Ozan Kabak

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Ozan Kabak
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Kabak training with VfB Stuttgart in 2019
Personal information
Full name Ozan Muhammed Kabak[1]
Date of birth (2000-03-25) 25 March 2000 (age 21)
Place of birth Ankara, Turkey
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Norwich City
(on loan from Schalke 04)
Number 15
Youth career
2011–2017 Galatasaray
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Galatasaray 14 (0)
2019 VfB Stuttgart 15 (3)
2019– Schalke 04 40 (3)
2021 → Liverpool (loan) 13 (0)
2021– → Norwich City (loan) 9 (0)
National team‡
2015 Turkey U15 7 (1)
2015–2016 Turkey U16 15 (5)
2016–2017 Turkey U17 15 (3)
2018 Turkey U18 11 (4)
2019– Turkey 13 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:29, 25 September 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 September 2021

Ozan Muhammed Kabak (born 25 March 2000) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Norwich City, on loan from 2. Bundesliga club Schalke 04, and the Turkey national team.

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.[3] Ozan made his professional debut for Galatasaray in a 2–0 Süper Lig win over Yeni Malatyaspor on 12 May 2018.[4] On 24 October 2018, he played his first Champions League match in a 0–0 home draw against Schalke 04 in the 2018–19 season.[5]

VfB Stuttgart[]

On 17 January 2019, Kabak moved to Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart where he signed a contract until June 2024.[6] On 3 March, he scored twice in a 5–1 win over Hannover 96, registering his first senior career goals.[7] In doing so, at the age of 18 years, 11 months and 7 days, he became the youngest Turkish center-back, and third-youngest Stuttgart player to ever score twice in a single Bundesliga match.[8]

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.[9] He was a regular performer in his first season with the club, appearing in 28 matches and scoring three goals.[10] In September 2020, he was banned for five games and hit with a €15,000 fine after being caught spitting at Werder Bremen’s Ludwig Augustinsson. Kabak apologised to Augustinsson via Twitter afterwards, insisting the incident, for which he was shown a red card, was an accident.[11]

Liverpool (loan)[]

On 1 February 2021, Kabak signed for Liverpool on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season. The deal was reportedly worth £1 million, plus potentially £500,000 in add-ons depending on appearances and Liverpool's performance in the Champions League. It also included an option to buy, which was set at approximately £18 million and could rise to £26.5m with add-ons.[12][13] On 13 February 2021, he made his Liverpool debut in a Premier League game against Leicester City, ending in a 1–3 away defeat.[14][15] On 16 February, he played in a 2–0 away win over RB Leipzig in the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, becoming the first Turkish player to appear for an English club in the competition.[16] At the end of the season, Liverpool declined to sign Kabak on a permanent basis.[17]

Norwich City (loan)[]

On 30 August 2021, Kabak returned to England to join newly promoted Norwich City on a season-long loan deal with the club having an option to make the deal permanent at the end of the season.[18]

International career[]

Ozan is a youth international for Turkey. He captained the Turkey U17s at the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship,[19] and was listed as one of the 10 players to watch by UEFA.[20] 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 which Turkey won 2–0.[21]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 25 September 2021[22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Galatasaray 2017–18 Süper Lig 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 1 0
2018–19 Süper Lig 13 0 0 0 — 4[a] 0 — 17 0
Total 14 0 0 0 — 4 0 — 18 0
VfB Stuttgart 2018–19 Bundesliga 15 3 — — — 2[b] 0 17 3
Schalke 04 2019–20 Bundesliga 26 3 2 0 — — — 28 3
2020–21 Bundesliga 14 0 0 0 — — — 14 0
Total 40 6 2 0 — — — 42 6
Liverpool (loan) 2020–21 Premier League 9 0 — — 4[a] 0 — 13 0
Norwich City (loan) 2021–22 Premier League 2 0 0 0 0 0 — — 2 0
Career total 80 6 2 0 0 0 8 0 2 0 92 6
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ Appearances in Bundesliga relegation play-offs

International[]

As of match played 7 September 2021.[23]
National team Year Apps Goals
Turkey 2019 1 0
2020 6 0
2021 6 0
Total 13 0

Honours[]

Club[]

Galatasaray

Individual[]

References[]

  1. ^ "UEFA Nations League 2021: Booking List before League phase Matchday 5" (PDF). UEFA. 16 November 2020. p. 7. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Europa League Player Stats - Ozan Kabak - Galatasaray - NBCSports". scores.nbcsports.msnbc.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-13. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  3. ^ "Galatasaray'da bir ilk… Ozan Kabak…".
  4. ^ "GALATASARAY A.Ş. EVKUR YENİ MALATYASPOR - Maç Detayları TFF". www.tff.org.
  5. ^ "Galatasaray 0–0 Schalke". UEFA. 24 October 2018.
  6. ^ "VfB sign Ozan Kabak". VfB Stuttgart. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Ozan Kabak: Who is VfB Stuttgart's rising defensive star?". Bundesliga. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  9. ^ "FC Schalke 04 sign Ozan Kabak from Stuttgart". FC Schalke 04. 30 June 2019.
  10. ^ "AC Milan considering a €25 million offer for Liverpool target Ozan Kabak". footballexpress.in. 3 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Liverpool complete loan deal for Schalke defender Ozan Kabak". Goal.com. 2 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Liverpool sign Ozan Kabak on loan from Schalke". Independent.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  13. ^ "Ozan Kabak transfer: Liverpool agree deal for Schalke centre-back as Arsenal defender Shkodran Mustafi set to join Bundesliga club". Skysports.com. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  14. ^ Carroll, James (13 February 2021). "Team news: Confirmed Liverpool line-up v Leicester". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  15. ^ McNulty, Phil (13 February 2021). "Leicester 3-1 Liverpool: Foxes take advantage of late defensive errors". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  16. ^ @ChampionsLeague (16 February 2021). "Ozan Kabak becomes the first Turkish player to appear for an English club in the Champions League" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. ^ "Ibrahima Konate: Liverpool agree to sign RB Leipzig defender for £35m on long-term deal". BBC Sport. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  18. ^ "City complete signing of Ozan Kabak". www.canaries.co.uk. 30 August 2021.
  19. ^ fanatik. "Ozan Kabak kimdir?". Fanatik.
  20. ^ uefa.com (22 May 2017). "Under-17 - News – UEFA.com".
  21. ^ "Ozan Kabak and Ahmed Kutucu celebrate debut win". FC Schalke 04. 17 November 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  22. ^ "Ozan Kabak » Club matches". worldfootball.net.
  23. ^ "Ozan Kabak » Internationals". WorldFootball.net.
  24. ^ "O. KABAK". SOCCERWAY. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  25. ^ 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.
  26. ^ "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.
  27. ^ "Ozan Kabak - Bundesliga Rookie of the Season 2018/2019". Bundesliga Rookie. AWS. Retrieved 27 July 2020.

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