Ozan Kabak

Ozan Muhammed Kabak (born 25 March 2000) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for the German club Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga.

Ozan Kabak
Kabak training with VfB Stuttgart in 2019
Personal information
Full name Ozan Muhammed Kabak
Date of birth (2000-03-25) 25 March 2000
Place of birth Ankara, Turkey
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Schalke 04
Number 4
Youth career
2011–2018 Galatasaray
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Galatasaray 14 (0)
2019 VfB Stuttgart 15 (3)
2019– Schalke 04 25 (3)
National team‡
2015 Turkey U15 7 (1)
2015–2016 Turkey U16 15 (5)
2016–2017 Turkey U17 24 (3)
2018 Turkey U18 11 (4)
2019– Turkey 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:47, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2019

Club career

Galatasaray

Ozan trained with the Galatasaray youth academy, joining in 2011. He signed his first professional contract with Galatasaray on 1 July 2017.[2] Ozan made his professional debut for Galatasaray in a 2-0 Süper Lig win over Yeni Malatyaspor on 12 May 2018.[3]

VfB Stuttgart

On 17 January 2019, Kabak moved to Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart where he signed a contract until June 2024.[4] On 3 March, he scored twice in a 5-1 win over Hannover 96, registering his first senior career goals.[5] In doing so, at the age of 18 years, 11 months and 7 days, he became the youngest Turkish, and third-youngest Stuttgart player to ever score twice in a single Bundesliga match.[6]

Schalke 04

On 30 June 2019, Kabak joined Schalke 04 on a five-year contract for a fee of €15 million, after Schalke activated a release clause in his contract.[7]

International career

Ozan is a youth international for Turkey. He captained the Turkey U17s at the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship,[8] and was listed as one of the 10 players to watch by UEFA.[9] On 17 November 2019, Kabak made his debut in the Turkey senior team during the team's UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match against Andorra, playing the full match that Turkey won 2–0.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of 15 June 2020.[11]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Galatasaray2017–18Süper Lig 100000—10
2018–19Süper Lig 130004[lower-alpha 1]0—170
Total 1400040—180
VfB Stuttgart2018–19Bundesliga 15300—2[lower-alpha 2]0173
Schalke 042019–20Bundesliga 23320——253
Career total 526204020606
  1. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. Appearances in Bundesliga relegation play-offs

International
As of match played on 17 November 2019.[12]
Turkey
YearAppsGoals
201910
Total10

Honours

Club
Galatasaray

Individual

References
  1. "Europa League Player Stats - Ozan Kabak - Galatasaray - NBCSports". scores.nbcsports.msnbc.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-13. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  2. "Galatasaray'da bir ilk… Ozan Kabak…".
  3. "GALATASARAY A.Ş. EVKUR YENİ MALATYASPOR - Maç Detayları TFF". www.tff.org.
  4. "VfB sign Ozan Kabak". VfB Stuttgart. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  5. "Mario Gomez, Ozan Kabak and Steven Zuber fire VfB Stuttgart to victory in relegation six-pointer with Hannover". Bundesliga. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  6. "Ozan Kabak: Who is VfB Stuttgart's rising defensive star?". Bundesliga. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  7. "FC Schalke 04 sign Ozan Kabak from Stuttgart". FC Schalke 04. 30 June 2019.
  8. fanatik. "Ozan Kabak kimdir?". Fanatik.
  9. uefa.com (22 May 2017). "Under-17 - News – UEFA.com".
  10. "Ozan Kabak and Ahmed Kutucu celebrate debut win". FC Schalke 04. 17 November 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  11. "Ozan Kabak » Club matches". worldfootball.net.
  12. "Ozan Kabak » Internationals". worldfootball.net.
  13. David Frey (6 June 2019). "VfB-Juwel Ozan Kabak zum Bundesliga-Shootingstar 2018/19 gewählt" (in German). www.tag24.de. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  14. "Ozan Kabak: Bundesliga's TAG Heuer Rookie of the Season for 2018/19". Bundesliga. 6 June 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
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