Özgürcan Özcan

Özgürcan Özcan

Personal information
Full name	Özgürcan Özcan
Date of birth	10 April 1988 (1988-04-10) (age 23)
Place of birth	Antalya, Turkey
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Karşıyaka
Number	-
Youth career
1999–2002	Manavgat Belediyespor
2002–2006	Galatasaray
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2008	Galatasaray A2	75	(47)
2004–2010	Galatasaray	3	(0)
2007	→ Kayserispor (loan)	8	(3)
2008	→ Gaziantepspor (loan)	9	(0)
2008–2009	→ Sakaryaspor (loan)	31	(17)
2009–2010	→ Çaykur Rizespor (loan)	24	(1)
2010–2011	Adanaspor	12	(1)
2011-	Karşıyaka	0	(0)
National team‡
2002	Turkey U15	2	(1)
2003–2004	Turkey U16	23	(15)
2004–2005	Turkey U17	26	(12)
2005–2006	Turkey U18	5	(2)
2006–2007	Turkey U19	10	(2)
2006–2008	Turkey U21	8	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 July 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 July 2010

Özgürcan Özcan (born April 10, 1988 in Antalya, Turkey), is a Turkish football player, who plays as a forward. He is currently playing for Karşıyaka.

Early career

He won a World Fair-Play award after informing the referee that he scored a goal with his hand in a match between Galatasaray and Denizlispor youth teams. The goal was cancelled and he was shown a yellow card.^[1][2]

Club career

Galatasaray

He has been trained by the Galatasaray youth department and was chosen for the professional team by Gheorghe Hagi in the 2004/2005 season. He never appeared in any official match squad. He made his debut in a Turkish Cup match against Mersin İdman Yurdu, on October 27, 2005. He scored a goal in the same match.

Turkish legendary striker Hakan Şükür has said, "Özgürcan is a new product of Galatasaray football academy. He is my 'crown prince'(heir apparent)". This statement raised expectations from him by the media. He has many important features as a striker (i.e.) good at jumping, heading, stamina and composure despite his young age. "^[3]

Kayserispor

Özgürcan was lent out on loan to Kayserispor in the season of 2006/2007.^[4]

Gaziantepspor

Once again he is loaned to Gaziantepspor for the season of 2007/2008.

Sakaryaspor

Özgürcan was loaned out Sakaryaspor during the August 2009 transfer window.^[5] He started his loan scoring 17 goals in 31 league matches.

Çaykur Rizespor

He joined fellow TFF First League club Çaykur Rizespor on loan of the season.^[6]

Career statistics

As of 19 July 2010

Club

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Galatasaray	2004–05	0	0	0	0	-		-	-	0	0
	2005–06	1	0	2	1	1	0	-	-	4	1
	2006–07	2	0	1	0	-		-	-	3	0
	Total	3	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	7	1
Kayserispor	2006–07	8	3	1	0	-		-	-	9	3
	Total	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	3
Gaziantepspor	2007–08	9	0	1	0	-		-		10	0
	Total	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Sakaryaspor	2008–09	31	17	1	0	-		-		32	17
	Total	31	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	32	17
Çaykur Rizespor	2009–10	24	1	2	1	-		-		26	2
	Total	24	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	26	2
Adanaspor	2010–11	0	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
	Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total		75	21	8	2	1	0	0	0	84	23

References

1. ^ Dünya Fair Play Ödülü Özgürcan'a
2. ^ Özgürcan Fair – Play ödülünü aldı!
3. ^ arda turan and ozgurcan ozcan in real life
4. ^ Özgürcan Kayseri'de!
5. ^ Özgürcan Sakaryaspor'da
6. ^ Özgürcan Ç.Rize'de

External links

• Statistics at TFF.org (Turkish)
• Profile at Transfermarkt.de (German)

Persondata
Name	Ozcan, Ozgurcan
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	10 April 1988
Place of birth	Antalya, Turkey
Date of death
Place of death