Barış Özbek (Turkish pronunciation: [baɾɯʃ œzbek], born 14 September 1986) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Barış Özbek
Özbek with Union Berlin in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-09-14) 14 September 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Castrop-Rauxel, West Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Blau-Gelb Schwerin
SG Wattenscheid 09
DJK TuS Hordel
2003–2005 Rot-Weiss Essen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Rot-Weiss Essen 38 (1)
2007–2011 Galatasaray 91 (7)
2011–2013 Trabzonspor 9 (0)
2013–2015 Union Berlin 40 (2)
2015–2016 Kayserispor 11 (0)
2016–2017 MSV Duisburg 22 (0)
2018–2020 Fatih Karagümrük 29 (1)
Total 240 (11)
International career
2006–2007 Germany U20 3 (0)
2006–2008 Germany U21 16 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:08, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Club career edit

Özbek cemented his spot as a solid regular starter at Galatasaray in his first season and won the league title with his club. At the start of the 2009–10 season, he scored a brace during the third qualifying round of the Europa League, against Maccabi Netanya on 6 August 2009. He adopted the nickname Barış for his commitment when it comes to chasing the ball.[1]

In June 2011, he left Galatasaray to join league rivals Trabzonspor.[2]

In January 2015 Özbek joined Kayserispor from Union Berlin.[3]

Özbek moved to MSV Duisburg on 1 February 2016.[4] In November 2017, he agreed to the termination of his contract.[5]

By April 2022, Özbek had retired from professional playing.[6]

International career edit

Born to Turkish parents in Germany, Özbek has a German passport and played for the Germany under-21 national team.[7]

Personal life edit

His brother, Ufuk is also a professional footballer.[2]

Career statistics edit

As of 1 July 2017[8][9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rot-Weiss Essen 2005–06 13 0 0 0 13 0
2006–07 25 1 1 1 26 2
Total 38 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 39 2
Galatasaray 2007–08 30 2 8 1 0 0 8 0 46 3
2008–09 25 3 3 0 1 0 7 0 36 3
2009–10 19 1 6 2 0 0 10 2 35 5
2010–11 17 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 22 1
Total 91 7 19 3 1 0 28 2 139 12
Trabzonspor 2011–12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2012–13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Union Berlin 2012–13 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 2
2013–14 20 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
2014–15 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Total 40 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 44 2
Kayserispor 2014–15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MSV Duisburg 2015–16 9 0 9 0
2016–17 13 0 1 0 14 0
Total 22 0 1 0 23 0
Career total 200 10 25 4 1 0 28 2 254 16

Honours edit

Galatasaray

References edit

  1. ^ "Galatasaray 6 – Maccabi Netanya 0" (in Turkish). Galatasaray. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  2. ^ a b Demireli, Fatih (9 July 2011). "Trabzonspor holt Baris Özbek". Spot (in German). Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Barış Özbek Kayserispor'da" [Barış Özbek to Kayserispor] (in Turkish). haberler.com. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  4. ^ "MSV verpflichtet Baris Özbek und Torhüter Seny Timothy Dieng" (in German). msv-duisburg.de. 1 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016.
  5. ^ "MSV Duisburg und Özbek lösen Vertrag auf". kicker Online (in German). 29 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. ^ Czymoch, Janis (12 April 2022). "Riesen-Überraschung in Bövinghausen: Baris Özbek ist zurück – mit konkreten Zukunftsplänen". Ruhr Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Özbek wartet auf Löws Anruf". Rheinische Post (in German). 20 March 2009. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  8. ^ *Barış Özbek at Soccerway
  9. ^ "BARIŞ ÖZBEK". Turkish Football Federation. 29 August 2010. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2010.

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