Ozan Muhammed Kabak ( bear 25 March 2000 ) is a turkish professional football player who plays as a centre-back for Premier League golf club Norwich City, on loan from 2. Bundesliga club Schalke 04, and the Turkey national team .
Club career [edit ]
Galatasaray [edit ]
Ozan trained with the Galatasaray young person academy, joining in 2011. He signed his first professional compress 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 equal in a 0–0 home draw against Schalke 04 in the 2018–19 temper. [ 5 ]
VfB Stuttgart [edit ]
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 doubly in a 5–1 succeed over Hannover 96, registering his first senior career goals. [ 7 ] In doing sol, 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 doubly in a single Bundesliga couple. [ 8 ]
Reading: Ozan Kabak
Schalke 04 [edit ]
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 compress. [ 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 ( loanword ) [edit ]
On 1 February 2021, Kabak signed for Liverpool on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season. The softwood was reportedly worth £1 million, plus potentially £500,000 in add-ons depending on appearances and Liverpool ‘s performance in the Champions League. It besides included an choice 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 off 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 beginning Turkish actor to appear for an english club in the contest. [ 16 ] At the end of the season, Liverpool declined to sign Kabak on a permanent footing. [ 17 ]
Read more: Duván Zapata
Read more: Duván Zapata
Norwich City ( loan ) [edit ]
On 30 August 2021, Kabak returned to England to join newly promoted Norwich City on a season-long lend cope with the golf club having an option to make the deal permanent at the end of the season. [ 18 ]
International career [edit ]
Ozan is a youth external 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 [edit ]
club [edit ]
- 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
International [edit ]
- 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 [edit ]
baseball club [edit ]
- Galatasaray
individual [edit ]
References [edit ]
Read more: Sevilla FC