Salih Özcan

Salih Özcan (born 11 January 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln. Born in Germany, he plays for the Turkey national team.[2]

Salih Özcan
Özcan with 1. FC Köln in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-01-11) 11 January 1998[1]
Place of birth Cologne, Germany
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 1. FC Köln
Number 6
Youth career
0000–2007 SC West Köln
2007–2016 1. FC Köln
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– 1. FC Köln II 20 (3)
2016– 1. FC Köln 108 (3)
2019 → Holstein Kiel (loan) 28 (5)
National team‡
2012–2013 Germany U15 7 (0)
2013–2014 Germany U16 6 (2)
2014–2015 Germany U17 16 (0)
2016 Germany U18 1 (0)
2016–2017 Germany U19 8 (1)
2017 Germany U20 1 (0)
2019–2021 Germany U21 15 (1)
2022– Turkey 1 (0)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Germany
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
2021 Hungary and Slovenia
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Runner-up2015 Bulgaria
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:27, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:15, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Germany, Özcan is of Turkish descent as he was born into a Turkish family. Özcan spent the majority of his youth career in 1. FC Köln's youth system. He first featured in 1. FC Köln's first team in September 2016 in a match against Schalke 04.[3] During the 2017–18 season he consistently started in central midfield. He scored his first league goal on 2 September 2018 in a match against FC St. Pauli.[4]

In 2017, Özcan was awarded the golden Fritz Walter Medal for the best U19 player in Germany.[5]

On 23 August 2019, Özcan joined Holstein Kiel on loan until the end of 2019–20 season.[6]

On 29 June 2021, in spite of speculations about a possible transfer, the club announced that Özcan had signed a new two-year contract with Köln.[7]

International career

Özcan is eligible for both the Turkish and German national teams,[8] but only played for Germany's youth teams.[9]

On 25 March 2022, Özcan was called up to the Turkey national team by head coach Stefan Kuntz.[10] He debuted in a friendly 3–2 loss to Italy on 29 March 2022.[11]

Honours

Germany U21

References
  1. "Salih Özcan | Playerprofile | Bundesliga". bundesliga.com. DFL. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  2. "Salih Özcan". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  3. "Drei Punkte auf Schalke". 1.FC Köln (in German). Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  4. "St. Pauli verliert Torspektakel gegen Köln". NDR.de (in German). Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  5. "Auszeichnung vor Länderspiel FC-Talent: Öczan mit Fritz-Walter-Medaille ausgezeichnet". Kölner Stadtanzeiger (in German). 5 September 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  6. "Die KSV verpflichtet Özcan vom 1. FC Köln" (in German). Holstein Kiel. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  7. "FC verlängert mit Salih Özcan". 1. FC Köln (in German). Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "Salih Özcan - Spielerprofil". DFB Datencenter.
  10. "Salih Özcan aday kadroya dâhil edildi". Turkish Football Federation (in Turkish).
  11. "Turkey vs. Italy - 29 March 2022 - Soccerway".
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