Ozan Kabak

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

Ozan Kabak
Kabak training with VfB Stuttgart in 1276
Personal information
Full name Ozan Muhammed Kabak[1]
Date of birth (2000-03-25) 25 March 2000
Place of birth Ankara, Turkey
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Liverpool
(on loan from Schalke 04)
Number 19[3]
Youth career
2011–2018 Galatasaray
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Galatasaray 14 (0)
2019 VfB Stuttgart 15 (3)
2019– Schalke 04 40 (3)
2021– → Liverpool (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2015 Turkey U15 7 (1)
2015–2016 Turkey U16 15 (5)
2016–2017 Turkey U17 24 (3)
2018 Turkey U18 11 (4)
2019– Turkey 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:19, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2020

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.[4] Ozan made his professional debut for Galatasaray in a 2–0 Süper Lig win over Yeni Malatyaspor on 12 May 2018.[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, youngest 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

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] He joined Liverpool on the same day as Ben Davies.

International career

Ozan is a youth international for Turkey. He captained the Turkey U17s at the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship,[14] and was listed as one of the 10 players to watch by UEFA.[15] 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 that Turkey won 2–0.[16]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played on 30 January 2021.[17]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Galatasaray2017–18Süper Lig 100000—10
2018–19Süper Lig 130004[lower-alpha 1]0—170
Total 1400040—180
VfB Stuttgart2018–19Bundesliga 15300—2[lower-alpha 2]0173
Schalke 042019–20Bundesliga 26320——283
2020–21Bundesliga 14000——140
Total 40320——423
Liverpool 2020–21Premier League 00—00—00
Career total 696204020776
  1. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. Appearances in Bundesliga relegation play-offs

International
As of match played on 18 November 2020.[18]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Turkey 201910
202060
Total70

Honours

Club
Galatasaray

Individual

References
  1. "UEFA Nations League 2021: Booking List before League phase Matchday 6" (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. Caroll, James. "Liverpool complete loan deal for Ozan Kabak" (in Turkish). Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  4. "Galatasaray'da bir ilk… Ozan Kabak…".
  5. "GALATASARAY A.Ş. EVKUR YENİ MALATYASPOR - Maç Detayları TFF". www.tff.org.
  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. fanatik. "Ozan Kabak kimdir?". Fanatik.
  15. uefa.com (22 May 2017). "Under-17 - News – UEFA.com".
  16. "Ozan Kabak and Ahmed Kutucu celebrate debut win". FC Schalke 04. 17 November 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  17. "Ozan Kabak » Club matches". worldfootball.net.
  18. "Ozan Kabak » Internationals". worldfootball.net.
  19. "O. KABAK". SOCCERWAY. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  20. 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.
  21. "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.
  22. "Ozan Kabak - Bundesliga Rookie of the Season 2018/2019". Bundesliga Rookie. AWS. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
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