Cenk Özkacar (born 6 October 2000) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a defender for La Liga club Valencia, on loan from Lyon. He also plays for the Turkey national team.
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (2000-10-06) 6 October 2000 (age 22) | ||
| Place of birth | İzmir, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
Valencia (on loan from Lyon) | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2013 | Bucaspor | ||
| 2013–2014 | Altinordu | ||
| 2014–2018 | Altay | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Altay | 12 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Karacabey Belediyespor (loan) | 23 | (1) |
| 2020– | Lyon B | 2 | (0) |
| 2020– | Lyon | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → OH Leuven (loan) | 33 | (2) |
| 2022– | → Valencia (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2019– | Turkey U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2022– | Turkey | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:51, 18 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2022 | |||
Born in İzmir, Özkacar spent his youth career at local teams Bucaspor, Altinordu and Altay.[citation needed] He made his professional debut in 2018, while on loan at Karacabey Belediyespor, before returning to Altay the following year.[citation needed]
On 18 August 2020, Özkacar joined Ligue 1 club Lyon on a five-year deal.[2] On 21 April 2021, he made his debut for Lyon as a late substitute for Léo Dubois during a 2–0 loss to Monaco in the Coupe de France.[citation needed] On 6 July 2021, Belgian First Division A team OH Leuven presented Özkacar as new player, on loan from Lyon for one season.[3] In August 2022, Özkacar signed on loan for La Liga side Valencia.[4]
Özkacar has been capped by the Turkey U21s.[citation needed] He had his first cap with the Turkey senior national team on 8 June 2022, getting subbed on in the UEFA Nations League match against Lithuania, replacing Ozan Kabak in the 76th minute. He managed to help his team keeping the clean sheet and ended up winning 6–0.[citation needed]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Karacabey Belediyespor (loan) | 2018–19 | TFF Third League | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 24 | 1 | |
| Altay | 2019–20 | TFF First League | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |
| Lyon B | 2020–21 | Championnat National 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lyon | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| OH Leuven (loan) | 2021–22 | Belgian First Division A | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 34 | 2 | |
| Valencia (loan) | 2022–23 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 70 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 3 | ||
Valencia CF – current squad | |
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