Burak Kaplan (born 1 February 1990) is a Turkish-German former professional

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who played as an

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Club career

Kaplan made his

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debut on 11 December 2009 for

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against

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. He scored the 2–1 go-ahead goal in the 90th minute, only to see the 2–2 equalizing goal be scored by the other club in the additional time. Subsequently, on 13 December 2009, he signed a professional contract with Leverkusen for three years until 2012. In July 2014, his contract with

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was dissolved and he joined German fourth tier

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side Wattenscheid 09.

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* * * 1990 births Living people Footballers from Cologne German men's footballers Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's youth international footballers Turkey men's under-21 international footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Süper Lig players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Men's association football midfielders Bayer 04 Leverkusen players Bayer 04 Leverkusen II players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players Beşiktaş J.K. footballers SV Babelsberg 03 players Fethiyespor footballers KFC Uerdingen 05 players SG Wattenscheid 09 players FC Kray players 21st-century German sportsmen 21st-century Turkish sportsmen {{Turkey-footy-midfielder-stub