Cenk Özkacar

Cenk Özkacar (born 6 October 2000) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Belgian First Division A club OH Leuven, on loan from Ligue 1 club Lyon.

Cenk Özkacar
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-10-06) 6 October 2000
Place of birth İzmir, Turkey
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 OH Leuven (on loan from Lyon)
Number 35
Youth career
2011–2013 Bucaspor
2013–2014 Altinordu
2014–2018 Altay
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Altay 12 (0)
2018–2019 → Karacabey Belediyespor (loan) 23 (1)
2020– Lyon II 2 (0)
2020– Lyon 0 (0)
2021– → OH Leuven (loan) 30 (2)
National team‡
2019– Turkey U21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 March 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 October 2020

Club career

Born in İzmir, Cenk spent his youth career at local teams Bucaspor, Altinordu and Altay. He made his professional debut in 2018, while on loan at Karacabey Belediyespor, before returning to Altay the following year.

On 18 August 2020, Cenk joined French club Olympique Lyonnais on a five-year deal.[1] During his first months in Lyon, the Turkish central defender alternates between games with the reserve team of Olympique Lyonnais and appearances in the professional group without entering the game. On April 21, Cenk made his debut for Lyon as a late substitute for Léo Dubois during a 0-2 loss against AS Monaco in Coupe de France. On 6 July 2021, Belgian First Division A team Oud-Heverlee Leuven presented Özkacar as new player, on loan from Lyon for one season.[2]

International career

Cenk has been capped by Turkey's under-21 national team.

Career statistics
As of 22 April 2021.[3]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Karacabey Belediyespor 2018–19 TFF Third League 23110———241
Altay 2019–20 TFF First League 12040———160
Lyon 2020–21 Ligue 1 001000——10
OH Leuven 2021–22 Belgian First Division A 0000———00
Career total 35160000000411

References
  1. "Cenk Özkaçar joins OL through 2025". Olympique Lyonnais. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  2. "OH Leuven huurt Turkse jeugdinternational van Olympique Lyon" [OH Leuven loans Turkish youth international from Olympique Lyon] (in Dutch). Oud-Heverlee Leuven. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  3. Cenk Özkacar at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
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