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Azerbaijani footballer (born 1991)

Cihan Özkara
Özkara with Azerbaijan in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-07-14) 14 July 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Hamm, Germany
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1999–2007 LR Ahlen
2007–2008 Arminia Bielefeld
2008–2009 Rot Weiss Ahlen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Rot Weiss Ahlen 32 (1)
2011–2015 Sivasspor 36 (3)
2012 → Kayseri Erciyesspor (loan) 4 (0)
2015 → Simurq (loan) 12 (0)
2015–2017 Preußen Münster 28 (1)
2017–2018 SC Verl 19 (6)
2018–2020 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 45 (16)
2020 İstanbulspor 0 (0)
2020–2022 Afjet Afyonspor 49 (15)
2022 Sarıyer 15 (3)
2022–2024 Rot Weiss Ahlen 44 (5)
International career
2011 Azerbaijan U21 6 (3)
2012– Azerbaijan 18 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:28, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 February 2014

Cihan Özkara (born 14 July 1991) is a German-born Azerbaijani professional footballer who most recently played as a forward for German club Rot Weiss Ahlen.

Career

Özkara was born in Hamm. He began his career with LR Ahlen and played eight years before joining Arminia Bielefeld in summer 2007. After one year with Arminia Bielefeld, he returned to Rot Weiss Ahlen where he made his senior debut on 22 September 2009 against Greuther Fürth in the DFB-Pokal. He signed on 6 October 2009 his first professional contract until 30 June 2012.

On 30 January 2015, Özkara signed for Simurq PIK on loan till the end of the 2014–15 season.

On 4 September 2020, Özkara a three-year contract with İstanbulspor.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Azerbaijan 2012 7 1
2013 6 0
2013 3 0
Total 16 1
Score and result list Azerbaijan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Özkara goal.
International goal scored by Cihan Özkara
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 15 August 2012 Baku, Azerbaijan  Bahrain 2–0 3–0 Friendly

References

  1. Cihan Özkara at kicker (in German)
  2. "DREI AUF EINEN STREICH!". rw-ahlen.server25.mindwerk.net.
  3. "Spielstatistik Rot Weiss Ahlen – SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2:3 n.V." (in German). fussballdaten.de. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  4. "Cihan Özkara ilə rəsmi müqavilə imzalandı" (in Azerbaijani). Simurq PIK. 30 January 2015. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  5. "Cihan Özkara ile 2022-2023 sezonu sonuna kadar (3 yıllık) anlaşma sağlanmıştır" (in Turkish). İstanbulspor. 4 September 2020.
  6. "Cihan Özkara".

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