Berkay Özcan
Turkish footballer
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Berkay Özcan (born 15 February 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Süper Lig club Fatih Karagümrük on loan from İstanbul Başakşehir. Born in Germany, he represented it internationally as a junior, before switching allegiance to Turkey.
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Berkay Özcan playing for VfB Stuttgart in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 February 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Karlsruhe, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Fatih Karagümrük (on loan from İstanbul Başakşehir) | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Südstern 06 | |||
| 2012–2013 | Karlsruher SC | ||
| 2013–2016 | VfB Stuttgart | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | VfB Stuttgart | 41 | (3) |
| 2017–2018 | VfB Stuttgart II | 4 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Hamburger SV | 15 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | → İstanbul Başakşehir (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| 2020– | İstanbul Başakşehir | 147 | (8) |
| 2025 | → Çaykur Rizespor (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2025– | → Fatih Karagümrük (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | Germany U15 | 5 | (1) |
| 2014 | Turkey U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Turkey U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2015 | Turkey U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Turkey U19 | 13 | (5) |
| 2016–2019 | Turkey U21 | 10 | (1) |
| 2018– | Turkey | 7 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 November 2022 (UTC) | |||
Club career
VfB Stuttgart
On 6 November 2015, Özcan extended his contract with VfB Stuttgart until June 2019.[1] He made his debut for the first team of VfB Stuttgart on 8 August 2016 against FC St. Pauli. He finished the 2016–17 season with three goals in 23 appearances.[2] On 3 December 2017 Özcan signed a new four-year-contract, keeping him at VfB Stuttgart until June 2021.[3] He finished the 2017–18 season with a goal in 20 appearances.[4]
Hamburger SV
On 25 January 2019, Özcan joined Hamburger SV on a four-and-half-year-deal.[5]
Loan to İstanbul Başakşehir
On 2 September 2019 İstanbul Başakşehir confirmed, that they had signed Özcan on a season-long loan deal.[6] On 3 July 2020 the loan became permanent and Özcan signed permanently for the club.
International career
Özcan was born in Germany to Turkish parents. He is a youth international for Germany,[7] and Turkey.[8]
He made his debut for the Turkish senior team on 1 June 2018 against Tunisia.[9]
Career statistics
- As of matches played on 26 November 2018
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Total | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| VfB Stuttgart | 2016–17 | 2. Bundesliga | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 3 | [2] |
| 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 1 | [4] | |
| 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 41 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 46 | 4 | — | ||
| VfB Stuttgart II | 2017–18 | Regionalliga Südwest | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | [4] | |
| Career totals | 45 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 4 | — | ||