) |
| 2011–2015 | Sivasspor | 36 | (3) |
| 2012 | → Kayseri Erciyesspor (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Simurq (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Preußen Münster | 28 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | SC Verl | 19 | (6) |
| 2018– | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 6 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Azerbaijan U21 | 6 | (3) |
| 2012– | Azerbaijan | 18 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 September 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 February 2014 | |||
Cihan Özkara (born 14 July 1991 in Hamm) is a German-Turkish-Azerbaijani footballer who currently plays for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.[1]
Career
Özkara 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
| 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.
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External links
- Cihan Özkara – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Cihan Özkara at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Cihan Özkara at Soccerway
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