Özkan Yiğiter (born 7 January 2000) is a Turkish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...

for

Vanspor Vanspor A.Ş. was a football team of Van in eastern Turkey. History They played in the Süper Lig, top division of Turkish football, between 1994 and 1998, playing once more in 1999–2000 season. After relegation from the first division, Vans ...

on loan from

Sivasspor Sivasspor Kulübü, known as Net Global Sivasspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish sports club based in Sivas. The primary department of the club is men's football. Formed in 1967, its football department has competed in Süper Lig since t ...

Career

A youth product of Sivas Yolspor and

, Yiğiter signed his first contract with Sivsspor in 2020. He spent the 2020-21 season on loan with Kırıkkalespor in the

TFF Third League The TFF 3. Lig (), currently referred to as Nesine 3. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the fourth level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in the 2001–02 season as a continuation of then third level division Turkish Third Foot ...

. He made his professional debut with Sivasspor in a 5–0

UEFA Europa Conference League The UEFA Conference League (UECL), usually known simply as the Conference League, is an annual association football, football competition organised since 2021 by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European foot ...

loss to

F.C. Copenhagen Football Club Copenhagen (, ), commonly known as F.C. København, F.C. Copenhagen, Copenhagen, or simply FCK, is a Danish professional football club based in Copenhagen. FCK was founded in 1992 as a superstructure on top of Kjøbenhavns Boldklub ...

on 26 August 2021. On 12 January 2023, Yiğiter joined Gençlerbirliği on loan.

Honours

Sivasspor *

Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup () is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası''. Now Ziraat Bankası is ...

: 2021–22

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yigiter, Ozkan 2000 births Living people Footballers from Sivas Turkish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Sivasspor footballers Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers 24 Erzincanspor footballers TFF Third League players Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players TFF Second League players 21st-century Turkish sportsmen