- Ramazan Özcan
Football player infobox
playername = Ramazan Özcan
fullname = Ramazan Özcan
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1984|6|28
cityofbirth =Hohenems
countryofbirth =Austria
height = height|m=1.88
currentclub = 1899 Hoffenheim
clubnumber = 27
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears =
youthclubs = BNZ Vorarlberg
years = 2003–2006
2006–2007
2007
2008
2008–
clubs =Austria Lustenau
Red Bull Salzburg
Red Bull Salzburg II
→ 1899 Hoffenheim (loan)
1899 Hoffenheim
caps(goals) = 86 (0)
02 (0)
08 (0)
17 (0)
06 (0)
nationalyears =
2008–
nationalteam = Austria U-21
Austria
nationalcaps(goals) = 24 (0)
01 (0)
pcupdate = 01:11, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 02:15, 1 October 2008 (UTC)Ramazan Özcan (born
June 28 ,1984 inHohenems ) is anAustria n footballer of Turkish descent who plays as a goalkeeper for 1899 Hoffenheim.Club career
Özcan started his professional career with
Austria Lustenau in 2003 and moved to Red Bull Salzburg in the summer of 2006. He spent one season and a half with Salzburg as the club's third-choice goalkeeper and only made two Bundesliga appearances in the final stages of the 2006-07 season.He moved to German 2nd Bundesliga side 1899 Hoffenheim in the winter break of the 2007-08 season on an initial six-month loan and played all seventeen league games in the second half of the season as the club secured promotion to the 1st Bundesliga. In these seventeen games, he only conceded thirteen goals. He was signed by the club on a three-year contract upon the end of the season.
International career
Following an illness to
Helge Payer , Özcan was named to Austria's 23-man squad for theUEFA Euro 2008 finals, [ [http://www.euro2008.uefa.com/news/kind=1/newsid=701917.html Shock diagnosis ends Payer's dream] - EURO2008] but did not play any matches during the tournament. He made his international debut in a friendly match against Italy on 20 August 2008, replacingAlex Manninger at half-time. The match ended in a 2-2 draw.References
External links
* [http://www.tsg-hoffenheim.de/2TSG1_ramazanOezcan.php Profile at TSG-Hoffenheim.de] de icon
* [http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/spielersteckbrief/object/38775/saison/2008-09 Profile at Kicker.de] de icon
* [http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/spieler/16498/ramazanoezcan/profil.html Profile at Transfermarkt.de] de icon
* [http://www.euro2008.uefa.com/tournament/players/player=95569/index.html Player profile] - EURO 2008
* [http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/ozcanramazan/ Career stats at Fussballdaten.de] de icon
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=27644 Career stats] - National Football Teams
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