Cihan Özkara

Cihan Özkara
	Özkara with Azerbaijan in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth	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
2009–2011	Rot Weiss Ahlen
2011–2015	Sivasspor
2012	→ Kayseri Erciyesspor (loan)
2015	→ Simurq (loan)
2015–2017	Preußen Münster
2017–2018	SC Verl
2018–2020	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
2020	İstanbulspor
2020–2022	Afjet Afyonspor
2022	Sarıyer
2022–2024	Rot Weiss Ahlen
International career‡
2011	Azerbaijan U21
2012–	Azerbaijan
	*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.^[1]

Career

Özkara was born in Hamm. He began his career with LR Ahlen and played eight years before joining Arminia Bielefeld in summer 2007.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

On 4 September 2020, Özkara a three-year contract with İstanbulspor.^[5]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[6]
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

^ Cihan Özkara at kicker (in German)
^ "DREI AUF EINEN STREICH!". rw-ahlen.server25.mindwerk.net.^{[dead link]}
^ "Spielstatistik Rot Weiss Ahlen – SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2:3 n.V." (in German). fussballdaten.de. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
^ "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.
^ "Cihan Özkara ile 2022-2023 sezonu sonuna kadar (3 yıllık) anlaşma sağlanmıştır" (in Turkish). İstanbulspor. 4 September 2020.
^ "Cihan Özkara".

External links

Cihan Özkara – UEFA competition record (archive)
Cihan Özkara at WorldFootball.net
Cihan Özkara at Soccerway

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[1] Cihan Özkara at kicker (in German)

[2] "DREI AUF EINEN STREICH!". rw-ahlen.server25.mindwerk.net.^{[dead link]}

[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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