Barış Özbek (Turkish pronunciation: [baɾɯʃ œzbek], born 14 September 1986) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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Özbek with Union Berlin in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1986-09-14) 14 September 1986 (age 36) | ||
| 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) | |
| National team | |||
| 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) | |||
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]
Born to Turkish parents in Germany, Özbek has a German passport and played for the Germany under-21 national team.[7]
His brother, Ufuk is also a professional footballer.[2]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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| 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 | |
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