Bilal Aziz Özer (born 1 July 1985) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for Turkish club

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. Born in Lebanon, Özer is of Turkish descent and holds

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. He started his senior career in Germany, before moving to Turkey in 2008.

Club career

Özer began his career in Germany. He joined the youth club of

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, before moving to

Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhi ...

's youth team. Özer played for the

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side. He then joined

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, where he played 48 games and scored twice. He scored his first goal for

in the

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* * 1985 births Living people Footballers from Beirut German people of Turkish descent Turkish footballers German footballers Association football midfielders VfL Osnabrück players FC Schalke 04 II players Kayserispor footballers Konyaspor footballers Kayseri Erciyesspor footballers Ankaraspor footballers Fatih Karagümrük S.K. footballers Eskişehirspor footballers Süper Lig players 2. Bundesliga players TFF Second League players TFF First League players {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub