Ramazan Özcan

Ramazan Özcan
	Özcan playing for Austria in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Ramazan Özcan
Date of birth	28 June 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Hohenems, Austria
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	BNZ Vorarlberg
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2006	Austria Lustenau
2006–2007	Red Bull Salzburg
2007	Red Bull Salzburg II
2008	→ 1899 Hoffenheim (loan)
2008–2010	1899 Hoffenheim
2010	→ Beşiktaş (loan)
2011–2016	FC Ingolstadt 04
2016–2020	Bayer Leverkusen
International career
	Austria U21
2008–2017	Austria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ramazan Özcan (German pronunciation: [ˈʁamazan ˈʔøːsdʒan] born 28 June 1984) is an Austrian^[2] former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.^[3]

Career

Club

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 three Bundesliga appearances in the final stages of the 2006–07 season.

He moved to German 2. 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 Bundesliga. In these seventeen games, he only conceded twenty goals. He was signed by the club on a five-year contract upon the end of the season, but on 30 December 2009 he left Germany to sign on loan for Beşiktaş.^[4]

International

Following Helge Payer's withdrawal due to illness, Özcan was named to Austria's 23-man squad for the UEFA Euro 2008 finals,^[5] but did not play any matches during the tournament. He made his international debut in a friendly match against Italy on 20 August 2008, replacing Alex Manninger at half-time. The match ended in a 2–2 draw. He represented the national team at 2016 UEFA Euro.^[6]

Personal life

Özcan is of Turkish descent and holds Turkish citizenship as well.^[7]

References

^ "Ramazan Özcan". Bundesliga. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
^ "Ramazan Ozcan". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 11 November 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
^ "Ozcan Joins Besiktas". Perlomental. 29 December 2009. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
^ "Özcan-Wechsel zu Besiktas perfekt" (in German). N24. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
^ "Shock diagnosis ends Payer's dream". UEFA. 27 May 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
^ "Austria-Hungary | Line-up | UEFA Euro". UEFA. com. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
^ "RAMAZAN ÖZCAN – Player Details TFF". TFF.org. Retrieved 12 January 2014.

External links

Ramazan Özcan at kicker.de (in German)
Ramazan Özcan at fussballdaten.de (in German)
Ramazan Özcan at National-Football-Teams.com
Ramazan Özcan – UEFA competition record (archive)
Ramazan Özcan – FIFA competition record (archived)

[1] "Ramazan Özcan". Bundesliga. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

[2] "Ramazan Ozcan". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 11 November 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.

[3] "Ozcan Joins Besiktas". Perlomental. 29 December 2009. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2008.

[4] "Özcan-Wechsel zu Besiktas perfekt" (in German). N24. Retrieved 29 August 2010.

[5] "Shock diagnosis ends Payer's dream". UEFA. 27 May 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2008.

[6] "Austria-Hungary | Line-up | UEFA Euro". UEFA. com. Retrieved 5 December 2020.

[TFF.org-7] "RAMAZAN ÖZCAN – Player Details TFF". TFF.org. Retrieved 12 January 2014.

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