Cihan Kaptan

Cihan Kaan Kaptan (born 4 March 1989, in Wuppertal) is a Germanfootballer who plays for Ofspor in the TFF Second League.

Cihan Kaptan
Personal information
Full name Cihan Kaan Kaptan[1]
Date of birth (1989-03-04) 4 March 1989
Place of birth Wuppertal, West Germany
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Ofspor
Number 32
Youth career
1994–1996 Wuppertaler SV
1996–2007 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Bursaspor 0 (0)
2010 Borussia Dortmund II 6 (0)
2011 Jahn Regensburg II 14 (0)
2011–2012 Sancaktepe
2012–2014 Centone Karagümrük
2014– Ofspor 35 (0)
National team
2004–2005 Germany U-17 8 (0)
2007–2008 Germany U-20 7 (0)
2009 Germany U-20 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 June 2015

Career

Kaptan began his career by the Bambinis of Wuppertaler SV Borussia and signed 1996 a contract for D-Youth from Bayer 04 Leverkusen.[2] With Bayer 04 Leverkusen he won the German A-youth Championship in 2007 (2–1 win in the final against Bayern Munich) and the youth A-German Cup in 2008 (3–1 in the final against Borussia Moenchengladbach). Kaptan won in his youth in twice the West German championship in 2007 and 2008.[3] After twelve years at Bayer 04 Leverkusen he moved to the Süper Lig club Bursaspor.[4] After only two Turkish Cup games in one and a half years at Bursaspor he joined in January 2010 Borussia Dortmund II,[5] where he earned his first professional game on 7 February 2010 against Kickers Offenbach in the 3. Liga.[6]

International career

He earned his first international cap for the Germany national youth football team against Turkey Under-20 football team in Kusadasi. Kaptan played as midfielder for the Germany national under-20 football team by the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[7]

References
  1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009 – List of Players" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). p. 8. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  2. Halterner Zeitung | BVB II: Cihan Kaptan debütiert gegen VfL Bochum II
  3. westline | Cihan Kaptan ist ab sofort Borusse Archived 2010-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Cihan Kaptan görücüye çikti » Teksas . ORG | Bursaspor Haberleri Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
  5. BVB 2:: Transfer von Cihan Kaptan endlich perfekt – Dortmund
  6. Hünemeier macht den Unterschied aus
  7. Cihan Kaptan – FIFA competition record
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